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Fast Facts
Population: 89,468,677 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:
• 0-14 years: 35% (male 15,961,365/female 15,340,065)
• 15-64 years: 61% (male 27,173,919/female 27,362,736)
• 65 years and over: 4.1% (male 1,576,089/female 2,054,503) (2006 est.)

Median age:
• total: 22.5 years
• male: 22 years
• female: 23 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.8% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 24.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
• at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
• total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
• total: 22.81 deaths/1,000 live births
• male: 25.59 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 19.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
• total population: 70.21 years
• male: 67.32 years
• female: 73.24 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.11 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
• degree of risk: high
• food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
• vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
• animal contact disease: rabies (2005)

Nationality:
• noun: Filipino(s)
• adjective: Philippine

Ethnic groups: Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)

Religions:
• Roman Catholic 80.9%
• Evangelical 2.8%
• Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%
• Aglipayan 2%
• Other Christian 4.5%
• Muslim 5%
• Other 1.8%
• Unspecified 0.6%
• None 0.1% (2000 census)

Languages:
• Two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English
• Eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan

Literacy:
• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 92.6%
• male: 92.5%
• female: 92.7% (2002)

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