Demographics of the Philippines
Demography of the Philippines records the human population, including its population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects. The Philippines annualised population growth rate between the years 2010–2015 was 1.72%. According to the 2015 census, the population of the Philippines is 100,981,437. The first census in the Philippines was held in the year 1591 which counted 667,612 persons.
The majority of Filipinos are of the Malay race, while the Aetas, as well as other highland groups form a minority. The indigenous population is related to the indigenous populations of the Malay Archipelago. Ethnic groups that have been in the Philippines for centuries before European and American colonial rule have assimilated. 600,000 people from the United States live in the Philippines. They represent 0.56% of the total population. The ethnic groups include Arabs, Japanese, Han Chinese and Indians which form parts of the population. There are also Europeans and Latin Americans who have migrated to the Philippines during the colonial period.
The most commonly spoken indigenous languages are Tagalog and Cebuano, with 23.8 million and 16 million speakers, respectively. Another 11 indigenous languages have at least one million native speakers: Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray, northern, central and southern Bikol languages, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, Zamboangueño and Tausug. One or more of these are spoken as a mother tongue by more than 93% of the population. Filipino and English are the official languages but there are between 120 and 170 distinct indigenous Philippine languages.
Population history
The first census in the Philippines was founded in 1591, based on tributes collected. The tributes count the total founding population of Spanish-Philippines as 667,612 people, of which: 20,000 were Chinese migrant traders, at different times: around 16,500 individuals were Latino soldier-colonists who were cumulatively sent from Peru and Mexico and they were shipped to the Philippines annually, 3,000 were Japanese residents, and 600 were pure Spaniards from Europe, there was also a large but unknown number of Indian Filipinos, the rest of the population were Malays and Negritos. Thus, with merely 667,612 people, during this era, the Philippines was among the most sparsely populated lands in Asia. In contrast, Japan during that era already had a population of 8 Million or Mexico had a population of 4 million, which was huge compared to the Philippine's mere 600,000. In 1600, the method of population counting was revamped by the Spanish officials, who then based the counting of the population through church records. In 1798, the population of Luzon or Luconia was estimated to be around 600,000 with the other islands, unknown. 200,000 of the 600,000 population were of mixed-raced descent of either Spanish, Chinese or Latin-American admixture. 5,000 enlisted soldiers on that year, were of South American descent, while 2,500 were pure Spanish officers. There were also 20,000 new Chinese migrants. In 1799, Friar Manuel Buzeta estimated the population count of all Philippine islands as 1,502,574. However, the first official census was conducted only in 1878, when the population as of midnight on December 31, 1877 was counted. This was followed by two more censuses, namely, the 1887 census, and the 1898 census. The 1887 census yielded a count of 6,984,727, while that of 1898 yielded 7,832,719 inhabitants.1903 census
In 1903 the population of the Philippines was recounted by American authorities to fulfill Act 467. The survey yielded 7,635,426 people, including 56,138 who were foreign-born.1920 census
According to the 1920 United States Census, there were 10,314,310 people in the Philippines. 99 percent were Filipino; 51,751 were either Chinese or Japanese; 34,563 were of mixed race; 12,577 were Caucasian; and 7,523 were African.1939
The 1939 census was undertaken in conformity with Section 1 of Commonwealth Act 170. The Philippine population figure was 16,000,303.1941
In 1941 the estimated population of the Philippines reached 17,000,000. Manila's population was 684,000.By then, some 27% of the population could speak English as a second language, while the number of Spanish speakers as first language had further fallen to 3% from 10–14% at the beginning of the century. In 1936, Tagalog was selected to be the basis for a national language. In 1987, the Tagalog language was imposed as the national language.
