Demographic Statistics




`PRESS RELEASES: 2007 Census of Population`
		Official population count reveals...	04/16/2008
		Advisory: Philippines Final Population Count for Release in March	02/28/2008
		NSO ready for nationwide census of population	07/07/2007

`2007 Census of Population - Reports on Population Count`
	Philippines	Philippines: Total Population Count as of August 1, 2007	04/28/2008

`2000 Census of Population and Housing - National Reports`
	Philippines	Philippines: Urban population was registered at 48.05 percent	10/10/2003
	Philippines	Philippines: Additional three persons per minute	02/18/2003
	Philippines	Philippines: Population expected to reach 100 million Filipinos in 14 years	10/16/2002

`2000 Census of Population and Housing - Reports by Region`
	NCR	National Capital Region: Close to 10 million persons	01/14/2003
	CAR	Cordillera Administrative Region: The least populous region in the Philippines	12/10/2002
	Region I	Ilocos Region: To reach five millionth mark in nine years	01/31/2003
	Region II	Cagayan Valley: Nine in ten households owned/amortized their housing units	11/29/2002
	Region III	Central Luzon: Third biggest region	01/17/2003
	Region IV	Southern Tagalog: Biggest region in the Philippines	01/02/2003
	Region V	Bicol Region: One in two households used wood for cooking	12/10/2002
	Region VI	Eight percent of the total population were from Western Visayas	01/02/2003
	Region VII	Central Visayas: Three in every five households had electricity	01/02/2003
	Region VIII	Eastern Visayas: Population to increase by 149 persons per day	01/17/2003
	Region IX	Western Mindanao: Over half of the total households used kerosene/gaas for lighting	12/10/2002
	Region X	Northern Mindanao: Half of the population were below 20 years	01/14/2003
	Region XI	Southern Mindanao: Ninety percent of the population were literate	11/13/2002
	Region XII	Central Mindanao: Literacy rate at 87 percent	12/09/2002
	Region XIII	Caraga Region: Three in every ten households owned agricultural land	11/21/2002
	ARMM	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Nine in every ten persons were Muslims	01/02/2003

