Demographics of Philippines

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	31 Jan 2025

As of 2025, the population of Philippines is projected at 116.79 million, compared to 115.84 million in 2024. It is the seventh-most populous country in Asia and ranks 14th in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.81 percent, the 115th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 58.25 million males and 58.54 million females in Philippines. The percentage of the male population is 49.88%, compared to 50.12% of the female population. Philippines has 284k more females than males. The sex ratio in Philippines in 2025 will be 99.514 males per 100 females. Philippines is in the 152nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

56.93 million people are living in urban areas, which is 48.61% of the Philippines's population. The Philippines is ranked 164th in terms of urbanization.

Philippines population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	9,444,184	9,405,344	18,849,528	3.70	100.413
1955	11,501,772	11,378,801	22,880,573	4.03	101.081
1960	14,064,548	13,827,350	27,891,897	3.16	101.715
1965	16,488,554	16,136,762	32,625,316	3.03	102.180
1970	19,012,725	18,609,479	37,622,204	2.39	102.167
1975	21,175,543	20,945,283	42,120,826	2.42	101.099
1980	24,122,199	23,921,540	48,043,740	2.57	100.839
1985	27,718,305	27,494,700	55,213,006	2.61	100.813
1990	31,526,978	31,327,689	62,854,666	2.68	100.636
1995	35,378,408	35,167,837	70,546,246	2.22	100.599
2000	40,007,537	39,617,859	79,625,397	2.35	100.984
2005	44,199,327	43,816,634	88,015,962	1.81	100.873
2010	48,292,490	48,044,635	96,337,125	2.12	100.516
2015	52,836,545	52,476,447	105,312,992	1.36	100.686
2020	55,905,489	56,175,775	112,081,264	1.08	99.519
2021	56,419,691	56,681,259	113,100,950	0.74	99.539
2022	56,849,247	57,115,092	113,964,338	0.78	99.535
2023	57,310,817	57,580,382	114,891,199	0.83	99.532
2024	57,784,107	58,059,563	115,843,670	0.82	99.526
2025	58,251,330	58,535,632	116,786,962	0.81	99.514

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	53.578	15.522	7.129
1955	56.600	15.201	7.071
1960	59.175	14.744	6.996
1965	60.410	14.334	6.799
1970	60.827	14.641	6.218
1975	60.904	15.164	5.596
1980	61.884	16.205	5.108
1985	62.735	17.171	4.664
1990	64.382	17.766	4.322
1995	66.311	18.154	4.067
2000	67.789	18.991	3.754
2005	68.423	19.911	3.448
2010	68.883	20.880	3.315
2015	69.450	22.213	2.829
2020	70.097	24.075	2.075
2021	66.675	24.468	1.950
2022	69.472	24.866	1.929
2023	69.833	25.287	1.916
2024	69.946	25.712	1.894
2025	70.067	26.140	1.876

Total
Crude

Philippines death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	287,167	903,377	15.235	47.926
1955	279,460	1,088,136	12.214	47.557
1960	279,321	1,315,325	10.014	47.158
1965	286,388	1,432,484	8.778	43.907
1970	308,594	1,507,540	8.202	40.070
1975	339,494	1,578,550	8.060	37.477
1980	371,912	1,785,628	7.741	37.167
1985	410,308	2,024,329	7.431	36.664
1990	419,862	2,169,483	6.680	34.516
1995	415,200	2,262,167	5.886	32.066
2000	429,510	2,331,835	5.394	29.285
2005	471,512	2,389,958	5.357	27.154
2010	528,136	2,559,111	5.482	26.564
2015	587,987	2,415,119	5.583	22.933
2020	653,597	1,907,237	5.831	17.017
2021	903,857	1,821,790	7.992	16.108
2022	714,113	1,829,885	6.266	16.057
2023	716,490	1,840,477	6.236	16.019
2024	735,575	1,841,191	6.350	15.894
2025	755,084	1,845,745	6.465	15.804

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Philippines

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	5,041,797	13,538,693	27.135
1955	6,365,919	15,813,182	28.702
1960	7,959,850	18,313,175	30.297
1965	9,770,040	21,143,893	31.604
1970	11,807,882	23,996,847	32.979
1975	14,684,347	26,610,777	35.560
1980	17,752,900	29,644,068	37.456
1985	22,943,780	31,379,868	42.235
1990	29,106,432	32,840,916	46.986
1995	32,515,486	37,320,229	46.560
2000	35,981,065	42,010,504	46.135
2005	39,435,905	46,838,332	45.710
2010	42,487,934	51,238,690	45.332
2015	47,078,199	54,638,160	46.284
2020	52,008,603	57,694,793	47.408
2021	53,074,112	58,228,684	47.684
2022	54,167,314	58,734,250	47.977
2023	55,287,662	59,209,351	48.287
2024	56,434,179	59,651,507	48.614

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Philippines population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	4,637,413	4,315,953	8,953,366	7.67	107.448
05-09	5,617,178	5,434,226	11,051,405	9.46	103.367
10-14	5,940,280	5,749,600	11,689,881	10.01	103.316
15-19	5,788,495	5,632,730	11,421,225	9.78	102.765
20-24	5,409,212	5,335,111	10,744,324	9.20	101.389
25-29	5,209,677	5,151,035	10,360,713	8.87	101.138
30-34	4,836,398	4,754,828	9,591,226	8.21	101.716
35-39	4,262,862	4,154,283	8,417,146	7.21	102.614
40-44	3,691,941	3,648,784	7,340,725	6.29	101.183
45-49	3,200,160	3,203,193	6,403,353	5.48	99.905
50-54	2,711,641	2,759,919	5,471,560	4.69	98.251
55-59	2,304,317	2,444,090	4,748,408	4.07	94.281
60-64	1,850,245	2,058,494	3,908,740	3.35	89.883
65-69	1,348,890	1,627,927	2,976,816	2.55	82.859
70-74	836,113	1,121,663	1,957,776	1.68	74.542
75-79	409,675	662,721	1,072,397	0.92	61.817
80-84	138,353	312,872	451,225	0.39	44.220
85-89	46,874	130,320	177,194	0.15	35.968
90-94	10,355	33,153	43,508	0.04	31.234
95-99	1,210	4,441	5,651	0.00	27.246
100+	40	287	327	0.00	13.937
Total	58,251,329	58,535,630	116,786,966		99.514