Demographics of the Philippines

Demographics of the Philippines
Philippines population pyramid in 2020
Population	109,033,245 (2020 census)
Growth rate	1.63% (2015–2020)[1]
Birth rate	12.4 births/1,000 population (2021)[2]
Death rate	8.0 deaths/1,000 population (2021)[3]
Life expectancy	72.66 years
• male	68.72 years
• female	74.74 years (2011 est.)
Fertility rate	1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)[4]
Infant mortality rate	24.0 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	−1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	29.98% (male 17,006,677/female 16,036,437)
15–64 years	64.22% (male 35,879,693/female 34,885,763)
65 and over	5.80% (male 2,754,813/female 3,635,271) (2021 est.)
Sex ratio
Total	1 male(s)/female
At birth	1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.04 male(s)/female
15–64 years	1 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.76 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Filipinos
Major ethnic	Visayan (Cebuano, Waray, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo, Karay-a, Aklanon, Masbatenyo, Romblomanon) 31.6%, Tagalog 28.1% (2000 census)
Minor ethnic	Ilocano 9%, Bikol 6%, Kapampangan 3%, Pangasinan 2%, Zamboangueño 1.5% & others 23.3% (2000 census)
Language
Official	Filipino and English[5]
Spoken	Recognized regional languages: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Zamboangueño Chavacano and Tausug Protected auxiliary languages: Spanish and Arabic

Demography of the Philippines records the human population, including its population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects. The Philippines annualized population growth rate between the years 2015–2020 was 1.53%.^[6] According to the 2020 census, the population of the Philippines is 109,033,245.^[7] The first census in the Philippines was held in the year 1591 which counted 667,612 people.^[8]

The majority of Filipinos are lowland Austronesians,^[9] 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 posses Austroasiatic ancestry and the Blaan people who posses Papuan ancestry, while ancient immigration integrated some Indian ancestry to the precolonial Indianized kingdoms in the islands. 600,000 people from the United States of America also live in the Philippines.^[10] They represent 0.56% of the total population. Meanwhile, Spanish era censuses from the 1700s, record that 2.33% of the population were Mexicans^[11][12] and 5% were mixed Spanish-Filipinos.^[13][14] Whereas records from the Philippine government shows that pure Chinese were 1.35 Million and mixed Chinese-Filipinos composed about 20% of the population.^[15] Other ethnic groups include the Arabs who intermixed with Muslim Filipinos and the Japanese who form parts of the population.^[16]

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).