Demographic features of the Philippines include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The Philippines annualized population growth rate between the years 2020 and 2024 was 0.80%. According to the 2024 census, the population of the Philippines is 112,729,484.
The majority of Filipinos are lowland Austronesians, while the Aetas (Negritos), as well as other highland groups form a minority. The indigenous population is related to the indigenous populations of the Malay Archipelago. Some ethnic groups that have been in the Philippines for centuries before Spanish and American colonial rule have assimilated or intermixed. This is the case with the Sama-Bajau ethnicity which possess Austroasiatic ancestry and the Blaan people who possess Papuan ancestry, while ancient immigration integrated some Indian ancestry to the precolonial Indianized kingdoms in the islands. Meanwhile, Spanish era censuses from the 1700s, record that 2.33% of the population were Mexicans They represent 0.75% of the total population, while an additional 250,000 about 0.25% of Filipinos are Amerasians of half Filipino and half American descent. Thus making the percentage of the population having either full or partial American descent amount to 1% of the Philippines' demographics. Other ethnic groups include the Arabs who intermixed with Muslim Filipinos and the Japanese who form parts of the population.
The most commonly spoken indigenous languages are Tagalog and Cebuano, with 23.8 million (45 million speakers as Filipino) and 16 million speakers, respectively. Nine other indigenous languages have at least one million native speakers: Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bicolano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, and Tausug. One or more of these are spoken as a mother tongue by more than 93% of the population. Filipino and English are the official languages, but there are between 120 and 170 distinct indigenous Philippine languages (depending on expert classifications).
Population history
thumb|The historical population of the Philippines
[[File:Philippines Population Density Map.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Philippines population density map per province as of 2009 per square kilometer:
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1591
The first census in the Philippines was in 1591, based on tributes collected. The books counted the total population of the Spanish Philippines as 667,612 people; by 1591 most of the Philippines were under Spanish rule. 20,000 were Chinese migrant traders, at different times: around 15,600 individuals were Latino soldier-colonists who were cumulatively sent from Peru and Mexico and they were shipped to the Philippines annually, 3,000 were Japanese residents, and 600 were pure Spaniards from Europe. There was a large but unknown number of South Asian Filipinos, as the majority of the slaves imported into the archipelago were from Bengal and India, adding Dravidian and Indo-Aryan speaking South Indians and Indo-European speaking Bengalis into the ethnic mix.
The rest were Austronesians and Negritos. With 667,612 people, during this era, the Philippines was among the most sparsely populated lands in Asia. In contrast, Japan during that era (the 1500s) had a population of 8 million and Mexico had a population of 4 million, which was huge compared to the Philippine's 600,000. In 1600, the method of population counting was revamped by the Spanish officials, who then based the counting of the population through church records.
The 1591 census divided territories into provinces and further into encomiendas, the latter corresponding to modern-day towns and villages in the Philippines. By province, the populations included 30,640 for Manila (including Maragondon and Cavite), 75,000 for Pampanga (including Bataan and Bulacan), 24,000 for Pangasinan, 97,000 for Cagayan (including the Babuyan Islands, Calayan, and Camiguing), 68,520 for Ilocos, 48,000 for La Laguna (including Morong), 86,640 for Bicol and the Camarines, 70,000 for Panay (including Guimaras, Tablas, Cabuyan, and Cuyo), 22,000 for Calilaya, 10,000 for the Calamianes, and 65,000 for Cebu (the province including not only the island itself but also Masbate, Burias, Leyte, Negros, and parts of Mindanao, along with other small islands like Mactan). The interiors of the larger islands like Luzon were almost completely uninhabited.
Stephanie J. Mawson, by rummaging through records in the archives of Mexico
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! 1654
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|Manila The book, "Intercolonial Intimacies Relinking Latin/o America to the Philippines, 1898–1964 By Paula C. Park" citing "Forzados y reclutas: los criollos novohispanos en Asia (1756–1808)" gave a higher number of later Mexican soldier-immigrants to the Philippines, pegging the number at 35,000 immigrants in the 1700s in a population of only 1.5 million, thus forming 2.33% of the population.
In 1799, Friar Manuel Buzeta estimated the population of all the Philippine islands as 1,502,574. Despite the number of Mixed Spanish-Filipino descent being the lowest, they may be more common than expected as many Spaniards often had Filipino concubines and mistresses and they frequently produced children out of wedlock.
In the late 1700s to early 1800s, Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga, an Agustinian Friar from Spain, in his Two Volume Book: "Estadismo de las islas Filipinas" compiled a census of the Spanish-Philippines based on the tribute counts (Which represented an average family of seven to ten children and two parents, per tribute) and came upon the following statistics:
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|+ style="text-align: left;" | Data reported for the 1800 as divided by ethnicity and province and Zamboanga 40%.
There was also the 1818 Tribute count by Buzeta and Bravo as outlined below.
