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Manila population pyramid in 2021 People flocking to the Binondo Chinatown during Chinese New Year. According to the 2020 Philippine census, Manila has a population of 1,846,513 people, making it the second-most-populous city in the Philippines. [220] Manila is the most-densely populated city in the world, with 41,515 inhabitants per km 2 in ...
In 1941 the estimated population of the Philippines reached 17,000,000. [40] Manila's population was 684,000. [41] By then, some 27% of the population could speak English as a second language, while the number of Spanish speakers as first language had further fallen to 3% from 10 to 14% at the beginning of the century.
Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, or between 400 and 1500s, due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Raja Matanda, the old King of Luzon, who was born in the early 1500s.
About 13.48 million people (12 percent of the Philippines' population) live in Metro Manila, [469] the country's most populous metropolitan area [470] and the world's fifth most populous. [471] Between 1948 and 2010, the population of the Philippines increased almost fivefold from 19 million to 92 million.
Pursuant to Batas Pambansa No. 72, the population count gathered from the 2020 census was made official upon proclamation of the results by the president. [7] [8] From 2015 to 2020, the Philippines' population increased by 1.63% which is lower than the 1.72% growth rate recorded in the 2010 to 2015 period. [9]
The Philippines has three metropolitan areas officially recognized by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) due to their prominence, population, size, and economy: Manila, Cebu, and Davao. [1] [2] The most populous is Metro Manila, which comprises the City of Manila, 15 neighboring cities, and a
In the U.S, the cost of living is rising. Between 1990 and 2019, the overall cost of living increased by 74% based on the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index and by 90% according to the...
According to the 2020 Philippine census, Quezon City has a population of 2,960,048 people, making it the most populous city in the Philippines. [96] As of the 2015 census, the population of Quezon City comprises 22.80% or about 1 ⁄ 4 of Metro Manila 's population. [ 96 ]