Philippines - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Philippines was 109,581,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109,581,100 in 2020 and a minimum value of 26,269,740 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 26,269,740
1961 27,161,050
1962 28,077,340
1963 29,012,630
1964 29,958,690
1965 30,910,000
1966 31,864,180
1967 32,823,970
1968 33,795,200
1969 34,786,310
1970 35,803,590
1971 36,849,680
1972 37,923,400
1973 39,022,760
1974 40,144,250
1975 41,285,740
1976 42,446,660
1977 43,629,420
1978 44,838,480
1979 46,079,840
1980 47,357,740
1981 48,672,830
1982 50,023,560
1983 51,408,910
1984 52,827,050
1985 54,275,840
1986 55,755,340
1987 57,263,840
1988 58,795,000
1989 60,340,770
1990 61,895,170
1991 63,454,780
1992 65,020,120
1993 66,593,900
1994 68,180,850
1995 69,784,090
1996 71,401,740
1997 73,030,880
1998 74,672,010
1999 76,325,930
2000 77,991,760
2001 79,672,870
2002 81,365,260
2003 83,051,970
2004 84,710,540
2005 86,326,250
2006 87,888,670
2007 89,405,480
2008 90,901,970
2009 92,414,160
2010 93,966,780
2011 95,570,050
2012 97,212,640
2013 98,871,560
2014 100,513,100
2015 102,113,200
2016 103,663,800
2017 105,172,900
2018 106,651,400
2019 108,116,600
2020 109,581,100

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population