Philippine census surveys
| 1960 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 2015 |
| 27,087,685 | 36,684,486 | 42,070,660 | 48,098,460 | 60,703,206 | 68,616,536 | 76,506,928 | 88,566,732 | 92,337,852 | 100,981,437 |
In 1960, the government of the Philippines conducted a survey on both population, and housing. The population was pegged at 27,087,685. Successive surveys were again conducted on 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1990, which gave the population as 36,684,948, 42,070,660, 48,098,460, and 60,703,206 respectively. On 1995, the POPCEN was launched, undertaken at the month of September, The data provided the bases for the Internal Revenue Allocation to local government units, and for the creation of new legislative areas. The count was made official by then President Fidel Ramos by Proclamation No, 849 on August 14, 1995, The population was 68,616,536.
Population pyramid
Census January 1, 2010
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | % |
| Total | 46 634 257 | 45 700 856 | 92 335 113 | 100 |
| 0–4 | 5 293 211 | 4 940 573 | 10 233 784 | 11.08 |
| 5–9 | 5 332 287 | 4 989 256 | 10 321 543 | 11.18 |
| 10–14 | 5 237 006 | 4 942 604 | 10 179 610 | 11.02 |
| 15–19 | 4 931 506 | 4 773 848 | 9 705 354 | 10.51 |
| 20–24 | 4 256 999 | 4 151 657 | 8 408 656 | 9.11 |
| 25–29 | 3 746 311 | 3 677 412 | 7 423 723 | 8.04 |
| 30–34 | 3 443 582 | 3 329 347 | 6 772 929 | 7.34 |
| 35–39 | 3 057 323 | 2 956 630 | 6 013 953 | 6.51 |
| 40–44 | 2 778 661 | 2 692 927 | 5 471 588 | 5.93 |
| 45–49 | 2 367 809 | 2 312 840 | 4 680 649 | 5.07 |
| 50–54 | 1 953 952 | 1 940 898 | 3 894 850 | 4.22 |
| 55–59 | 1 475 861 | 1 511 287 | 2 987 148 | 3.24 |
| 60–64 | 1 064 116 | 1 164 283 | 2 228 399 | 2.41 |
| 65–69 | 680 227 | 817 330 | 1 497 557 | 1.62 |
| 70–74 | 492 152 | 650 410 | 1 142 562 | 1.24 |
| 75–79 | 286 079 | 421 036 | 707 115 | 0.77 |
| 80–84 | 145 937 | 248 251 | 394 188 | 0.43 |
| 85–89 | 64 125 | 124 386 | 188 511 | 0.20 |
| 90–94 | 19 598 | 40 504 | 60 102 | 0.07 |
| 95–99 | 5 684 | 12 415 | 18 099 | 0.02 |
| 100+ | 1 831 | 2 962 | 4 793 | 0.01 |
Vital statistics
UN estimates
Fertility and births
Total fertility rate and crude birth rate :| Year | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR |
| 1993 | 29.7 | 4.09 | 28.5 | 3.53 | 30.9 | 4.82 |
| 1998 | 28.0 | 3.73 | 25.8 | 3.01 | 30.1 | 4.67 |
| 2003 | 25.6 | 3.5 | 24.7 | 3.0 | 26.7 | 4.3 |
| 2008 | 23.4 | 3.3 | 21.6 | 2.8 | 24.6 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 22.1 | 3.0 | 21.5 | 2.6 | 22.6 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 18.4 | 2.4 | 18.7 | 2.9 |
Single mother phenomenon and illegitimate birth rate
More than half of the children born every year in the Philippines are illegitimate, and the percentage of illegitimate children is rising by 2% per year. First time single mothers normally consist of girls in the 17 to 19 years old age bracket. Some females become prostitutes in the Philippines after they become unwed single mothers from teenage pregnancy. More than half of women do not want any more children but the access to contraceptive methods have declined, and especially in case of Philippines the people are hesitant to use modern scientific contraceptives due to opposition by Catholic church. The reasons for the high illegitimate birthrate and single motherhood include the unpopularity of artificial contraception in the Philippines inadequate sex education, delays in implementing birth control legislation and a machismo attitude among many Filipino males. There are three million household heads without a spouse, two million of whom were female.Between 2010 and 2014, in Philippines 54% of all pregnancies were unintended. Consequently 9% women 15 to 19 years of age have begun child bearing and every year there are 610 000 unsafe abortions. In 2017, modern contraceptive prevalence rate in "the Philippines was 40% among married women of reproductive age and 17% among unmarried sexually active women" and "Forty-six percent of married women used no contraceptive method in 2017 and 14% a traditional method." The "unmet need for family planning' which is the lack of access of contraceptives to women do not want to have more childeren or wish to delay having children was 17% among married women and 49% among unmarried and among unmarried only 22% women were able to access modern conraceptive methods. "As a consequence of the low contraceptive met need, 68% of unintended pregnancies occur in women not using any method and 24% in those using traditional methods" and the rest had to resort to unsafe traditional methods.