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|+ Felipe Bravo Census Demographics (Albay, 1818)
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! Provinces
! Pueblos
! Native Families
! Spanish Filipino Families
! Negrito Families
! Chinese Filipino Families
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| Albay
| Albay, Cabicera
| 5,515
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| 2
| 2
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| Manito
| 240
| 4
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| Bacon
| 2,119
| 45
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| Cuba
| 2,162
| 52
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| Casiguran
| 1,025
| 28
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| Juban
| 396
| 18
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| Sorsogon
| 1,783
| 149
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| Bulusan
| 1,777
| 19
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| Bulan
| 714
| 16
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| Donsol
| 241
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| Quipia
| 269
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| Lilog
| 821
| 33
| 23
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| Bacacay
| 1,295
| 77
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| Malilipot
| 981
| 53
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| Tabaco
| 3,347
| 225
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| Malitao
| 2,844
| 241
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| Tibi
| 2,069
| 157
| 110
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| Lagonoy y su anejo
| 1,669
| 18
| 521
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| San Jose
| 1,829
| 114
| 470
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| Caramoan
| 641
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| 72
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! Total
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! 31,737
! 1,249
! 1,198
! 2
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|+ Felipe Bravo Census Demographics (Isla De Ticao, 1818)
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! Provinces
! Pueblos
! Native Families
! Spanish Filipino Families
! Chinese Filipino Families
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| Antique
| San José de Buenavista, cabecera
| 5,925
| 6
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| San Pedro de Balbalan
| 2,247
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| Sibalom
| 4,665
| 2
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| Patnongon y su visita Coritan
| 2,097
| 3
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| Bugason
| 3,060
| 1
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| San Antonio de Nalupa, su anejo Culari y visitas Tibiao, Bitad, Tun, Bacafan y Batunan
| 2,542
| 19
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| Pandan
| 300
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| Antique
| 2,304
| 12
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| Dao
| 1,296
| 7
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| Cagayan Chico en la isla del mismo nombre
| 527
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! Total
! (Across the Province)
! 24,963
! 50
! 40
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|+ Felipe Bravo Census Demographics (Bataan, 1818)
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! Province
! Pueblo
! Native Families
! Spanish Filipino Families
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| Cagayan
| Lal-lo, cabecera.
| 975
| 313
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| Camalaniugan.
| 1,156
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| Piat y su visita.
| 899
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| Tabang..
| 201
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| Cabagan.
| 3,543
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| Malaveg con su visita Mabanaug.
| 524
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| Tuao..
| 1,393
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| Iguig y su visita Amulong.
| 403
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| Tuguegarao.
| 5,072
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| Aparri..
| 1,715
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| Abulug.
| 1,162
| 1
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| San Juan y su visita Masi.
| 913
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| Nasiping y su visita Gataran.
| 573
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| Ilagan..
| 1,150
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| Gamú y su visita Furao.
| 586
| 16
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| Tumauini.
| 827
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| Bugay..
| 299
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| Aritao..
| 580
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| Dupax.
| 867
| 6
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| Bambang..
| 893
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| Bayombong.
| 771
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| Lumabang.
| 332
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| Bagabag y su Fuerza.
| 508
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| Carig y su Fortaleza el Sto. Niño.
| 305
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| Camarag.
| 488
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| Angadanan.
| 320
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| Cauayan.
| 318
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| Calaniugan.
| 135
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| 26,726
| 336
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|+ Felipe Bravo Census Demographics (Calamianes, 1818)
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! Provinces
! Pueblos
! Native Families
! Spanish Filipino Families
! Negrito Families
! Chinese Filipino Families
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| Samar
| Samar island, in general.
| 16,671
| 174
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ Felipe Bravo Census Demographics (Zamboanga, 1818)
In the 1860s to 1890s, in the urban areas of the Philippines, especially at Manila, according to burial statistics, as much as 3.3% of the population were pure European Spaniards and the pure Chinese were as high as 9.9%. The Spanish-Filipino and Chinese-Filipino mestizo populations may have fluctuated. Eventually, everybody belonging to these non-native categories diminished because they were assimilated into and chose to self-identify as pure Filipinos. That would explain the abrupt drop of otherwise high Chinese, Spanish and mestizo percentages across the country by the time of the first American census in 1903.
1920 census
According to the 1920 United States census, there were 10,314,310 people in the Philippines. 99 percent were Filipino; 51,751 were either Chinese or Japanese; 34,563 were of mixed race; 12,577 were Caucasian; and 7,523 were African. The Philippine population figure was 16,000,303.
1941
In 1941 the estimated population of the Philippines reached 17,000,000. Manila's population was 684,000.
1948
In 1948, just two years after the independence of the Philippines from the United States of America, the country conducted its first post-war national census, recording a population of 19,234,182.
Philippine census surveys
In 1960, the government of the Philippines conducted a survey on both population, and housing. The population was pegged at 27,087,685. Successive surveys were again conducted in 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1990, which gave the population as 36,684,948, 42,070,660, 48,098,460, and 60,703,206 respectively. In 1995, the POPCEN was launched, undertaken at the month of September, The data provided the bases for the Internal Revenue Allocation to local government units, and for the creation of new legislative areas. The count was made official by then President Fidel Ramos by Proclamation No, 849 on August 14, 1995, The population was 68,616,536.
