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In 1941 the estimated population of the Philippines reached 17,000,000. [42] Manila's population was 684,000. [43] 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.
This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Philippines .
The Philippines' regions and provinces. The Philippines is divided into 18 regions, 82 provinces, 146 cities, 1,488 municipalities, and 42,036 barangays. [373] Regions other than Bangsamoro are divided for administrative convenience. [374] Calabarzon was the region with the greatest population as of 2020, and the National Capital Region (NCR ...
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
July 7, 1975 – Region XII is created, and some regions of Mindanao are reorganized. [3] July 25, 1975 – Regions IX and XII are declared as Autonomous Regions in Western and Central Mindanao, respectively. [4] August 21, 1975 – Region IX is divided into Sub-Region IX-A and Sub-Region IX-B. Some regions in Mindanao are reorganized. [5]
As of 2020, Camarines Sur is the region's largest province in area and population, occupying 5,481.6 km 2 (2,116.5 sq mi) or around 30.4% of the total land area with a population of 2,068,244. Catanduanes is the smallest in area as well as population with only 1,511.5 km 2 (583.6 sq mi) or 8.4% of the total regional area and a population of ...
Poverty incidence of Ilocos Region 10 20 30 40 2000 39.70 2003 30.20 2006 25.95 2009 21.97 2012 18.46 2015 18.81 2018 9.85 2021 11.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority In 2023, the poverty incidence among families in the Ilocos Region was recorded at 8.4%, with a Full Year Per Capita Poverty Threshold of ₱34,454. The Coefficient of Variation for the poverty incidence in the region was ...