Population
101,833,938 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 34.6% (male 17,999,279/female 17,285,040)
15-64 years: 61.1% (male 31,103,967/female 31,097,203)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1,876,805/female 2,471,644) (2011 est.)

Median age
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23.4 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate
1.903% (2011 est.)

Birth rate
25.34 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate
5.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate
-1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization
urban population: 49% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate
total: 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.66 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 74.74 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate
3.19 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
less than 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
8,700 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths
fewer than 200 (2009 est.)

Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

Nationality
noun: Filipino(s)
adjective: Philippine

Ethnic groups
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)

Religions
Catholic 82.9% (Roman Catholic 80.9%, Aglipayan 2%), Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)

Languages
Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2008)

Education expenditures
2.8% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate
94 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight
20.7% (2003)

Health expenditures
3.8% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density
1.153 physicians/1,000 population (2004)

Hospital bed density
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate
4.3% (2003)


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