Vital statistics
Registered births and deaths
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Notable events in Filipino demographics:
- 1918-1919 – Spanish flu pandemic
- 1941-1945 – Second World War
- 2020-2022 – COVID-19 pandemic
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! width="70pt"|Average population
! width="80pt"|Live births
! width="80pt"|Deaths
! width="80pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude migration change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" |Total fertility rate
! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate (per 1000 births)
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| 1903
| align="right" | 7,635,000
| align="right" | 284,000
| align="right" | 329,671
| align="right" style="color: red" | -44,871
| 37.3
| style="color: red"|43.2
| align="right" style="color: red" | -5.9
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1904
| align="right" | 7,659,000
| align="right" style="color: red"| 216,176
| align="right" | 146,894
| align="right" | 69,282
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 9.0
| -5.91
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1905
| align="right" | 7,699,000
| align="right" | 244,586
| align="right" | 166,555
| align="right" | 78,031
| align="right" | 31.8
| align="right" | 21.6
| align="right" | 10.2
| -4.94
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1906
| align="right" | 7,761,000
| align="right" | 215,296
| align="right" | 143,284
| align="right" | 72,012
| align="right" | 27.7
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 9.2
| -1.29
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1907
| align="right" | 7,844,000
| align="right" | 258,010
| align="right" | 138,464
| align="right" | 119,546
| align="right" | 32.9
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 15.2
| -4.66
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1908
| align="right" | 7,964,000
| align="right" | 278,369
| align="right" | 190,495
| align="right" | 87,874
| align="right" | 35.0
| align="right" | 23.9
| align="right" | 11.1
|4.03
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1909
| align="right" | 8,095,000
| align="right" | 234,726
| align="right" | 179,355
| align="right" | 55,371
| align="right" | 29.0
| align="right" | 22.2
| align="right" | 6.8
|9.35
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1910
| align="right" | 8,220,000
| align="right" | 290,210
| align="right" | 191,576
| align="right" | 98,634
| align="right" | 35.3
| align="right" | 23.3
| align="right" | 12.0
|3.21
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1911
| align="right" | 8,387,000
| align="right" | 302,855
| align="right" | 188,412
| align="right" | 114,443
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 13.6
|6.27
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1912
| align="right" | 8,576,000
| align="right" | 290,995
| align="right" | 185,185
| align="right" | 105,810
| align="right" | 33.9
| align="right" | 21.6
| align="right" | 12.3
|9.70
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1913
| align="right" | 8,786,000
| align="right" | 316,056
| align="right" | 154,086
| align="right" | 161,970
| align="right" | 36.0
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 18.5
|5.47
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1914
| align="right" | 9,017,000
| align="right" | 347,337
| align="right" | 163,943
| align="right" | 183,394
| style="color: blue" | 38.5
| 18.2
| align="right" | 20.3
|5.28
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1915
| align="right" | 9,269,000
| align="right" | 327,206
| align="right" | 176,313
| align="right" | 150,893
| align="right" | 35.3
| align="right" | 19.0
| align="right" | 16.3
|10.90
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1916
| align="right" | 9,542,000
| align="right" | 340,269
| align="right" | 195,970
| align="right" | 144,659
| align="right" | 35.7
| align="right" | 20.5
| align="right" | 15.2
|13.45
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1917
| align="right" | 9,836,000
| align="right" | 353,283
| align="right" | 212,334
| align="right" | 140,949
| align="right" | 35.9
| align="right" | 21.6
| align="right" | 14.3
|15.56
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1918
| align="right" | 10,314,000
| align="right" | 345,751
| align="right" | 367,106
| align="right" style="color: red" | -21,355
| align="right" | 33.5
| align="right" | 35.6
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2.1
|48.62
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1919
| align="right" | 10,324,000
| align="right" | 306,832
| align="right" | 326,716
| align="right" style="color: red" | -19,884
| align="right" | 29.7
| align="right" | 31.6
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1.9
|2.89
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1920
| align="right" | 10,445,000
| align="right" | 351,195
| align="right" | 200,690
| align="right" | 150,505
| align="right" | 33.6
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 14.4
| -2.83
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1921
| align="right" | 10,673,000
| align="right" | 364,432
| align="right" | 205,654
| align="right" | 158,778
| align="right" | 34.1
| align="right" | 19.3
| align="right" | 14.8
|6.48
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1922
| align="right" | 10,908,000
| align="right" | 373,506
| align="right" | 203,237
| align="right" | 170,269
| align="right" | 34.2
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 15.6
|5.94
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1923
| align="right" | 11,152,000
| align="right" | 385,418
| align="right" | 202,981
| align="right" | 182,437
| align="right" | 34.6
| align="right" | 18.2
| align="right" | 16.4
|5.52
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
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| 1924
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" |
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| 1925
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" |
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| 1926
| align="right" | 11,935,000
| align="right" | 400,439
| align="right" | 229,928
| align="right" | 170,511
| align="right" | 33.6
| align="right" | 19.3
| align="right" | 14.3
|
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" | 156.7
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| 1927
| align="right" | 12,212,000
| align="right" | 414,357