Catholic Church in Philippines preaches against sex before or outside marriage, resists the use of modern contraceptive and passing of laws allowing divorce. It continues to mix religion with politics since the time of Spanish friar, while Catholic priests continue to have scandals by having affairs and by fathering offsprings with women amidst of allegation of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church clergy. Aries Rufo's highlisted many such scandals in his 2013 book the "Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church", which was also distributed by President Rodrigo Duterte when he attacked Catholic Church for hypocricy and mixing religion with law making. Filipinos also follow a version of Catholicism which was enforced in Philippines by Spanish colonial era Catholic Friars through a process of enculturation. Hence, there is a gap between the present filipino culture and religion. 84% filipinos are Catholic, and what filipinos actually do in practice is different from what they believe in, i.e. Filipinos practice a liberal cultural attitude towards sexual relationships while also contrastingly practicing orthodox Catholic religious belief which opposes the modern scientific contraceptives and laws based on the modern values, resulting in lack of access to family planning methods, stigmatization of medical abortions, high number of unwanted pregnancies, lack of access to safe modern medical abortions, high and still rising trend of illegitimate newborn birth rate. Law in Philippines continues to differentiate and dicriminate between filiation and legitimacy, national law still continuees to label the "nonmarital births" as "illegitimate", which has been crticized by the social and legal activists for the constitutional stigmatization and denial of equal legal rights.
The following table, based on the annual official data sourced from Philippine Statistics Authority, shows the growing annual trend of illegitimate child births by percentages:
| Reporting Year | Nationwide % of illegitimate children born every year | Nationwide % increase in illegitimate children compared to previous year | % of illegitimate children born in NCR every year | % of illegitimate children born in ARMM every year | PSA sources |
| 2021 | |||||
| 2020 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||
| 2018 | 54.3% | 1% | 65.8% | 4.3% | |
| 2017 | 53.3% | 4.1% | 64.9% | 4.3% | |
| 2016 | 49.2% | -2.9% | 59.9% | 4.8% | |
| 2015 | 52.1 | 1.8 | 63.0 | 06.2 | |
| 2014 | 50.3 | 2.1 | 62.0 | 06.6 | |
| 2013 | 48.2 | 2.5 | 60.9 | 06.6 | |
| 2012 | 45.7 | 1.1 | 58.5 | 05.4 | |
| 2011 | 44.6 | 7.1 | 56.9 | 07.6 | |
| 2008 | 37.5 | NA | NA | NA |
Life expectancy
| Period | Life expectancy in years | Period | Life expectancy in years |
| 1950–1955 | 55.4 | 1985–1990 | 64.7 |
| 1955–1960 | 57.1 | 1990–1995 | 65.7 |
| 1960–1965 | 58.6 | 1995–2000 | 66.8 |
| 1965–1970 | 60.1 | 2000–2005 | 67.5 |
| 1970–1975 | 61.4 | 2005–2010 | 68.0 |
| 1975–1980 | 61.7 | 2010–2015 | 68.6 |
| 1980–1985 | 62.9 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects
Year by year
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| Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Natural change | Total fertility rate | Infant mortality rate | |
