Official name
Republic of the Philippines
Name in local language
Republika ng Pilipinas (fil) ; República de Filipinas (es)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Southeast Asia
Population (ranking: 12e )
110,198,654 inhabitants (2021)
Population growth
1.31 % / year
Area
300,439 km²
Density
366.79 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 33e )
376.796 billions $USD (2019)
GDP/capita (ranking )
3,485 $USD (2019)
GDP growth
6.00 % / year (2019)
Life expectancy (ranking )
71.10 years (2018)
Birth rate
23.55 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
2.98 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
6.73 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
22.20 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
98.22 % (2015)
Official languages
Filipino (or Tagalog), English
Currency
Piso (PHP)
HDI (ranking: 141e )
0.718 / 1 (2019)
EPI (ranking )
57.65 (2018)
Government
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Head of State
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
National Day
12 June (independence of 1896)
ISO Codes
PH, PHL
Demonym
Filipina (feminine), Filipino (masculine)
Tourists (ranking )
7,129,000 people (2018)
110 million inhabitants
The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands bordering the western fringe of the Pacific Ocean. Only about 2000 islands are inhabited. It shares maritime borders with Malaysia to the west, Indonesia to the south and Taiwan to the north.
It is the last country to accede to the restricted club of the countries of more than 100 million inhabitants, mark that it reached July 27, 2014 (about 110 million in 2021). It is even envisaged that the country will have 142 million inhabitants in 2045. Figure that slows the progress of the fight against poverty in the country. With the current economic growth, many Filipinos are emerging from poverty and extreme poverty. In 2018, 16.7% of people lived in poverty (-2$ per day), compared to 21.6% in 2015 and 26.6% in 2006. Progress could be faster but that exists anyway.
Manille, capital city of the Philippines. Photo: Patrick Roque
Tabon Caves, remnant of the oldest human traces in the Philippines. Photo: Jimaggro
Ricefields of Banaue, more than 2000 years old and listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Philippines. Source: Wikipedia
Urban areas (2021)
Urban areas
Population
Manila
28,644,207 inhabitants
Cebu
2,849,213 inhabitants
Davao
2,516,216 inhabitants
Cagayán de Oro
1,376,343 inhabitants
Ángeles
1,132,933 inhabitants
Iloilo-Guimaras
946,146 inhabitants
Zamboanga
861,799 inhabitants
Naga
799,955 inhabitants
Bacolod
791,019 inhabitants
Baguio
611,316 inhabitants
General Santos
594,446 inhabitants
Batangas
486,595 inhabitants
Dagupan
372,756 inhabitants
Iligan
342,618 inhabitants
Olongapo
337,811 inhabitants
Butuan
337,063 inhabitants
Cotabato
299,438 inhabitants
Lucena
266,248 inhabitants
Puerto Princesa
255,116 inhabitants
Tacloban
242,089 inhabitants
Isabela
112,788 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (Autonomous region)
4,080,825 inhabitants
12,712 km²
Bicol
5,796,989 inhabitants
18,114 km²
Cagayan Valley
3,451,410 inhabitants
26,837 km²
CALABARZON (Southern Tagalog Mainland)
14,414,774 inhabitants
16,229 km²
Caraga
2,596,709 inhabitants
18,848 km²
Central Luzon
11,218,177 inhabitants
21,543 km²
Central Visayas
6,041,903 inhabitants
14,852 km²
Cordillera
1,722,006 inhabitants
18,294 km²
Davao
4,893,318 inhabitants
20,244 km²
Eastern Visayas
4,440,150 inhabitants
21,431 km²
Ilocos
5,026,128 inhabitants
12,840 km²
MIMAROPA (Southwestern Tagalog)
2,963,360 inhabitants
27,456 km²
National Capital
12,877,253 inhabitants
617 km²
Northern Mindanao
4,689,302 inhabitants
20,132 km²
SOCCSKSARGEN
4,545,276 inhabitants
18,926 km²
Western Visayas
4,477,247 inhabitants
20,440 km²
Zamboanga Peninsula
3,629,783 inhabitants
14,811 km²
See also