| align="right" | 229,328
| align="right" | 185,029
| align="right" | 33.9
| align="right" | 18.8
| align="right" | 15.1
|7.53
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" | 152.5
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| 1928
| align="right" | 12,498,000
| align="right" | 422,716
| align="right" | 218,096
| align="right" | 204,620
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 16.3
|6.59
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" | 150.1
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| 1929
| align="right" | 12,792,000
| align="right" | 428,996
| align="right" | 237,733
| align="right" | 191,263
| align="right" | 33.5
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 14.9
|8.02
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" | 161.6
|-
| 1930
| align="right" | 13,094,000
| align="right" | 429,245
| align="right" | 252,988
| align="right" | 176,257
| align="right" | 32.8
| align="right" | 19.3
| align="right" | 13.5
|9.60
| align="right" style="color: blue" |
| align="right" | 165.0
|-
| 1931
| align="right" | 13,405,000
| align="right" | 440,159
| align="right" | 240,825
| align="right" | 199,334
| align="right" | 32.8
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 14.8
|8.33
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 155.1
|-
| 1932
| align="right" | 13,724,000
| align="right" | 446,940
| align="right" | 211,809
| align="right" | 235,131
| align="right" | 32.6
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 17.1
|6.11
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 137.6
|-
| 1933
| align="right" | 14,051,000
| align="right" | 459,682
| align="right" | 227,594
| align="right" | 232,088
| align="right" | 32.7
| align="right" | 16.2
| align="right" | 16.5
|6.76
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 145.8
|-
| 1934
| align="right" | 14,387,000
| align="right" | 447,738
| align="right" | 239,703
| align="right" | 208,035
| align="right" | 31.1
| align="right" | 16.7
| align="right" | 14.4
|8.89
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 160.8
|-
| 1935
| align="right" | 14,731,000
| align="right" | 461,410
| align="right" | 257,181
| align="right" | 204,229
| align="right" | 31.3
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 13.8
|9.49
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 153.4
|-
| 1936
| align="right" | 15,084,000
| align="right" | 485,126
| align="right" | 239,107
| align="right" | 246,019
| align="right" | 32.2
| align="right" | 15.9
| align="right" | 16.3
|7.09
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 134.0
|-
| 1937
| align="right" | 15,445,000
| align="right" | 513,760
| align="right" | 254,740
| align="right" | 259,020
| align="right" | 33.3
| align="right" | 16.5
| align="right" | 16.8
|6.60
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 137.3
|-
| 1938
| align="right" | 15,814,000
| align="right" | 512,389
| align="right" | 261,848
| align="right" | 250,541
| align="right" | 32.4
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 15.8
|7.50
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 139.0
|-
| 1939
| align="right" | 16,000,000
| align="right" | 522,432
| align="right" | 273,141
| align="right" | 249,291
| align="right" | 32.7
| align="right" | 16.9
| align="right" | 15.8
| -3.96
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 146.2
|-
| 1940
| align="right" | 16,460,000
| align="right" | 535,117
| align="right" | 273,480
| align="right" | 261,637
| align="right" | 32.5
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 15.9
|12.05
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 135.8
|-
| 1941
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1942
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1943
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1944
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1945
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| 1946
| align="right" | 18,434,000
| align="right" | 533,283
| align="right" | 278,546
| align="right" | 254,737
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 13.8
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 125.5
|-
| 1947
| align="right" | 18,786,000
| align="right" | 272,226
| align="right" | 238,527
| align="right" | 33,699
| align="right" | 14.5
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 1.8
|16.95
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 234.4
|-
| 1948
| align="right" | 19,234,000
| align="right" | 602,415
| align="right" | 243,467
| align="right" | 358,948
| align="right" | 31.3
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 18.6
|4.63
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 114.4
|-
| 1949
| align="right" | 19,509,000
| align="right" | 609,138
| align="right" | 231,151
| align="right" | 377,987
| align="right" | 31.2
| align="right" | 11.8
| align="right" | 19.4
| -5.28
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 108.5
|-
| 1950
| align="right" | 19,881,000
| align="right" | 642,472
| align="right" | 226,505
| align="right" | 415,967
| align="right" | 32.3
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 20.9
| -2.21
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 101.6
|-
| 1951
| align="right" | 20,260,000
| align="right" | 637,264
| align="right" | 237,937
| align="right" | 399,327
| align="right" | 31.5
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 19.8
| -1.01
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 105.5
|-
| 1952
| align="right" | 20,646,000
| align="right" | 650,725
| align="right" | 241,020
| align="right" | 409,705
| align="right" | 31.5
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 19.8
| -1.15
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 101.2
|-
| 1953
| align="right" | 21,039,000
| align="right" | 468,489
| align="right" | 239,988
| align="right" | 228,501
| align="right" | 22.3
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 10.9
|7.83
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 148.8
|-
| 1954
| align="right" | 22,869,000
| align="right" | 702,662
| align="right" | 217,650
| align="right" | 485,012
| align="right" | 30.7
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 21.2
|58.76
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 94.2
|-
| 1955
| align="right" | 23,568,000
| align="right" | 734,761
| align="right" | 212,798
| align="right" | 521,963
| align="right" | 31.2
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 22.2
|7.51
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 84.3