| 1903 | 7,635,000 | 284,000 | 329,671 | -44,871 | 37.3 | 43.2 | -5.9 | ||
| 1904 | 7,659,000 | 216,176 | 146,894 | 69,282 | 28.2 | 19.2 | 9.0 | ||
| 1905 | 7,699,000 | 244,586 | 166,555 | 78,031 | 31.8 | 21.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 1906 | 7,761,000 | 215,296 | 143,284 | 72,012 | 27.7 | 18.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 1907 | 7,844,000 | 258,010 | 138,464 | 119,546 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 15.2 | ||
| 1908 | 7,964,000 | 278,369 | 190,495 | 87,874 | 35.0 | 23.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 1909 | 8,095,000 | 234,726 | 179,355 | 55,371 | 29.0 | 22.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 1910 | 8,220,000 | 290,210 | 191,576 | 98,634 | 35.3 | 23.3 | 12.0 | ||
| 1911 | 8,387,000 | 302,855 | 188,412 | 114,443 | 36.1 | 22.5 | 13.6 | ||
| 1912 | 8,576,000 | 290,995 | 185,185 | 105,810 | 33.9 | 21.6 | 12.3 | ||
| 1913 | 8,786,000 | 316,056 | 154,086 | 161,970 | 36.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | ||
| 1914 | 9,017,000 | 347,337 | 163,943 | 183,394 | 38.5 | 18.2 | 20.3 | ||
| 1915 | 9,269,000 | 327,206 | 176,313 | 150,893 | 35.3 | 19.0 | 16.3 | ||
| 1916 | 9,542,000 | 340,269 | 195,970 | 144,659 | 35.7 | 20.5 | 15.2 | ||
| 1917 | 9,836,000 | 353,283 | 212,334 | 140,949 | 35.9 | 21.6 | 14.3 | ||
| 1918 | 10,314,000 | 345,751 | 367,106 | -21,355 | 33.5 | 35.6 | -2.1 | ||
| 1919 | 10,324,000 | 306,832 | 326,716 | -19,884 | 29.7 | 31.6 | -1.9 | ||
| 1920 | 10,445,000 | 351,195 | 200,690 | 150,505 | 33.6 | 19.2 | 14.4 | ||
| 1921 | 10,673,000 | 364,432 | 205,654 | 158,778 | 34.1 | 19.3 | 14.8 | ||
| 1922 | 10,908,000 | 373,506 | 203,237 | 170,269 | 34.2 | 18.6 | 15.6 | ||
| 1923 | 11,152,000 | 385,418 | 202,981 | 182,437 | 34.6 | 18.2 | 16.4 | ||
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| 1926 | 11,935,000 | 400,439 | 229,928 | 170,511 | 33.6 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 156.7 | |
| 1927 | 12,212,000 | 414,357 | 229,328 | 185,029 | 33.9 | 18.8 | 15.1 | 152.5 | |
| 1928 | 12,498,000 | 422,716 | 218,096 | 204,620 | 33.8 | 17.5 | 16.3 | 150.1 | |
| 1929 | 12,792,000 | 428,996 | 237,733 | 191,263 | 33.5 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 161.6 | |
| 1930 | 13,094,000 | 429,245 | 252,988 | 176,257 | 32.8 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 165.0 | |
| 1931 | 13,405,000 | 440,159 | 240,825 | 199,334 | 32.8 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 155.1 | |
| 1932 | 13,724,000 | 446,940 | 211,809 | 235,131 | 32.6 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 137.6 | |
| 1933 | 14,051,000 | 459,682 | 227,594 | 232,088 | 32.7 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 145.8 | |
| 1934 | 14,387,000 | 447,738 | 239,703 | 208,035 | 31.1 | 16.7 | 14.4 | 160.8 | |
| 1935 | 14,731,000 | 461,410 | 257,181 | 204,229 | 31.3 | 17.5 | 13.8 | 153.4 | |
| 1936 | 15,084,000 | 485,126 | 239,107 | 246,019 | 32.2 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 134.0 | |
| 1937 | 15,445,000 | 513,760 | 254,740 | 259,020 | 33.3 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 137.3 | |
| 1938 | 15,814,000 | 512,389 | 261,848 | 250,541 | 32.4 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 139.0 | |
