| Land area (sq. km) |
298,170.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
19.12 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
81,617,024.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
1.79 |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
273.73 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
92.60 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
70.76 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
26.00 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
40.0 (2001 est.) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
61.86 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census) |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census) |
CIA |
| Language |
two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Manila |
CIA |
| Character of government |
Republic; Administrative Division: 79 provinces and 117 chartered cities; Independence day: 12 June 1898 (from Spain) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (since 20 January 2001) |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is both chief of state and head of government. cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with consent of Commission of Appointments. elections: president and vice president (Manuel "Noli" DE CASTRO) elected on separate tickets by popular vote for six years term |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members elected at large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (212 members, ellected by popular votes for three years) |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials) |
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
18.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
5.67 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
0.47 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
6.03 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
1,087.92 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
5.98 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
0.91 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
6.19 (2000) |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
1.40 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
3.22 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments, optical instruments, coconut products, fruits and nuts, copper products, chemicals |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
11.70 |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
60,550,299,648.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Philippine Peso (PHP) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
56.04 |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
53.91 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
403.54 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
45.14 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
42.12 |
WDI |