|-
| 1956
| align="right" | 24,288,000
| align="right" | 542,249
| align="right" | 205,581
| align="right" | 336,668
| align="right" | 22.3
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 13.8
|15.77
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 110.9
|-
| 1957
| align="right" | 25,030,000
| align="right" | 514,202
| align="right" | 199,919
| align="right" | 314,283
| align="right" | 20.5
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" | 12.5
|17.09
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 112.9
|-
| 1958
| align="right" | 25,795,000
| align="right" | 484,592
| align="right" | 185,437
| align="right" | 299,155
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 11.4
|18.05
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 109.2
|-
| 1959
| align="right" | 26,584,000
| align="right" | 616,893
| align="right" | 176,448
| align="right" | 440,445
| align="right" | 23.2
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 16.6
|13.10
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 93.4
|-
| 1960
| align="right" | 27,088,000
| align="right" | 649,651
| align="right" | 196,544
| align="right" | 453,107
| align="right" | 24.0
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 16.7
|1.88
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 84.6
|-
| 1961
| align="right" | 28,214,000
| align="right" | 647,846
| align="right" | 207,436
| align="right" | 440,410
| align="right" | 23.0
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 15.7
|24.31
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 88.4
|-
| 1962
| align="right" | 29,064,000
| align="right" | 775,146
| align="right" | 169,880
| align="right" | 605,266
| align="right" | 26.7
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 20.8
|8.42
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 58.6
|-
| 1963
| align="right" | 29,937,000
| align="right" | 786,698
| align="right" | 214,412
| align="right" | 572,286
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 19.1
|10.04
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 72.8
|-
| 1964
| align="right" | 30,841,000
| align="right" | 802,648
| align="right" | 222,097
| align="right" | 580,551
| align="right" | 26.0
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 18.8
|10.49
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 70.5
|-
| 1965
| align="right" | 31,770,000
| align="right" | 795,415
| align="right" | 234,935
| align="right" | 560,480
| align="right" | 25.0
| align="right" | 7.4
| align="right" | 17.6
|11.59
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 72.9
|-
| 1966
| align="right" | 32,727,000
| align="right" | 823,342
| align="right" | 236,396
| align="right" | 586,946
| align="right" | 25.2
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 18.0
|11.32
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 72.0
|-
| 1967
| align="right" | 33,713,000
| align="right" | 840,302
| align="right" | 240,122
| align="right" | 600,180
| align="right" | 24.9
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 17.8
|11.45
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 72.2
|-
| 1968
| align="right" | 34,728,000
| align="right" | 898,570
| align="right" | 261,893
| align="right" | 636,677
| align="right" | 25.9
| align="right" | 7.5
| align="right" | 18.4
|10.90
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 71.0
|-
| 1969
| align="right" | 35,774,000
| align="right" | 946,753
| align="right" | 241,678
| align="right" | 705,075
| align="right" | 26.5
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 19.7
|9.52
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 67.3
|-
| 1970
| align="right" | 36,684,000
| align="right" | 966,762
| align="right" | 234,038
| align="right" | 732,724
| align="right" | 26.4
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 20.0
|4.83
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 60.0
|-
| 1971
| align="right" | 37,902,000
| align="right" | 963,749
| align="right" | 250,139
| align="right" | 713,610
| align="right" | 25.4
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 18.8
|13.30
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 62.0
|-
| 1972
| align="right" | 38,991,000
| align="right" | 968,385
| align="right" | 285,761
| align="right" | 682,624
| align="right" | 24.8
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 17.5
|10.42
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 67.9
|-
| 1973
| align="right" | 40,123,000
| align="right" | 1,049,290
| align="right" | 283,475
| align="right" | 765,815
| align="right" | 26.2
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 19.1
|9.13
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 64.7
|-
| 1974
| align="right" | 41,279,000
| align="right" | 1,081,073
| align="right" | 283,975
| align="right" | 797,098
| align="right" | 26.2
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 19.3
|8.70
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 58.7
|-
| 1975
| align="right" | 42,071,000
| align="right" | 1,223,837
| align="right" | 271,136
| align="right" | 952,701
| align="right" | 29.1
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 22.7
| -3.82
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 53.3
|-
| 1976
| align="right" | 43,338,000
| align="right" | 1,314,860
| align="right" | 299,861
| align="right" | 1,014,999
| align="right" | 30.3
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 23.4
|5.82
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 56.9
|-
| 1977
| align="right" | 44,417,000
| align="right" | 1,344,836
| align="right" | 308,904
| align="right" | 1,035,932
| align="right" | 30.3
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 23.3
|0.97
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 56.8
|-
| 1978
| align="right" | 45,498,000
| align="right" | 1,387,588
| align="right" | 297,034
| align="right" | 1,090,554
| align="right" | 30.5
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 24.0
|1.01
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 53.1
|-
| 1979
| align="right" | 46,592,000
| align="right" | 1,429,814
| align="right" | 306,427
| align="right" | 1,123,387
| align="right" | 30.7
| align="right" | 6.6
| style="color: blue"| 24.1
|0.63
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 50.2
|-
| 1980
| align="right" | 48,098,000
| align="right" | 1,456,860
| align="right" | 298,006
| align="right" | 1,158,854
| align="right" | 30.3
| align="right" | 6.2
| align="right" | 24.1
|7.22
