Philippines 
Facts
Population: 91,077,287 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 34.5% (male 16,043,257/female 15,415,334)
15-64 years: 61.3% (male 27,849,584/female 28,008,293)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 1,631,866/female 2,128,953) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.764% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 24.48 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.041 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.994 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.767 male(s)/female
total population: 0.999 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 22.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.51 years
male: 67.61 years
female: 73.55 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.05 children born/woman (2007 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.).
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%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census).
Languages: Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); 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% (2000 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $449.8 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.4% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,000 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 14.2%
industry: 32.1%
services: 53.7% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 35.79 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 36%
industry: 15%
services: 49% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 40% (2001 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.1% (2003).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 7.9% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $19.53 billion
expenditures: $20.74 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish.
Industries: electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing.
Industrial production growth rate: 4.8% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 56.57 billion kWh (2005).
Electricity - consumption: 49.75 billion kWh (2005).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2005).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2005).
Exports: $47.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, fruits.
Exports - partners: US 18%, Japan 17.5%, China 9.9%, Netherlands 9.8%, Hong Kong 8.1%, Singapore 6.6%, Malaysia 6%, Taiwan 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $51.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic.
Imports - partners: US 19.2%, Japan 17%, Singapore 7.9%, Taiwan 7.5%, China 6.3%, South Korea 4.8%, Saudi Arabia 4.6%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $54.06 billion (September 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $532.4 million in commitments (2005).
Currency (code): Philippine peso (PHP).
Exchange rates: Philippine pesos per US dollar - 51.246 (2006), 55.086 (2005), 56.04 (2004), 54.203 (2003), 51.604 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Independent), Bohol
http://www.theboholstandard.com/
(Alternative weekly magazine), Quezon City
http://www.bulatlat.com/
Bulletin Today
Manila
(Financial daily), Manila
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/
Business Star
(Independent), Manila
Business Times
(Independent), Manila
(Independent), Manila
http://bworld.com.ph
Philippines in the News
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Arroyo says the state of emergency she declared on Feb. 24 successfully prevented a coup, but details have not yet been made public. Her claim was met by protests from a wide spectrum of the population.
In the Philippines, the irony is that access to information remains elusive, especially for the rural population of this country of 75 million people.
In a statement made on Australian television in early May, the acting United States ambassador to the Philippines has described Mindanao, the country’s second largest island, as the world’s new terrorist “Mecca,” comparing it to Afghanistan.
'Three years after actor-turned-president Joseph Estrada was thrown out of office, Filipino voters are poised to elect another movie star this May,' Mai Hoang reports.
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