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Philippines Facts and Figures - Facts of the Philippines

Basic Facts
Official name	Republic of the Philippines

Capital	Manila

Area	300,000 sq km
	116,000 sq mi



People
Population	91,077,287 (2007 estimate)

Population growth
Population growth rate	1.76 percent (2007 estimate)


Projected population in 2025	118,685,776 (2007 estimate)


Projected population in 2050	147,630,852 (2007 estimate)



Population density	306 persons per sq km (2007 estimate)
	791 persons per sq mi (2007 estimate)



Urban/rural distribution
Share urban	63 percent (2005 estimate)


Share rural	37 percent (2005 estimate)



Largest cities, with population
Quezon City	2,160,000 (2000)


Manila	1,673,000 (2000)


Caloocan	1,157,881 (1999 estimate)


Davao	1,147,000 (2000)


Cebu	662,000 (2000)



Ethnic groups
Malay (including Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano)	95 percent


Chinese	2 percent


Other	3 percent



Languages
Filipino (official; based on Tagalog), English (official), indigenous languages


Religious affiliations
Roman Catholic	84 percent


Muslim	5 percent


Other (including nonreligious and other Christians)	11 percent



Health and Education
Life expectancy
Total	70.5 years (2007 estimate)


Female	73.5 years (2007 estimate)


Male	67.6 years (2007 estimate)



Infant mortality rate	22 deaths per 1,000 live births (2007 estimate)

Population per physician	860 people (2004)

Population per hospital bed	1,000 people (2001)

Literacy rate
Total	96.3 percent (2005 estimate)


Female	96.2 percent (2005 estimate)


Male	96.3 percent (2005 estimate)



Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)	2.9 percent (2002-2003)

Number of years of compulsory schooling	7 years (2002-2003)

Number of students per teacher, primary school	35 students per teacher (2002-2003)

Government
Form of government	Republic

Voting qualifications
Universal at age 18


Constitution
2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987


Armed forces
Total number of military personnel	106,000 (2004)


Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)	1 percent (2003)



Economy
Gross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$)	$99 billion (2005)

GDP per capita (U.S.$)	$1,192.30 (2005)

GDP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing	14.3 percent (2005)


Industry	32.2 percent (2005)


Services	53.4 percent (2005)



Employment
Number of workers	37,115,292 (2005)



Workforce share of economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing	37 percent (2005)


Industry	15 percent (2005)


Services	48 percent (2005)


Unemployment rate	9.8 percent (2001)



National budget (U.S.$)
Total revenue	$17,732 million (2005)


Total expenditure	$14,805 million (2005)



Monetary unit
1 Philippine peso (P), consisting of 100 centavos


Major trade partners for exports
United States, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan


Major trade partners for imports
Japan, United States, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan


Energy, Communications, and Transportation
Electricity production
Electricity from thermal sources	64.40 percent (2003 estimate)


Electricity from hydroelectric sources	15.90 percent (2003 estimate)


Electricity from nuclear sources	0 percent (2003 estimate)


Electricity from geothermal, solar, and wind sources	19.70 percent (2003 estimate)



Number of radios per 1,000 people	161 (1997)

Number of telephones per 1,000 people	41 (2005)

Number of televisions per 1,000 people	136 (2000 estimate)

Number of Internet hosts per 10,000 people	3.5 (2003)

Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people	82 (1996)

Number of motor vehicles per 1,000 people	34 (2002)

Paved road as a share of total roads	10 percent (2003)

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