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 45.1
|-
| 1981
| align="right" | 49,536,000
| align="right" | 1,461,204
| align="right" | 301,117
| align="right" | 1,160,087
| align="right" | 29.5
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 23.4
|5.61
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 44.1
|-
| 1982
| align="right" | 50,783,000
| align="right" | 1,474,491
| align="right" | 308,758
| align="right" | 1,165,733
| align="right" | 29.0
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 22.9
|1.60
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 41.8
|-
| 1983
| align="right" | 52,055,000
| align="right" | 1,506,356
| align="right" | 327,260
| align="right" | 1,179,096
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" | 22.6
|1.79
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 42.7
|-
| 1984
| align="right" | 53,351,000
| align="right" | 1,478,205
| align="right" | 313,359
| align="right" | 1,164,846
| align="right" | 27.7
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 21.8
|2.46
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 38.5
|-
| 1985
| align="right" | 54,668,000
| align="right" | 1,437,154
| align="right" | 334,663
| align="right" | 1,102,491
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 20.2
|3.92
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 38.0
|-
| 1986
| align="right" | 56,004,000
| align="right" | 1,493,995
| align="right" | 326,749
| align="right" | 1,167,246
| align="right" | 26.7
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 20.9
|3.01
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 35.0
|-
| 1987
| align="right" | 57,356,000
| align="right" | 1,582,469
| align="right" | 335,254
| align="right" | 1,247,215
| align="right" | 27.6
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 21.8
|1.83
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 32.1
|-
| 1988
| align="right" | 58,721,000
| align="right" | 1,565,372
| align="right" | 325,098
| align="right" | 1,240,274
| align="right" | 26.7
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 21.2
|2.13
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 30.1
|-
| 1989
| align="right" | 60,097,000
| align="right" | 1,565,254
| align="right" | 325,621
| align="right" | 1,239,633
| align="right" | 26.0
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 20.6
|2.27
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 27.5
|-
| 1990
| align="right" | 60,703,000
| align="right" | 1,631,069
| align="right" | 313,890
| align="right" | 1,317,179
| align="right" | 26.9
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 21.5
| -11.72
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 24.3
|-
| 1991
| align="right" | 63,729,000
| align="right" | 1,643,296
| align="right" | 298,063
| align="right" | 1,345,233
| align="right" | 25.8
| style="color: blue"| 4.7
| align="right" | 21.1
|26.39
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 20.9
|-
| 1992
| align="right" | 65,339,000
| align="right" | 1,684,395
| align="right" | 319,579
| align="right" | 1,364,816
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 4.9
| align="right" | 20.9
|3.75
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 21.9
|-
| 1993
| align="right" | 66,982,000
| align="right" | 1,680,896
| align="right" | 318,546
| align="right" | 1,362,350
| align="right" | 25.1
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 20.3
|4.19
| align="right" | 4.1
| align="right" | 20.6
|-
| 1994
| align="right" | 68,624,000
| align="right" | 1,645,011
| align="right" | 321,440
| align="right" | 1,323,571
| align="right" | 24.0
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 19.3
|4.64
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 18.9
|-
| 1995
| align="right" | 68,617,000
| align="right" | 1,645,043
| align="right" | 324,737
| align="right" | 1,320,306
| align="right" | 24.0
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 19.3
| -19.35
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 18.6
|-
| 1996
| align="right" | 69,951,000
| align="right" | 1,608,468
| align="right" | 344,363
| align="right" | 1,264,105
| align="right" | 23.0
| align="right" | 4.9
| align="right" | 18.1
|1.00
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 19.0
|-
| 1997
| align="right" | 71,549,000
| align="right" | 1,653,236
| align="right" | 339,400
| align="right" | 1,313,836
| align="right" | 23.1
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 18.4
|3.97
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 17.0
|-
| 1998
| align="right" | 73,147,000
| align="right" | 1,632,859
| align="right" | 352,992
| align="right" | 1,279,867
| align="right" | 22.3
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 17.5
|4.35
| align="right" | 3.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 2026
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
|}
Current vital statistics
As the finalized, instead of provisional, live birth data for 2022 was published on January 5, 2024, while the corresponding finalized death data was published on February 6, 2024, it's better to take the monthly provisional updates with a 12-month delay. For example, regarding the latest provisional update at the end of July 2024, the data within the reference period from January through July 2023 would be reliable, while the data from August on would likely be underregistered and would face large revision during future months.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
! January - September 2024
| 985,916
| 526,783
| +459,133
|-
! January - September 2025
| 940,340
| 518,078
| +422,262
|-
! Difference
| –45,576 (–4.62%)
| –8,705 (–1.65%)
| –36,871
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Source:
|}
Regarding the numbers listed in the table above for comparison, due to the substantial revision of vital statistics within the same reference period published in different versions from month to month (which itself is further due to the delay of registration in the Philippines), to make them really comparable, those data of the same period last year shall be drawn from the corresponding publication one year earlier, rather than the current version. Otherwise recent births and deaths are likely to be drastically underestimated.
Also note that it would be an appropriate assumption that the registration rate is increasing and the delay is decreasing from year to year in the Philippines, which could lead to overestimates in positive changes of births and deaths in the current year.
