Census in the Philippines

Philippine census
A census enumerator interviewing a resident of Dasmariñas in October 2020
Frequency	Every five years
Country	Philippines
Inaugurated	1877; 147 years ago (1877)
Most recent	2020; 4 years ago
Next event	2025; 1 year's time (2025)
Organized by	Philippine Statistics Authority (since 2015)

The Philippine census is a regularly occurring and official inventory of the human population and housing units in the Philippines. Since 1970, the population has been enumerated every five years.^[a] Results from the censuses are used to allocate congressional seats and fund government programs.

The mid-year census is known as the Census of Population (POPCEN), while the decennial census is referred to as the Census of Population and Housing (CPH).

By virtue of Republic Act No. 10625, known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, censuses in the Philippines have been administered by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) since the 2015 census.^[1]

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).