| 1939 | 16,000,000 | 522,432 | 273,141 | 249,291 | 32.7 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 146.2 | |
| 1940 | 16,460,000 | 535,117 | 273,480 | 261,637 | 32.5 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 135.8 | |
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| 1946 | 18,434,000 | 533,283 | 278,546 | 254,737 | 28.9 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 125.5 | |
| 1947 | 18,786,000 | 272,226 | 238,527 | 33,699 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 234.4 | |
| 1948 | 19,234,000 | 602,415 | 243,467 | 358,948 | 31.3 | 12.7 | 18.6 | 114.4 | |
| 1949 | 19,509,000 | 609,138 | 231,151 | 377,987 | 31.2 | 11.8 | 19.4 | 108.5 | |
| 1950 | 19,881,000 | 642,472 | 226,505 | 415,967 | 32.3 | 11.4 | 20.9 | 101.6 | |
| 1951 | 20,260,000 | 637,264 | 237,937 | 399,327 | 31.5 | 11.7 | 19.8 | 105.5 | |
| 1952 | 20,646,000 | 650,725 | 241,020 | 409,705 | 31.5 | 11.7 | 19.8 | 101.2 | |
| 1953 | 21,039,000 | 468,489 | 239,988 | 228,501 | 22.3 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 148.8 | |
| 1954 | 22,869,000 | 702,662 | 217,650 | 485,012 | 30.7 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 94.2 | |
| 1955 | 23,568,000 | 734,761 | 212,798 | 521,963 | 31.2 | 9.0 | 22.2 | 84.3 | |
| 1956 | 24,288,000 | 542,249 | 205,581 | 336,668 | 22.3 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 110.9 | |
| 1957 | 25,030,000 | 514,202 | 199,919 | 314,283 | 20.5 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 112.9 | |
| 1958 | 25,795,000 | 484,592 | 185,437 | 299,155 | 18.6 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 109.2 | |
| 1959 | 26,584,000 | 616,893 | 176,448 | 440,445 | 23.2 | 6.6 | 16.6 | 93.4 | |
| 1960 | 27,088,000 | 649,651 | 196,544 | 453,107 | 24.0 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 7.15 | 84.6 |
| 1961 | 28,214,000 | 647,846 | 207,436 | 440,410 | 23.0 | 7.3 | 15.7 | 7.09 | 88.4 |
| 1962 | 29,064,000 | 775,146 | 169,880 | 605,266 | 26.7 | 5.9 | 20.8 | 7.02 | 58.6 |
| 1963 | 29,937,000 | 786,698 | 214,412 | 572,286 | 26.3 | 7.2 | 19.1 | 6.95 | 72.8 |
| 1964 | 30,841,000 | 802,648 | 222,097 | 580,551 | 26.0 | 7.2 | 18.8 | 6.87 | 70.5 |
| 1965 | 31,770,000 | 795,415 | 234,935 | 560,480 | 25.0 | 7.4 | 17.6 | 6.78 | 72.9 |
| 1966 | 32,727,000 | 823,342 | 236,396 | 586,946 | 25.2 | 7.2 | 18.0 | 6.69 | 72.0 |
| 1967 | 33,713,000 | 840,302 | 240,122 | 600,180 | 24.9 | 7.1 | 17.8 | 6.59 | 72.2 |
| 1968 | 34,728,000 | 898,570 | 261,893 | 636,677 | 25.9 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 6.48 | 71.0 |
| 1969 | 35,774,000 | 946,753 | 241,678 | 705,075 | 26.5 | 6.8 | 19.7 | 6.38 | 67.3 |
| 1970 | 36,684,000 | 966,762 | 234,038 | 732,724 | 26.4 | 6.4 | 20.0 | 6.26 | 60.0 |
| 1971 | 37,902,000 | 963,749 | 250,139 | 713,610 | 25.4 | 6.6 | 18.8 | 6.15 | 62.0 |
| 1972 | 38,991,000 | 968,385 | 285,761 | 682,624 | 24.8 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 6.04 | 67.9 |
| 1973 | 40,123,000 | 1,049,290 | 283,475 | 765,815 | 26.2 | 7.1 | 19.1 | 5.93 | 64.7 |
| 1974 | 41,279,000 | 1,081,073 | 283,975 | 797,098 | 26.2 | 6.9 | 19.3 | 5.82 | 58.7 |
| 1975 | 42,071,000 | 1,223,837 | 271,136 | 952,701 | 29.1 | 6.4 | 22.7 | 5.72 | 53.3 |
| 1976 | 43,338,000 | 1,314,860 | 299,861 | 1,014,999 | 30.3 | 6.9 | 23.4 | 5.61 | 56.9 |
