DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
Demographic Indicator
Population |
Spanish Period |
American Period |
First BCS data |
Latest NSO
data |
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1591 |
1903 |
1948 |
1995 |
Total
Male
Female
Civilized 1/
Wild People 2/
Density (persons per sq. km.) |
667,612 |
7,635,426
3,496,652 3/ (45.8%)
3,491,034 3/ (45.7%)
6,987,686
647,740 (8.5%)
26 |
19,234,182
9,651,195 (50.2%)
9,582,987 (49.8%)
65 |
68,616,536
34,584,170 (50.4%)
34,032,366 (49.6%)
228 |
| Vital Statistics |
1876 |
1903 |
1948 |
1993 |
Number of Births
Birth Rate (per thousand population)
Number of deaths
Death Rate (per thousand population)
Number of Infant Deaths
Infant Death Rate (per thousand population)
Number of Marriages
Marriage Rate (per thousand population) |
46.2
26.7 |
284,800
37.3
329,671
43.2 |
602,415
31.3
243,467
12.7
68,897
114.4
128,646
13.4 |
1,680,896
25.1
318,546
4.8
34,673
20.6
474,407
14.2 |
Notes :
1/ Civilized people, with the exception of those of the foreign birth, were practically all adherents of the Catholic Church by 1903 Census definitions.
2/ Wild people, was used in the 1903 Census to refer to, among others, those who were Mohammedan in religion and were well known in the islands as Moros.
3/ Distribution by sex based on civilized population only.
Source: National Statistical Coordination Board (2001) QuickStat
http://www. nscb.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/cent-qs.htm
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