UN estimates
{| class="wikitable"
|+ World population prospects, 2010
|-
! width="80pt"|Period
! width="80pt"|Live births per year
! width="80pt"|Deaths per year
! width="80pt"|Natural change per year
! width="80pt"|CBR<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|CDR<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|NC<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|TFR<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|IMR<sup>1</sup>
|-
| 1950–1955
| align="right" | 981,000
| align="right" | 269,000
| align="right" | 712,000
| align="right" | 48.6
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 35.3
| align="right" | 7.42
| align="right" | 96.8
|-
| 1955–1960
| align="right" | 1,095,000
| align="right" | 285,000
| align="right" | 810,000
| align="right" | 45.7
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 7.27
| align="right" | 86.5
|-
| 1960–1965
| align="right" | 1,218,000
| align="right" | 299,000
| align="right" | 919,000
| align="right" | 43.0
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 32.5
| align="right" | 6.98
| align="right" | 77.4
|-
| 1965–1970
| align="right" | 1,334,000
| align="right" | 311,000
| align="right" | 1,023,000
| align="right" | 40.4
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 31.0
| align="right" | 6.54
| align="right" | 67.8
|-
| 1970–1975
| align="right" | 1,461,000
| align="right" | 326,000
| align="right" | 1,136,000
| align="right" | 38.3
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 29.8
| align="right" | 5.98
| align="right" | 59.3
|-
| 1975–1980
| align="right" | 1,643,000
| align="right" | 346,000
| align="right" | 1,297,000
| align="right" | 37.4
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 29.5
| align="right" | 5.46
| align="right" | 51.8
|-
| 1980–1985
| align="right" | 1,801,000
| align="right" | 368,000
| align="right" | 1,433,000
| align="right" | 35.6
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 28.3
| align="right" | 4.92
| align="right" | 45.2
|-
| 1985–1990
| align="right" | 1,968,000
| align="right" | 393,000
| align="right" | 1,575,000
| align="right" | 34.0
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 27.2
| align="right" | 4.53
| align="right" | 39.5
|-
| 1990–1995
| align="right" | 2,084,000
| align="right" | 419,000
| align="right" | 1,664,000
| align="right" | 31.8
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 25.4
| align="right" | 4.14
| align="right" | 34.5
|-
| 1995–2000
| align="right" | 2,216,000
| align="right" | 450,000
| align="right" | 1,766,000
| align="right" | 30.2
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 24.1
| align="right" | 3.90
| align="right" | 30.1
|-
| 2000–2005
| align="right" | 2,360,000
| align="right" | 487,000
| align="right" | 1,873,000
| align="right" | 28.8
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 23.3
| align="right" | 3.70
| align="right" | 26.3
|-
| 2005–2010
| align="right" | 2,318,000
| align="right" | 528,000
| align="right" | 1,790,000
| align="right" | 25.9
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 20.4
| align="right" | 3.30
| align="right" | 23.0
|-
| 2010–2015
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 24.1
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 3.05
| align="right" |
|-
| 2015–2020
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 20.6
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" | 2.58
| align="right" |
|-
| 2020–2025
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 6.2
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 2.45
| align="right" |
|-
| 2025–2030
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 2.34
| align="right" |
|-
| colspan="9"| <sup>1</sup><small>CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births</small>
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thumb|right|Population density (2010)
Demographic and health surveys
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (rural)
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;"| 29.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.09 (2.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.53 (2.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.82 (3.3)
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.73 (2.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.01 (2.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.67 (3.3)
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5 (2.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.0 (2.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3 (3.0)
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3 (2.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.8 (2.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (2.7)
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.0 (2.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.6 (1.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5 (2.5)
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.7 (2.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.4 (1.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.9 (2.2)
|-
| 2022
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.9 (1.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.7 (1.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.2 (1.7)
|}
Single mother phenomenon and illegitimate birth rate
More than half of the children born every year in the Philippines are illegitimate, and the percentage of illegitimate children is rising by 2% per year. The percentage of unwed woman in live-in relationship is consistently rising e.g. from 5.2% in 1993 to 18.8% in 2022, i.e. over 30 years the percentage of women in live-in increased nearly 360%; and the percentage of women in a married arrangement is consistently decreasing every year e.g. from 54.4% in 1993 to 36.2% in 2022, i.e. over 30 years 33% less woman chose to marry.
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The following table, based on the annual official data sourced from Philippine Statistics Authority, shows the growing annual trend of illegitimate child births by percentages:
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers col2right col3right col4right col5right mw-datatable"
! style="width:100pt;"| Reporting <br />year
! style="width:100pt;"| Nationwide % of illegitimate children born every year
! style="width:100pt;"| Nationwide % increase in illegitimate children compared to previous year
! style="width:100pt;"| % of illegitimate children born in NCR every year
! style="width:100pt;"| % of illegitimate children born in ARMM every year
! style="width:100pt;"| PSA sources
|-
| 2021 || 57.1% || 0.1% || 69.2% || 5.2% ||
|-
| 2020 || 57.0% || 2.2% || 68.4% || 5.4% ||
|-
| 2019 || 54.8% || 0.5% || 66.2% || 4.8% ||
|-
| 2018 || 54.3% || 1.0% || 65.8% || 4.3% ||
|-
| 2017 || 53.3% || 4.1% || 64.9% || 4.3% ||
|-
| 2016 || 49.2% || −2.9% || 59.9% || 4.8% ||
|-
| 2015 || 52.1% || 1.8% || 63.0% || 6.2% ||
|-
| 2014 || 50.3% || 2.1% || 62.0% || 6.6% ||
|-
| 2013 || 48.2% || 2.5% || 60.9% || 6.6% ||
|-
| 2012 || 45.7% || 1.1% || 58.5% || 5.4% ||
|-
| 2011 || 44.6% || 7.1% || 56.9% || 7.6% ||
|-
| 2008 || 37.5% || NA || NA || NA ||
|}
First time single mothers are mainly due to the teenage pregnancy among girls in the 17 to 19 years old age bracket, thus getting trapped in the cycle of poverty and abuse. Some females become prostitutes in the Philippines after they become unwed single mothers from teenage pregnancy. As of 2016 more than half of Filipina women did not want additional children, but access to contraceptives was limited, and many people were hesitant to use what contraceptives were available due to opposition from the Catholic Church. The reasons for the high illegitimate birthrate and single motherhood include the unpopularity of artificial contraception inadequate sex education, delays in implementing birth control legislation and a machismo attitude among many Filipino males. There are three million household heads without a spouse, two million of whom were female (2015 PSA estimates).
