The Philippines is an island nation situated in Southeast Asia. It comprises of around 7,641 islands that are ordered extensively under three fundamental topographical divisions from north to south. The capital city is Manila and the most crowded city is Quezon City, both comes under Metro Manila. Philippines shares its maritime borders with Taiwan toward the north and Indonesia as well as Malaysia toward the south.
It is the seventh-most populated nation in Asia and the twelfth most populated nation on the planet. In ancient times, Negritos were a portion of the archipelago’s earliest occupants. They were followed by progressive influxes of Austronesian people.
POPULATION OF PHILIPPINES IN 2017:
Talking about population, in order to check out the population of Philippines in 2017, we need to have a look at the population of the past 5 years. They are as per the following:
- 2012 – 96.71 Million
- 2013 – 98.39 Million
- 2014 – 99.5 Million
- 2015 – 100.981 Million
- 2016 – 103 Million
Getting from the past data of Philippines from the year 2012-16, it has been noticed that there has been an increase of 6.29 Million in the past 5 years. Therefore, it has been seen that every year the population increases by 1.258 Million. Hence, the population of Philippines in 2017 is estimated to be 103 Million + 1.258 Million = 104.258 Million. So, the population of Philippines in the year 2017 as per estimated data = 104.258 Million.
PHILIPPINES Population 2017 – 104.258 Million(Estimated)
DEMOGRAPHY OF PHILIPPINES:
Obviously for a nation that comprises of numerous islands, the Philippines contains a different scope of ethnic gatherings. Religion in the country is vigorously impacted by its history as a part of the Spanish Empire. And additionally naming the nation after its King (Philip II), Spain likewise sent out its religion, and today around 81% of the nation’s nationals are Roman Catholic Christians. Of the rest of the general
population, 11% are from other Christian categories and around 5.6% are Muslim, chiefly situated in the southwest zone of the nation.
Despite the fact that the official dialect of the Philippines was for a long time, Spanish, the legacy of the Americans amid the principal half of the twentieth century has been that its two authority languages as of today are English and Filipino.
POPULATION DENSITY AND GROWTH OF PHILIPPINES:
The population density of Philippines is 892.99 persons per square kilometer. In the event that outer migration will continue on the earlier year level, the populace will be declined by a huge number because of the relocation reasons. It implies that the number of individuals who leave Philippines to settle in another nation will beat the number of individuals who move into the nation with a specific end goal to settle there as lasting occupants. Its yearly population growth rate has moderated as more individuals in the Roman Catholic nation utilize contraception.
After-effects of the 2015 enumeration demonstrate the populace grew 1.72 percent a year ago, down from 1.9 percent amid the past registration in 2010, the Commission on Population said. With the population growth rate being slow, the population is relied upon to twofold in 40 years or two years longer than had been estimated, giving the nation more opportunity to get ready and to apply more endeavors to diminish the neglected requirement for family arranging of somewhere in the range of 4 million to 5 million couples who need to limit their children. Furthermore, it has been anticipated that the population growth rate of the nation will be double in the coming years.
FACTS ABOUT PHILIPPINES:
- The country is the leading producer of coconuts, having delivered 19.5 million tons of the natural product i the year 2010.
- As indicated by the 2000 statistics, 52 million individuals in the Philippines communicate in English, making it the fifth biggest English-speaking country behind the U.S., India and U.K.
- As a consequence of the Spanish impact, the nation is overwhelmingly Christian with 90% of its population honing some method of Christianity and Roman Catholic is the majority.
- The world’s biggest Christmas lamp was lit up in San Fernando on December 24 in the year 2002.
- In the year 2009, around 1.39 billion text messages were being sent in the country every day. The nation was one of the first adopters of texting.
