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The National Statistics Office presented during the Board
Meeting of the National Statistical Coordination Board on
11
June 2008 the results of the 2007 Population Census.
The highlights are as follows:
1. The total population of the Philippines in 2007 was
88.57
million, based on the 2007
Census of Population. This was 76.50 million in 2000 based on
the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, and 68.62 million in 1995 based
on the 1995 Mid-Decade Census.
2. The 2007 and 2000 census figures translate into an average
annual growth rate of 2.04 percent for the period 2000-2007. This is the
lowest population growth rate recorded for the Philippines since the 1960s.
(It
is highly likely that the
current or 2008 population of the Philippines based on the growth rate would now be
about 90 million.)
The projected average annual population growth rate is 1.95
percent for the period 2005-2010.
3. Among the 17 administrative regions, CALABARZON (Region
IVA) had the largest population with 11.74 million, while the National
Capital Region (NCR) with 11.55 million and Central Luzon (Region Ill) with
9.72 million had the next largest population sizes. The population of these
three regions together comprised more than one-third (37.3 percent) of the
Philippine population. Only five regions had growth rates higher than the
national rate. These are NCR (2.11 percent), Region 111 (2.36 percent),
Region IVA (3.21 percent), Region XI1 (2.41 percent), and ARMM (5.46
percent).
4. Among the provinces, Cavite had the largest population
with 2.86 million. Bulacan had the second largest population with 2.83
million and Pangasinan had the third largest, with 2.65 million.
5. Five other provinces surpassed the two millionth mark:
Laguna (2.47 million persons);Cebu, excluding its three highly urbanized
cities Cebu City, Lapulapu City, and Mandaue City (2.44 million); Negros
Occidental, excluding Bacolod City (2.37 million persons); Rizal (2.28
million persons); and Batangas (2.25 million persons).
6. The provinces with less than one hundred thousand populace
were Batanes (16 thousand persons), Camiguin (81 thousand persons), and
Siquijor (88 thousand persons). Batanes Province was the only provincial
unit that registered a negative population growth rate at -0.42%.
7. Of the 32 highly urbanized cities (HUC), only four had
populations exceeding one million. Three of such HUCs are in the NCR: Quezon
City (2.68 million), Manila (1.66 million), and Kalookan City (1.38
million). Outside NCR, the only highly urbanized city having a population of more than one million was Davao City with a
population of 1.36 million.
8. Barangay 176 of Kalookan City was the post populous
Barangay with 221,874 inhabitants.
Persons included in the Census Enumeration are those who are
alive as of 12:Ol a.m. of August 1,2007 and who are:
1.
Filipino nationals permanently residing in the Philippines;
2. Filipino nationals who, as of census date, are temporarily
at Philippine sea, or are temporarily on vacation, business/pleasure trip or
studyltraining abroad and are expected to be back within a year from the
date of departure;
3. Filipino overseas workers, including those on board
oceangoing vessels, who are away at the time of census and expected to be
back within five years;
4.
Philippine government officials, both military and civilian, including
Philippine diplomatic personnel and their families, assigned abroad; and
5.
Civilian citizens of foreign countries having their usual residence in the
Philippines or foreign visitors who have stayed or are expected to stay for
at least a year from the date of their arrival in this country.
Persons Excluded from the Census Enumeration are the
following persons, although they happen to be within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Philippines at the time of the census enumeration:
1.
Foreign ambassadors, ministers, consuls, or other diplomatic
representatives, and members of their families (except Filipino and non-Filipino
employees who have been
residents of the Philippines prior to said employment);
2. Citizens of foreign countries living within the premises
of an embassy, legation, chancellery, or consulate;
3. Citizens of foreign countries who are chiefs or officials
of international organizations like United Nations (UN), International Labor
Organization (ILO), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
who are subject to reassignment to other countries after their tour of duty
in the Philippines, and members of their families;
4. Citizens of foreign countries together with non-Filipino
members of their families, who are students or who are employed, or have
business in the Philippines but who are expected to stay in the country for
less than a year from arrival;
5. Citizens of foreign countries and Filipinos with usual
place of residence in a foreign
country who are visiting the Philippines and who have stayed
or are expected to stay in the country for less than a year from arrival
(e.g.,
a "balikbayan" who will return to his/her usual place of
residence abroad after a short vacation or visit in the Philippines);
6.
Citizens of foreign countries in refugee camps/vessels; and
7.
Residents of the Philippines on vacation, pleasure or business trip, study
or training abroad who have been away or expected to be away from the
Philippines for more than one year from departure.
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