Philippines People:
Population:
87,857,473 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 35.4% (male:15,869,636; female:15,255,588)
15-64 years: 60.6% (male:26,503,785; female:26,722,511)
65 years and over: 4% (male:1,523,213; female:1,982,740) (2005)
Median age:
total: 22.27 years
male: 21.77 years
female: 22.8 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.84% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
25.31 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.47 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.49 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 23.51 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 26.34 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 20.54 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 69.91 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.03 years
female: 72.92 years
Total fertility rate:
3.16 children born/woman (2005 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.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
animal contact disease: rabies (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine
Ethnic groups:
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Llocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000)
Languages:
Filipino official language (based on Tagalog), English official language, Tagalog major dialect, Cebuano major dialect, Ilocan major dialect, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo major dialect, Bicol major dialect, Waray major dialect, Pampango major dialect, Pangasinan major dialect
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2003)
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