People Of Philippines

Population 86,241,697 (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 35.8% (male 15,758,255; female 15,152,291)
15-64 years: 60.2% (male 25,847,345; female 26,096,211)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 1,473,873; female 1,913,722) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 22.1 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 22.6 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 1.88% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 25.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 5.53 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate -1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 24.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 69.6 years
male: 66.74 years
female: 72.61 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 3.22 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 9,000 (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths less than 500 (2003 est.)
 
Nationality
noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine
 
Ethnic groups Christian Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3%
 
Religions Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
 
Languages two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
 
Literacy
conventional long form: Republic of the Philippines
conventional short form: Philippines
local long form: Republika ng Pilipinas
local short form: Pilipinas
 

 

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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