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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.
This is a list of Philippine provinces sorted by population as of the 2020 census, which was conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Population of provinces in this list includes population of highly urbanized cities , which are administratively independent of the province.
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.
The first census in the Philippines in 1591, was based on tributes collected and yielded about 666,712 people in the islands. In 1799, Friar Manuel Buzeta estimated the population count as 1,502,574. However, the first official census in the Philippines was carried out by the Spanish government pursuant to a royal decree calling for the ...
The population growth rate estimates (according to the United Nations Population Prospects 2019) between 2015 and 2020 [1] This article includes a table of countries and subnational areas by annual population growth rate.
This table shows the Philippine population by country of citizenship, the number of foreigners residing in the Philippines as recorded during the 2010 census. [ 1 ] the foreigners in the Philippines can be both expats or immigrants .
The 2010 census recorded a national population of 92,337,852; [6] a 1.72% yearly increase. [7] Calabarzon has the largest population among the Philippines' regions with 14,414,774 people while the Cordillera Administrative Region is the smallest with 1,722,006 people.
The Philippines' average annual population growth rate is decreasing, [476] although government attempts to further reduce population growth have been contentious. [477] The country reduced its poverty rate from 49.2 percent in 1985 [ 478 ] to 18.1 percent in 2021, [ 479 ] and its income inequality began to decline in 2012.