| 1977 | 44,417,000 | 1,344,836 | 308,904 | 1,035,932 | 30.3 | 7.0 | 23.3 | 5.51 | 56.8 |
| 1978 | 45,498,000 | 1,387,588 | 297,034 | 1,090,554 | 30.5 | 6.5 | 24.0 | 5.40 | 53.1 |
| 1979 | 46,592,000 | 1,429,814 | 306,427 | 1,123,387 | 30.7 | 6.6 | 24.1 | 5.29 | 50.2 |
| 1980 | 48,098,000 | 1,456,860 | 298,006 | 1,158,854 | 30.3 | 6.2 | 24.1 | 5.18 | 45.1 |
| 1981 | 49,536,000 | 1,461,204 | 301,117 | 1,160,087 | 29.5 | 6.1 | 23.4 | 5.08 | 44.1 |
| 1982 | 50,783,000 | 1,474,491 | 308,758 | 1,165,733 | 29.0 | 6.1 | 22.9 | 4.98 | 41.8 |
| 1983 | 52,055,000 | 1,506,356 | 327,260 | 1,179,096 | 28.9 | 6.3 | 22.6 | 4.88 | 42.7 |
| 1984 | 53,351,000 | 1,478,205 | 313,359 | 1,164,846 | 27.7 | 5.9 | 21.8 | 4.80 | 38.5 |
| 1985 | 54,668,000 | 1,437,154 | 334,663 | 1,102,491 | 26.3 | 6.1 | 20.2 | 4.71 | 38.0 |
| 1986 | 56,004,000 | 1,493,995 | 326,749 | 1,167,246 | 26.7 | 5.8 | 20.9 | 4.63 | 35.0 |
| 1987 | 57,356,000 | 1,582,469 | 335,254 | 1,247,215 | 27.6 | 5.8 | 21.8 | 4.55 | 32.1 |
| 1988 | 58,721,000 | 1,565,372 | 325,098 | 1,240,274 | 26.7 | 5.5 | 21.2 | 4.48 | 30.1 |
| 1989 | 60,097,000 | 1,565,254 | 325,621 | 1,239,633 | 26.0 | 5.4 | 20.6 | 4.40 | 27.5 |
| 1990 | 60,703,000 | 1,631,069 | 313,890 | 1,317,179 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 21.5 | 4.32 | 24.3 |
| 1991 | 63,729,000 | 1,643,296 | 298,063 | 1,345,233 | 25.8 | 4.7 | 21.1 | 4.25 | 20.9 |
| 1992 | 65,339,000 | 1,684,395 | 319,579 | 1,364,816 | 25.8 | 4.9 | 20.9 | 4.18 | 21.9 |
| 1993 | 66,982,000 | 1,680,896 | 318,546 | 1,362,350 | 25.1 | 4.8 | 20.3 | 4.11 | 20.6 |
| 1994 | 68,624,000 | 1,645,011 | 321,440 | 1,323,571 | 24.0 | 4.7 | 19.3 | 4.06 | 18.9 |
| 1995 | 68,617,000 | 1,645,043 | 324,737 | 1,320,306 | 24.0 | 4.7 | 19.3 | 4.01 | 18.6 |
| 1996 | 69,951,000 | 1,608,468 | 344,363 | 1,264,105 | 23.0 | 4.9 | 18.1 | 3.96 | 19.0 |
| 1997 | 71,549,000 | 1,653,236 | 339,400 | 1,313,836 | 23.1 | 4.7 | 18.4 | 3.92 | 17.0 |
| 1998 | 73,147,000 | 1,632,859 | 352,992 | 1,279,867 | 22.3 | 4.8 | 17.5 | 3.89 | 17.3 |
| 1999 | 74,746,000 | 1,613,335 | 347,989 | 1,265,346 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 16.9 | 3.85 | 15.6 |
| 2000 | 76,348,000 | 1,766,440 | 366,931 | 1,399,509 | 23.1 | 4.8 | 18.3 | 3.81 | 15.7 |
| 2001 | 77,926,000 | 1,714,093 | 381,834 | 1,332,259 | 22.0 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 3.77 | 15.2 |
| 2002 | 79,503,000 | 1,666,773 | 396,297 | 1,270,476 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 3.71 | 14.2 |
| 2003 | 81,081,000 | 1,669,442 | 396,331 | 1,273,111 | 20.6 | 4.9 | 15.7 | 3.64 | 13.7 |
| 2004 | 82,663,000 | 1,710,994 | 403,191 | 1,307,803 | 20.7 | 4.9 | 15.8 | 3.57 | 13.2 |
| 2005 | 84,241,000 | 1,688,918 | 426,054 | 1,262,864 | 20.0 | 5.1 | 14.9 | 3.48 | 12.8 |
| 2006 | 86,973,000 | 1,663,029 | 441,036 | 1,221,993 | 19.1 | 5.1 | 14.0 | 3.40 | 13.1 |
| 2007 | 88,706,000 | 1,749,878 | 441,956 | 1,307,922 | 19.7 | 5.0 | 14.7 | 3.33 | 12.4 |
| 2008 | 90,457,000 | 1,784,316 | 461,581 | 1,322,735 | 19.7 | 5.1 | 14.6 | 3.26 | 12.5 |
| 2009 | 92,227,000 | 1,745,585 | 480,820 | 1,264,765 | 18.9 | 5.2 | 13.7 | 3.20 | 12.4 |
| 2010 | 94,013,000 | 1,782,981 | 488,265 | 1,294,716 | 19.0 | 5.2 | 13.8 | 3.15 | 12.6 |
