Philippines Facts and Figures
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Country Name: |
298,170 sq km |
Government: |
Republic |
Capital: |
Manila |
Land: |
298,170 sq km |
Natural Resources: |
timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper |
Population: |
91,077,287 (July 2007 est.) |
Median Age: |
22.7 years |
Population Growth Rate: |
1.764% (2007 est.) |
Birth Rate: |
24.48 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity): |
$449.8 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP (Official Exchange Rate): |
$116.9 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP – Real Growth Rate: |
5.4% (2006 est.) |
GDP – Per Capita (PPP): |
$5,000 (2006 est.) |
GDP – Composition by Sector: |
agriculture: 14.1% |
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industry: 31.6% |
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services: 54.2% (2006 est.) |
| Labor Force: |
35.79 million (2006 est.) |
Labor Force by Occupation: |
agriculture: 36% |
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industry: 15% |
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services: 49% (2004 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate: |
7.9% (2006 est.) |
Population below Poverty Line: |
40% (2001 est.) |
Industrial Production Growth Rate: |
4.8% (2006 est.) |
| Electricity Production: |
53.67 billion kWh (2005) |
Electricity Consumption: |
46.86 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil Production: |
25,320 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
Oil Consumption: |
342,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
Natural Gas Production: |
2.781 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural Gas Consumption: |
2.781 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: |
$46.16 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Imports: |
$53.11 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Telephone Lines: |
3.367 million (2005) |
Cellular Telephones: |
41.6 million (2006) |
Radio Broadcast Stations: |
AM 375, FM 596,
shortwave 4 (each shortwave
station operates on multiple
frequencies in the language of
the target audience) (2006) |
TV Broadcast Stations: |
233 (plus 1,480 CATV networks) (2006) |
Internet Hosts: |
271,609 (2007) |
Internet Users: |
4.615 million (2005) |
