TRIVIA 0015: WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 2012?

 

BASED ON THE Summary of Projected Population by Sex, by Five-Year Interval: Philippines: 2000-2040, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IS 1.835% AND AT THIS RATE THE PHILIPPINE POPULATION IN 2012  IS ESTIMATED AT 97,495,140.

 

BY 2014, WE SHALL HAVE PASSED THE 100M MARK.

Population of the Philippines
Census Years 1799 to 2007

Year

Population

Average annual rate of increase (%)

Source of data

1799

1,502,574

–

Fr. Buzeta

1800

1,561,251

3.91

Fr. Zuniga

1812

1,933,331

1.80

Cedulas

1819

2,106,230

1.23

Cedulas

1829

2,593,287

2.10

Church

1840

3,096,031

1.62

Local officials

1850

3,857,424

2.22

Fr. Buzeta

1858

4,290,381

1.34

Bowring

1870

4,712,006

0.78

Guia de Manila

1877

5,567,685

2.41

Census

1887

5,984,727

0.72

Census

1896

6,261,339

0.50

Prof. Plehn’s estimate based on census records.

1903

7,635,426

2.87

Census

1918

10,314,310

2.03

Census

1939

16,000,303

2.11

Census

1948

19,234,182

2.07

Census

1960

27,087,685

2.89

Census

1970

36,684,486

3.08

Census

1975

42,070,660

2.78

Census

1980

48,098,460

2.71

Census

1990

60,703,206

2.35

Census

1995

68,616,536

2.32

Census

2000

76,504,077

2.36

Census

2007

88,574,614

2.04

Census

Note: Population from 1799 to 1896 excludes non-Christians.

a – Includes the household population, homeless population, Filipinos in Philippine Embassies/Consulates and missions abroad and institutional population who are found living in institutional living quarters such as penal institutions, orphanages, hospitals, military camps, etc. at the time of the census taking.

Source: National Statistics Office.

Population: Average Annual Growth Rate (in Percent)
Census Years 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2007

Area

1980-1990

1990-1995

1995-2000

2000-2007
Philippines

2.35

2.32

2.36

2.04
National Capital Region

2.98

3.30

1.06

2.11
CAR

2.28

1.71

1.83

1.50
Ilocos Region

1.96

1.30

2.15

1.10
CagayanValley

2.01

1.51

2.25

1.13
Central Luzon

2.58

2.12

3.17

2.36
Southern Tagalog

3.05

3.53

–

–
IVA- Calabarzon

–

–

4.08

3.21
IVB- Mimaropa

–

–

2.67

1.49
Bicol Region

1.18

1.91

1.73

1.20
Western Visayas

1.77

1.30

1.56

1.35
Central Visayas

1.95

1.65

2.81

1.59
Eastern Visayas

0.88

1.84

1.51

1.12
Western Mindanao

2.23

2.42

2.12

1.83
Northern Mindanao

2.22

2.32

1.99

1.67
Southern Mindanao

3.04

2.72

2.41

1.71
Central Mindanao

3.32

2.66

2.69

2.41
ARMM 1/

3.06

1.80

3.73

5.46
Caraga 21/

2.55

1.82

1.63

1.25

1/ Created into a region under EO No. 429

2/ Created into a region under RA No. 7901 dated February 23, 1995, taken from Region 10 and Region 11.

Source: National Statistics Office.

Population, by Region
Census Years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2007

Area

2007 (Aug 1)

2000 (May 1)

1995 (Sep 1)

1990 (May 1)
Philippines

88,574,614 a1/a2/

76,504,077 b1/b2/

68,616,536 c/

60,703,206

National Capital Region

11,553,427

9,932,560

9,454,040

7,948,392
Cordillera Administrative Region

1,520,743

1,365,412

1,254,838

1,146,191
Ilocos Region

4,545,906

4,200,478

3,803,890

3,550,642
CagayanValley

3,051,487

2,813,159

2,536,035

2,340,545
Central Luzon

9,720,982

8,030,945

6,932,570

6,199,017
Southern Tagalog

–

–

–

8,263,099
IVA- Calabarzon

11,743,110

9,339,618

7,750,204

 
IVB – Mimaropa

2,559,791

2,299,229

2,033,271

 
Bicol Region

5,109,798

4,686,669

4,325,307

3,910,001
Western Visayas

6,843,643

6,211,038

5,776,938

5,393,333
Central Visayas

6,398,628

5,706,953

5,014,588

4,594,124
Eastern Visayas

3,912,936

3,610,355

3,366,917

3,054,490
Western Mindanao

3,230,094

2,831,342

2,567,651

2,459,690
Northern Mindanao

3,952,437

3,505,708

3,197,059

2,197,554
Southern Mindanao 

4,156,653

3,676,163

3,288,824

4,006,731
Central Mindanao

3,829,081

3,222,169

2,846,966

2,032,958
ARMM

4,120,795

2,803,045

2,362,300

1,836,930
Caraga 1/

2,293,480

2,095,367

1,942,687

1,764,297
Filipinos in Philippine Embassies/Consulates and Missions Abroad

2,279

2,851

2,830

5,212

a1/ Population counts for the regions do not add up to national total. Includes 24,789 persons residing in the areas disputed by City of Pasig (NCR) and the provinceof Rizal(Region IVA); and 4,555 persons in the areas disputed by the provinceof Davao Oriental(Region XI) and Surigao del Sur (Caraga).