| 2011 | 95,053,000 | 1,746,864 | 498,486 | 1,248,378 | 18.4 | 5.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 2012 | 96,328,000 | 1,790,367 | 514,745 | 1,275,622 | 18.6 | 5.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 2013 | 97,571,000 | 1,761,602 | 531,280 | 1,230,322 | 17.9 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 3.0 | |
| 2014 | 99,138,000 | 1,748,857 | 536,999 | 1,211,858 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 12.2 | ||
| 2015 | 100,699,000 | 1,744,767 | 560,605 | 1,184,162 | 17.3 | 5.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 2016 | 102,530,000 | 1,731,289 | 582,183 | 1,149,106 | 16.8 | 5.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 2017 | 104,169,000 | 1,700,618 | 579,262 | 1,121,356 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 2.7 | |
| 2018 | 105,755,000 | 1,668,120 | 590,709 | 1,077,411 | 15.8 | 5.6 | 10.2 |
By region
and other related statistics by region, as of 2013:| Region | Total fertility rate | Percentage of women age 15–49 currently pregnant | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49 |
| National Capital Region | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Cordillera Administrative Region | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Ilocos Region | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Cagayan Valley | 3.2 | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| Central Luzon | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Calabarzon | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Mimaropa | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| Bicol | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Western Visayas | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Central Visayas | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Eastern Visayas | 3.5 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
| Zamboanga Peninsula | 3.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Northern Mindanao | 3.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
| Davao | 2.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| Soccsksargen | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Caraga | 3.6 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
| ARMM | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
Ethnic groups
The majority of the people in the Philippines are related to Malay people, or more broadly the Austronesian peoples. The largest of these groups are the Visayans, Tagalogs, Ilocanos, Bicolanos, Moros, Kapampangans, Pangasinenses, and the Zamboangueños. The indigenous peoples of the Philippines form a minority of the population. Other large ethnic groups include Filipinos of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, and American descent. There are more than 175 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines, its own culture, identity, literature, tradition, music, dances, foods, beliefs, and history, which are all part of Filipino culture. The latest censuses did not take account of ethnicity, and the only census that included questions on ethnicity is of the 2000 census.Languages