Between 2010 and 2014, 54% of all pregnancies in the Philippines (1.9 million pregnancies) were unintended. Consequently, 9% of women between 15 and 19 years of age have begun childbearing, and every year there are 610 000 unsafe abortions. In 2017, modern contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) in "the Philippines was 40% among married women of reproductive age and 17% among unmarried sexually active women" and "Forty-six percent of married women used no contraceptive method in 2017 and 14% a traditional method." The "unmet need for family planning' which is the lack of access of contraceptives to women do not want to have more children or wish to delay having children was 17% among married women and 49% among unmarried and among unmarried only 22% women were able to access modern contraceptive methods. "As a consequence of the low contraceptive met need, 68% of unintended pregnancies occur in women not using any method and 24% in those using traditional methods" and the rest had to resort to unsafe traditional methods.
The Catholic Church in Philippines opposes sex before or outside marriage, and the use of modern contraceptive and the passing of laws allowing for divorce. The Catholic religion that was introduced by Spanish colonial era Catholic friars was adapted through a process of enculturation. i.e. Filipinos practice a liberal cultural attitude towards sexual relationships while also contrastingly practicing orthodox Catholic religious belief which opposes the modern scientific contraceptives and laws based on the modern values, resulting in lack of access to family planning methods, stigmatization of medical abortions, a high number of unwanted pregnancies, lack of access to safe modern medical abortions, high and still rising trend of illegitimate newborn birth rate.
The law of the Philippines continues to differentiate and discriminate between filiation (recognition of the biological relationship between father and child) and legitimacy (legally considered a legitimate child), national law still continues to label the "nonmarital births" as "illegitimate", which has been criticized by the social and legal activists for the constitutional stigmatization and denial of equal legal rights.
Life expectancy
thumb|[[Life expectancy in the Philippines since 1938]]
thumb|Life expectancy in the Philippines since 1960 by gender
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in years
!Period
!Life expectancy in years
|-
|1950–1955
|55.4
|1985–1990
|64.7
|-
|1955–1960
|57.1
|1990–1995
|65.7
|-
|1960–1965
|58.6
|1995–2000
|66.8
|-
|1965–1970
|60.1
|2000–2005
|67.5
|-
|1970–1975
|61.4
|2005–2010
|68.0
|-
|1975–1980
|61.7
|2010–2015
|68.6
|-
|1980–1985
|62.9
|
|
|}
Source: UN World Population Prospects
Structure of the population
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 51,069,962
| align="right" | 49,909,341
| align="right" | 100,979,303
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 5,590,485
| align="right" | 5,228,446
| align="right" | 10,818,931
| align="right" | 10.71
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 5,596,837
| align="right" | 5,246,083
| align="right" | 10,842,920
| align="right" | 10.74
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 5,405,418
| align="right" | 5,088,524
| align="right" | 10,493,942
| align="right" | 10.39
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 5,202,239
| align="right" | 4,988,946
| align="right" | 10,191,185
| align="right" | 10.09
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 4,795,772
| align="right" | 4,671,722
| align="right" | 9,467,494
| align="right" | 9.38
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 4,252,817
| align="right" | 4,107,630
| align="right" | 8,360,447
| align="right" | 8.28
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 3,755,963
| align="right" | 3,585,931
| align="right" | 7,341,894
| align="right" | 7.27
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 3,447,349
| align="right" | 3,295,338
| align="right" | 6,742,687
| align="right" | 6.68
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 2,995,391
| align="right" | 2,853,937
| align="right" | 5,849,328
| align="right" | 5.79
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 2,680,464
| align="right" | 2,603,861
| align="right" | 5,284,325
| align="right" | 5.23
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2,227,579
| align="right" | 2,202,968
| align="right" | 4,430,547
| align="right" | 4.39
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1,785,436
| align="right" | 1,821,398
| align="right" | 3,606,834
| align="right" | 3.57
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1,325,815
| align="right" | 1,435,368
| align="right" | 2,761,183
| align="right" | 2.73
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 878 327
| align="right" | 1,037,798
| align="right" | 1,916,125
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 523 237
| align="right" | 696 843
| align="right" | 1,220,080
| align="right" | 1.21
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 338 520
| align="right" | 520 578
| align="right" | 859 098
| align="right" | 0.85
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 169 388
| align="right" | 305 752
| align="right" | 475 140
| align="right" | 0.47
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 69 930
| align="right" | 148 296
| align="right" | 218 226
| align="right" | 0.22
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 21 868
| align="right" | 53 087
| align="right" | 74 955
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 5 956
| align="right" | 14 010
| align="right" | 19 966
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 1 171
| align="right" | 2 825
| align="right" | 3 996
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 16,592,740
| align="right" | 15,563,053
| align="right" | 32,155,793
| align="right" | 31.84
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 32,468,825
| align="right" | 31,567,099
| align="right" | 64,035,924
| align="right" | 63.41
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 2,008,397
| align="right" | 2,779,189
| align="right" | 4,787,586
| align="right" | 4.74
|-
|}