The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelagic nation located off the coast of Southeast Asia. According to estimates, the country is the 12th most populated nation in the world. The CIA World Factbook estimates the population of the Phillippines at 99,900,177 as of July 2010.
Since 1960, the population of the Phillippines has risen steadily. The population of the Philippines was 88.57 million people as of August 2007. The 2008 population was 90.348.437.
Philippines Demographics The age structure of the Phillippines population is as follows: o 0-14 years: 34.9% (male 17,809,044/female 17,104,237) o 15-64 years: 60.9% (male 30,384,504/female 30,410,691) o 65 years and over: 4.2% (male 1,808,966/female 2,382,735) (2010 est.) Important national rates in the Philippines include: o Birth rate: 25.68 per 1000 citizens o Death rate: 5.06 deaths per 1000 citizens o Net migration rate: -1.31 migrants per 1000 citizens o Infant mortality rate: 19.94 deaths per 1000 births o Fertility rate: 3.23 children per woman o Literacy rate: 92.6% for those 15 and older o HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: 0.1
• Top 15 Most Populated Countries in the World As of 2010, the Philippines were the 12th most populous country in the world, among nations such as: 1. China: 1,330,044,605 2. India: 1,147,995,898 3. United States: 303,824,646 4. Indonesia: 237,512,355 5. Brazil: 191,908,598 6. Pakistan: 167,762,040 7. Bangladesh: 153,546,901 8. Russia: 140,702,094 9. Nigeria: 138,283,240 10. Japan: 127,288,419 11. Mexico: 109,955,400 12. Philippines: 92,681,453 13. Vietnam: 86,116,559 14. Germany: 82,369,548 15. Egypt: 81,713,517
• Philippines History Filipinos are descended from Austronesian people from Taiwan over a thousand years ago. The Aboriginal inhabitants consist of the Ati and Aetas, referred to as Negritos. Most of the country is comprised of Malayo-Polynesian ethnic groups including, the Tagalog, Visayans, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Bicolano, Moro, Pangasinense, Igorot, Lumad Ibanag, Mangyan, Badjao, Ivatan, and Palawan tribes. There is a significant group of other ethnic descendants including the Spanish, British, American, Japanese and Chinese due to the Spanish colonization and Americation occupation after World War II. These intermarried descendants are referred to as Filipino mestizos There are Twelve major regional languages each with over one million speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Waray-Waray, Tausug, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Kinaray-a, Maranao, Maguindanao and Hiligaynon. English and Spanish were both imposed on the country as official languages at one time in its history, so the languages can still be heavily felt within the country.