Philippines
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 116.8M (2025). World rank 14 of 216; in Asia, 7 of 49. Area: 342,353 km². World rank 65 of 249; in Asia, 18 of 50. GDP: $487.1B (2025). World rank 33 of 210; in Asia, 13 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 105.3M → 116.8M, GDP $306.4B → $487.1B, and GDP per person $2,910 → $4,171.
State
- Official name
- Republic of the Philippines
- Local name
- Philippines
- Capital
- Manila
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Bongbong Marcos
- Head of government
- Bongbong Marcos
- Independence
- July 4, 1946
- Women in parliament
- 28.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 116,786,962 2025
- Area
- 342,353 km²
- GDP
- $487.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $4,171 2025
- Life expectancy
- 70 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Filipino
- Currency
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Time zones
- UTC+8
- Calling code
- +63
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B, C
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 36,289
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 42.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Apo, 2,954 m
- Lowest point
- Philippine Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 442
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 24°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,348 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 341.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
- Living in cities
- 55.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -149.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 27.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 67.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 5.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 73 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 67 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 15.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 78.8%, other 10.8%, Muslim 6.4%, and other Christian 3.9% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 50.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 36.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 56.3 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 58.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 53 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $12,577 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,850 2025
- Inflation
- +1.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 33 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 8.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 27% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 64.4% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 50.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 26.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 40.2% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.7% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 8.5% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 14.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 39.3 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 5.3% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.5% 2020
- Primary school enrolment
- 94% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 85.3% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 47.4% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4% 2025
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $194 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 44.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.8 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1 2021
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 80% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 21.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 26.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 84 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 35% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 19.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 95.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 87.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 64% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.4 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 3.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 51 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 22.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 24.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 3.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 4,203 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 27.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 67.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 115 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 7.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .ph
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 94.8% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 988 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 28% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 22.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 77.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 41,501,834 2023
- Airports
- 256 2025
- Railways, km
- 77 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2020
- Researchers per million people
- 320 2020
- Scientific articles per year
- 4,752 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 873 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 60.4% 2024