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Total Population and Annual Population Growth Rates by Region:
Population Censuses 1995, 2000, and 2007

Region/Province Total
Population		 Annual Population
Growth Rate
 1-Aug-07  1-May-00  1-Sep-95 2000-2007 1995-2000 1995-2007

PHILIPPINES		 a1/a2
 88,574,614 		b1/b2
 76,506,928 		c
 68,616,536
2.04
2.36
2.16
 
National Capital Region 11,553,427 9,932,560 9,454,040 2.11 1.06 1.70
Cordillera Administrative
 Region		 1,520,743 1,365,220 1,254,838 1.50 1.82 1.62
Region I - Ilocos 4,545,906 4,200,478 3,803,890 1.10 2.15 1.51
Region II - Cagayan Valley 3,051,487 2,813,159 2,536,035 1.13 2.25 1.56
Region III - Central Luzon 9,720,982 8,204,742 7,092,191 2.36 3.17 2.68
Region IV-A - Calabarzon 11,743,110 9,320,629 7,750,204 3.24 4.03 3.55
Region IV-B - Mimaropa 2,559,791 2,299,229 2,033,271 1.49 2.67 1.95
Region V - Bicol 5,109,798 4,674,855 4,325,307 1.23 1.68 1.41
Region VI - Western Visayas 6,843,643 6,211,038 5,776,938 1.35 1.56 1.43
Region VII - Central Visayas 6,398,628 5,706,953 5,014,588 1.59 2.81 2.07
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 3,912,936 3,610,355 3,366,917 1.12 1.51 1.27
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 3,230,094 2,831,412 2,567,651 1.83 2.12 1.94
Region X - Northern Mindanao 3,952,437 3,505,708 3,197,059 1.67 1.99 1.79
Region XI - Davao 4,156,653 3,676,163 3,288,824 1.71 2.41 1.98
Region XII - Soccsksargen 3,829,081 3,222,169 2,846,966 2.41 2.69 2.52
Caraga 2,293,480 2,095,367 1,942,687 1.25 1.63 1.40
Autonomous Region in
 Muslim Mindanao		 4,120,795 2,803,045 2,362,300 5.46 3.73 4.78
 
Notes:
a1 Population counts for the regions do not add up to national total. Includes 24,789 persons residing in the areas disputed by City of Pasig (NCR) and the province of Rizal (Region IVA); and 4,555 persons in the areas disputed by the province of Davao Oriental (Region XI) and Surigao del Sur (Caraga).
a2 Includes 2,279 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
b1 Population counts for the regions do not add up to national total. Includes 18,989 persons residing in the areas disputed by City of Pasig (NCR) and the province of Rizal (Region IVA); 192 persons in the area disputed by the province of Mountain Province (CAR) and Ilocos Sur (Region I); and 11,814 persons in the barangays disputed by the province of Camarines Norte (Region V) and Quezon (Region IVA).
b2 Includes 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
c Includes 2,830 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, Consulates and Mission Abroad.
 
Sources:
 National Statistics Office, 1995 Census of Population
 National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing
 National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population
 
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