According to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino, there are 135 ethnic languages in the Philippine archipelago, each spoken by the respective ethno-linguistic group, except for the national Filipino language which is spoken by all 134 ethno-linguistic groups in the country. Most of the languages have several varieties, totaling over 300 across the archipelago. In the 1930s in an act of cultural hegemony, the government imposed the use of the Tagalog language as the national language, and called the new Tagalog-based language as the national Filipino language, becoming the 135th ethnic language of the country. Visayan languages are widely spoken throughout the Visayas and in most parts of Mindanao. Ilokano is the lingua franca of Northern Luzon excluding Pangasinan. Zamboangueño Chavacano is the official language of Zamboanga City and lingua franca of Basilan.Filipino and English are the official languages of the country for purposes of communication and instruction. Consequently, English is widely spoken and understood, although fluency has decreased as the prevalence of Tagalog in primary and secondary educational institutions has increased.
Religion
The Philippine Statistics Authority in October 2015 reported that % of the total Filipino population were Roman Catholics, 10.8% were Protestant and % were Islamic. Although the 2012 International Religious Freedom reports that an estimate by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos in 2011 stated that there were then 10.3 million Muslims, or about 10 percent of the total population however this is yet to be proven officially. In 2000, according to the "World Values Survey", 1.8% were Protestant Christians and 10.9% were then irreligious. Other Christian denominations include the Iglesia ni Cristo, Philippine Independent Church, Members Church of God International, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Minority religions include Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.Roman Catholics and Protestants were converted during the four centuries of Western influence by Spain, and the United States. Under Spanish rule, much of the population was converted to Christianity.
Orthodox Christians also live in Philippines. Protestant Christianity arrived in the Philippines during the 20th century, introduced by American missionaries.
Other religions include Judaism, Mahayana Buddhism, often mixed with Taoist beliefs, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Animism and Paganism are also followed.
Education
Education in the Philippines is based on both Western and Eastern ideology and philosophy influenced by China, the United States, Spain, and its neighboring Asian countries. Philippine students enter public school at about age four, starting from nursery school up to kindergarten. At about seven years of age, students enter elementary school. This is followed by junior high school and senior high school. Students then take the college entrance examinations, after which they enter university. Other types of schools include private school, preparatory school, international school, laboratory high school, and science high school. School year in the Philippines starts from June, and ends in March with a two-month summer break from April to May, one week of semestral break in October, and a week or two during Christmas and New Year holidays.Starting in SY 2011–2012 there has been a phased implementation of a new program. The K to 12 Program covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education.