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Philippines POPULATION
Population Growth
The Philippine population in the early 1990s continued to
grow at a rapid, although somewhat reduced rate from that which
had prevailed in the preceding decades. In 1990 the Philippine
population was more than 66 million, up from 48 million in 1980.
This figure represents an annual growth rate of 2.5 percent, down
from 2.6 percent in 1980 and from more than 3 percent in the
1960s. Even at the lower growth rate, the Philippine population
will increase to an estimated 77 million by the year 2000 and
will double every twenty-nine years into the next century.
Moreover, in 1990 the population was still a youthful one, with
57 percent under the age of twenty. The birth rate in early 1991
was 29 per 1,000, and the death rate was 7 per 1,000. The infant
mortality rate was 48 deaths per 1,000 live births. Population
density increased from 160 per square kilometer in 1980 to 220 in
1990. The rapid population growth and the size of the younger
population has required the Philippines to double the amount of
housing, schools, and health facilities every twenty-nine years
just to maintain a constant level.
Data as of June 1991
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