Basic Facts Official name Capital Area Republic of the Philippines Manila 300,000 sq km 116,000 sq mi

Religious affiliations Roman Catholic Muslim Other (including nonreligious and other Christians) Health and Education

84 percent 5 percent 11 percent

People Population Population growth Population growth rate

87,857,473 (2005 estimate)

Life expectancy Total Female Male Infant mortality rate 69.9 years (2005 estimate) 72.9 years (2005 estimate) 67 years (2005 estimate) 24 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) 10,308 people (1999) 934 people (1993)

1.83 percent (2005 estimate)

Projected population in 118,685,776 (2005 2025 estimate) Projected population in 147,630,852 (2005 2050 estimate) Population density 295 persons per sq km (2005 estimate) 763 persons per sq mi (2005 estimate)

Population per physician Population per hospital bed Literacy rate

Urban/rural distribution Share urban Share rural 61 percent (2003 estimate) 39 percent (2003 estimate)

Total Female Male Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Number of years of compulsory schooling Number of students per teacher, primary school Government Form of government Voting qualifications Universal at age 18

96.3 percent (2005 estimate) 96.2 percent (2005 estimate) 96.3 percent (2005 estimate) 3.1 percent (20012002) 7 years (20012002) 35 students per teacher (20012002) Republic

Largest cities, with population Quezon City 2,160,000 (2000) Manila Caloocan Davao Cebu Ethnic groups Malay (including Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano) Chinese Other 1,673,000 (2000) 1,157,881 (1999 estimate) 1,147,000 (2000) 662,000 (2000)

95 percent

2 percent 3 percent

Constitution 2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987 Armed forces Total number of military personnel 106,000 (2003)

Languages Filipino (official; based on Tagalog), English (official), indigenous languages

Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) Economy Gross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$) GDP per capita (U.S.$) GDP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, fishing Industry Services Employment Number of workers

1 percent (2003)

Electricity from nuclear sources Electricity from geothermal, solar, and wind sources

estimate) 22.23 percent (2002 estimate) 161 (1997) 41 (2003) 136 (2000 estimate) 3.5 (2003) 82 (1996)

$80.6 billion (2003) $990 (2003)

Number of radios per 1,000 people Number of telephones per 1,000 people Number of televisions per 1,000 people Number of Internet hosts per 10,000 people Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Number of motor vehicles per 1,000 people

14.5 percent (2003) 32.3 percent (2003) 53.2 percent (2003)

34 (2002)

34,604,380 (2003)

Workforce share of economic sector Agriculture, forestry, 37 percent (2001) fishing Industry Services Unemployment rate National budget (U.S.$) Total revenue Total expenditure 16 percent (2001) 47 percent (2001) 9.8 percent (2001)

Paved road as a share of 10 percent (2002) total roads

$11,577 million (2003) $13,852 million (2001)

Monetary unit 1 Philippine peso (P), consisting of 100 centavos Major trade partners for exports United States, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan Major trade partners for imports Japan, United States, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Energy, Communications, and Transportation Electricity production Electricity from thermal 61.98 percent sources (2002 estimate) Electricity from hydroelectric sources 15.79 percent (2002 estimate) 0 percent (2002