a2/ Includes 2,279 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.

b1/ Population counts for the regions do not add up to national total. Includes 18,989 persons residing in the areas disputed by City of Pasig (NCR) and the province of Rizal (Region IVA); 192 persons in the area disputed by the province of Mountain Province (CAR) and Ilocos Sur (Region I); and 11,814 persons in the barangays disputed by the province of Camarines Norte Region V) and Quezon (Region IVA).

b2/ Includes 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.

c/ Includes 2,830 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.

1/ Created into a region under RA No. 7901 dated February 23, 1995, taken from Region 10 and Region 11.

Note: In 2000, the population of disputed areas was reported in the next higher geographic level. For example, the population of province A claimed both Province A and B will be reflected in the region, but not in Province A nor Province B. This explains the discrepancy when one sums up the province details which is less than the regional totals.

Source: National Statistics Office.

Population by Age Group, by Sex and by Region: 2000

Age Group

Both Sexes

Male

Female

Total

76,504,077

38,524,267

37,979,810

Under 1

1,917,431

986,506

930,925

1-4

7,752,071

3,965,426

3,786,645

5-9

9,694,781

4,962,013

4,732,768

10-14

8,949,614

4,541,197

4,408,417

15-19

8,017,298

4,017,830

3,999,468

20-24

7,069,403

3,522,518

3,546,885

25-29

6,071,089

3,053,616

3,017,473

30-34

5,546,294

2,804,522

2,741,772

35-39

4,901,023

2,496,821

2,404,202

40-44

4,163,494

2,120,314

2,043,180

45-49

3,330,054

1,696,712

1,633,342

50-54

2,622,316

1,318,632

1,303,684

55-59

1,903,649

943,133

960,516

60-64

1,633,150

786,137

847,013

65-69

1,138,843

533,469

605,374

70-74

797,970

361,614

436,356

75-79

505,356

218,622

286,734

80 and over

490,241

195,185

295,056

Source: National Statistics Office.

 

Summary of Projected Population
by Sex, by Five-Year Interval: Philippines: 2000-2040

Year

Both Sexes

Male

Female

2000

76,946,500

38,748,500

38,198,000

2005

85,261,000

42,887,300

42,373,700

2010

94,013,200

47,263,600

46,749,600

2015

102,965,300

51,733,400

51,231,900

2020

111,784,600

56,123,600

55,661,000

2025

120,224,500

60,311,700

59,912,800

2030

128,110,000

64,203,600

63,906,400

2035

135,301,100

67,741,300

67,559,800

2040

141,669,900

70,871,100

70,798,800

Note: Based on the 2000 Census on Population and Housing.

Source: Inter-Agency Working Group on Population Projections

[More Tables on 2000 census-based national population projections]

 

Number of Occupied Housing Units by
Construction Materials of the Outer Walls and Roof: 2000

Construction Materials of the Outer Walls

Total Number of Occupied Housing Units

Construction Materials of the Roof

Galvanized Iron/ Aluminum

Tile/ Concrete/ Clay Tile

Half Galvanized Iron/ Half- Concrete

Wood

Cogon/ Nipa/ Anahaw

Makeshift Salvaged/ Improv-ised Materials

Asbestos/ Others

Not Reported
                   
Total

14,891,127

10,066,730

138,050

689,226

306,121

3,315,374

107,786

57,300

210,540

Concrete/ brick/ stone  

4,587,978

4,323,530

100,987

67,627

10,657

73,176

2,934

9,067

–
Wood

3,381,339

2,263,524

10,670

70,193

227,549

786,637

12,031

10,735

–
Half concrete/ brick/ stone and half wood

2,816,272

2,146,675

17,607

483,460

23,369

137,000

3,995

4,166

–
Galvanized iron/ aluminum

144,234

118,741

1,307

13,389

3,827

6,159

539

272

–
Bamboo/ sawali/ cogon/ nipa

3,399,180

1,044,744

5

43,592

35,625

2,238,453

15,775

20,852

134
Asbestos

8,823

5,623

1,321

493

262

–

–

1,121

3
Glass

4,895

3,594

669

260

121

–

–

249

2
Makeshift/ salvaged/ improvised materials

181,769

66,216

15

3,030

1,212

38,497

70,817

1,884

98
Others/not reported

352,293

85,186

4,536

6,466

2,948

33,167

1,129

8,634

210,227
No walls

14,344

8,897

933

716

551

2,285

566

320

76

Source: National Statistics Office.