`2000 Census of Population and Housing - Reports by Province`
	Abra	Abra: Housing unit occupancy rate nears 100 percent	04/03/2002
	Agusan del Norte	Agusan del Norte: Population growth rate decreased to 1.42 percent in the late 90s	06/28/2002
	Agusan del Sur	Agusan del Sur: Still the most populous province in Caraga Region	04/25/2002
	Aklan	Aklan: Population growth rate up to 2.05 percent in 2000	07/24/2002
	Albay	Albay: Residence of more than half a million voting population	09/10/2002
	Antique	Nine out of ten Antique�os were Hamtikanons	06/03/2002
	Apayao	Apayao: Three out of five academic degree holders were females	07/12/2002
	Aurora	Aurora: Housing unit occupancy rate almost 100 percent	06/11/2002
	Basilan	Basilan: Yakans dominated Basilan	04/18/2002
	Bataan	Bataan: Population reached the 500 thousand mark	06/25/2002
	Batanes	Population of Batanes showed an upward swing	07/10/2002
	Batangas	Batangas: Close to two milliom persons	09/02/2002
	Benguet	Benguet: Dependency ratio down by four persons	04/26/2002
	Biliran	Young population dominates Biliran	03/12/2002
	Bohol	Bohol: Growth rate made a sudden leap to 2.95 percent	09/10/2002
	Bukidnon	Bukidnon: Now part of the Millionaires� Club	06/28/2002
	Bulacan	Bulacan: Population reached two millionth mark	09/06/2002
	Cagayan	Close to a million persons in Cagayan	07/23/2002
	Camarines Norte	More highly educated females in Camarines Norte	09/09/2002
	Camarines Sur	Camarines Sur: Population to double after four decades	09/11/2002
	Camiguin	Camiguin: One of the least populated provinces in the Philippines	03/18/2002
	Capiz	Capiz�s annual population growth rate down to 1.00 percent	06/21/2002
	Catanduanes	Catanduanes: Two out of five housing units built from 1996 to 2000	09/06/2002
	Cavite	Over two million persons in Cavite	09/18/2002
	Cebu	Cebu: The second most populated province in the Philippines	09/23/2002
	Compostela Valley	Compostela Valley: Young population dominated the newly formed province	08/06/2002
	Cotabato	Cotabato: Close to one million persons	07/30/2002
	Davao	Davao: Dependecy ratio down to 68	07/24/2002
	Davao del Sur	Davao del Sur: 2000 dependency ratio down by three persons from 1995	07/24/2002
	Davao Oriental	Davao Oriental: The slowest growing province in Southern Mindanao	05/08/2002
	Eastern Samar	Eastern Samar: Home of the Warays	06/07/2002
	Guimaras	Guimaras: Population almost doubled in thirty years	01/10/2002
	Ifugao	Ifugao: Five economically active persons support four dependents	03/14/2002
	Ilocos Norte	Ilocos Norte: Least populated province in Ilocos Region	03/01/2002
	Ilocos Sur	Ilocos Sur�s population growth rate doubled after 5 years	04/22/2002
	Iloilo	Over one and a half million persons in Iloilo	07/10/2002
	Isabela	Isabela: Most populated province in Cagayan Valley	07/30/2002
	Kalinga	Females better educated in Kalinga	05/29/2002
	La Union	San Fernando City, Provincial Capital of La Union reached a hundred thousand mark in Census 2000	05/15/2002
	Laguna	Laguna: Annual population growth rate recorded the highest (4.08 Percent) in 2000	09/02/2002
	Lanao del Norte	Lanao del Norte: Population growth rate decreased to 1.53 percent	10/01/2002
	Lanao del Sur	Lanao del Sur: 94 males for every 100 females	09/23/2002
	Leyte	Two out of five persons in Eastern Visayas resided in Leyte	07/23/2002
	Maguindanao	Maguindanao: Population to reach one million in 2006	10/01/2002
	Marinduque	Marinduque: Population to double in 38 years	06/07/2002
	Masbate	Masbate: Population to increase by 33 persons per day	09/11/2002
	Misamis Occidental	Misamis Occidental: Growth rate down to 1.27 percent	03/18/2002
	Misamis Oriental	Misamis Oriental: Population to reach a million in 19 years	09/03/2002
	Mountain Province	Mountain Province: Home of the Kankanais	02/06/2002
	Negros Occidental	Negros Occidental: The fourth most populated province in the Philippines	10/02/2002
	Negros Oriental	Negros Oriental: More than one-third of the houses were built	09/09/2002
	Northern Samar	Northern Samar: Population reached half a million mark	06/03/2002
	Nueva Ecija	Dependency ratio down by three persons in Nueva Ecija	09/02/2002
	Nueva Vizcaya	Nueva Vizcaya�s annual growth rate at 1.97 percent	04/03/2002
	Occidental Mindoro	Occidental Mindoro: Four in every five housing units had floor area of less than 30 square meters	09/11/2002
	Oriental Mindoro	Oriental Mindoro: Proportion of housing units with roof made of galvanized iron/aluminum doubled	09/06/2002
	Palawan	Palawan: Population rose to three quarter of a million	07/16/2002
	Pampanga	Pampanga: Population to double in 23 years	09/03/2002
	Pangasinan	Pangasinan: The most populated province in the Philippines	09/10/2002
	Quezon	Quezon: Three dependents for every four economically active persons	09/17/2002
	Quirino	Quirino's population expected to double in twenty-six years	02/18/2002
	Rizal	Rizal: Population expected to hit the two millionth mark in two years	09/11/2002
	Romblon	Romblon: Population expected to double in 41 years	09/03/2002
	Samar	Samar: Population getting younger	08/13/2002
	Sarangani	Sarangani: Annual growth rate dropped to 2.43 Percent	04/18/2002
	Siquijor	Siquijor: The least populated province in Central Visayas	02/04/2002
	Sorsogon	Five persons in every household in Sorsogon	09/06/2002
	South Cotabato	South Cotabato: One out of two persons a Hiligaynon/Ilonggo	06/03/2002
	Southern Leyte	Southern Leyte: From negative to a positive growth rate in the late 90�s	09/03/2002
	Sultan Kudarat	Population growth rate declined in Sultan Kudarat	04/30/2002
	Sulu	Sulu had an average household size of 6 persons	09/12/2002
	Surigao del Norte	Surigao del Norte: Most households used cogon/nipa/anahaw for roof and wood for walls	04/19/2002
	Surigao del Sur	Surigao del Sur: Population passed 500 thousand mark in Census 2000	03/13/2002
	Tarlac	Tarlac: Population reached a million mark	08/13/2002
	Tawi-Tawi	Tawi-Tawi: Population growth rate rose more than threefold	09/10/2002
	Zambales	Zambales: Dependency ratio down by five persons	05/29/2002
	Zamboanga del Norte	Zamboanga del Norte: Annual population growth rate declined to 1.42 percent	05/31/2002
	Zamboanga del Sur	Young population dominated in Zamboanga del Sur	10/01/2002

