Philippines

Facts

Population:  82,841,518 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  36.87% (male 15,547,712; female 14,997,544) 15-64 years:  59.45% (male 24,374,849; female 24,873,595) 65 years and over:  3.68% (male 1,355,046; female 1,692,772) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.03% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  27.37 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.8 male(s)/female total population:  0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  28.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  67.8 years male:  64.96 years female:  70.79 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  3.42 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.07% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  28,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  1,200 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Filipino(s) adjective:  Philippine
Ethnic groups:  Christian Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
Languages:  two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English, eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  94.6% male:  95% female:  94.3% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $310 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  20% industry:  32% services:  48% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line:  41% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.5% highest 10%:  39.3% (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  48.1 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 39.8%, government and social services 19.4%, services 17.7%, manufacturing 9.8%, construction 5.8%, other 7.5% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:  10% (2000)
Budget:  revenues:  $14.5 billion expenditures:  $12.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:  textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing
Industrial production growth rate:  4% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  40.745 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  61.03% hydro:  18.68% nuclear:  0% other:  20.29% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  37.893 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish
Exports:  $38 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments, coconut products
Exports - partners:  US 34%, Japan 14%, Netherlands 8%, Singapore 6%, UK 6%, Hong Kong 4% (1998)
Imports:  $35 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, consumer goods, fuels
Imports - partners:  US 22%, Japan 20%, South Korea 8%, Singapore 6%, Taiwan 5%, Hong Kong 4% (1998 est.)
Debt - external:  $52 billion (1999)
Economic aid - recipient:  ODA, $1.1 billion (1998)
Currency:  Philippine peso (PHP)
Currency code:  PHP
Exchange rates:  Philippine pesos per US dollar - 50.969 (January 2001), 44.192 (2000), 39.089 (1999), 40.893 (1998), 29.471 (1997), 26.216 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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