Philippines--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Philippines People

Population: 68,464,368 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.97% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 27.9 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 7.03 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 51.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.13 years male: 62.59 years female: 67.79 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.45 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Filipino(s) adjective: Philippine

Ethnic divisions: Christian Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%

Languages: Pilipino (official; based on Tagalog), English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 90% male: 90% female: 90%

Labor force: 24.12 million

by occupation: agriculture 46%, industry and commerce 16%, services 18.5%, government 10%, other 9.5% (1989)