`2000 Census of Population and Housing - Reports by Highly Urbanized City`
	Angeles City	Angeles City: Population growth rate increased by 3.14 percentage points	09/06/2002
	Bacolod City	Bacolod City: Nine in ten had attended school	09/23/2002
	Baguio City	A quarter of a million persons in Baguio City	04/25/2002
	Butuan City	Butuan City: Three out of five housing units with galvanized iron for roof and wood for walls	06/20/2002
	Cagayan de Oro City	Cagayan de Oro City: Population growth rate declined to 1.63 percent	09/17/2002
	Caloocan City	Caloocan City: Population to double in 23 years	10/09/2002
	Cebu City	Cebu City: Population growth rate recovered from a downfall	09/18/2002
	Cotabato City	Cotabato City: Females dominated the city	09/06/2002
	Davao City	Davao City: Population expected to double in 24 years	09/03/2002
	General Santos City	General Santos City: Annual population growth rate remained at five percent	06/20/2002
	Iligan City	Iligan City: Population growth rate declined to 0.93 percent	09/17/2002
	Iloilo City	Iloilo City: Three out of five persons belonged to voting population	08/06/2002
	Lucena City	Lucena City: Population to double in 33 years	09/18/2002
	Mandaue City	Mandaue City: Population to reach half a million in 2011	10/01/2002
	Manila	City of Manila: Experienced a negative population growth rate	10/10/2002
	Marawi City	Marawi City: The least populated highly urbanized city	9/18/2002
	Olongapo City	Olongapo City had a median age of 23 years	06/28/2002
	Pasig City	City of Pasig: Population reached half a million mark in Census 2000	10/10/2002
	Quezon City	Quezon City: The Philippines� largest city	10/08/2002
	Valenzuela City	Valenzuela City: Annual population growth rate down to 2.27 percent	10/09/2002
	Zamboanga City	Population growth rate at 3.56 percent in Zamboanga City	09/10/2002

Analytical Texts
	2000 Census of Population and Housing -(New Mindanao Groupings) Mindanao Comprised About 24% of Philippines' Total Population
	2000 Census of Population and Housing - Women 15 to 49 Years Old
	2000 Census of Population and Housing - Senior Citizens
	2000 Census of Population and Housing - Persons with Disability
	2000 Census of Population and Housing - Highlights of the Final Results
	2000 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Results
	1998 National Demographic and Health Survey

`Tables/Maps`
	2000 Census of Population and Housing Final Counts by Region, by Province and by Barangay
	1995 Population Census (POPCEN 1995) Population Counts by Region and by Province

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