Life expectancy at birth for both females and males in the Philippines is the 5th highest among Southeast Asian countries, Life expectancy at birth for both females and males in the Philippines is 4.5 years higher than the world’s average of 67.2 years The life expectancy at birth for females born in the Philippines from the year 2005 to 2010 is 71.64 years. Derived from the 2000 Census-based projections, this projected life expectancy at birth for females is longer by 5.53 than the life expectancy at birth for males which is estimated at 66.11 years. Out of the 194 countries in the United Nations World Population Prospects’ report for 2005 to 2010, The highest life expectancy at birth belonged to Japan with 82.6 years while the lowest life expectancy at birth belonged to Swaziland with 39.6 years.
The Philippines 2014 population is 100,617,6302013 with the 2013 population being 98,734,798. Based on the 2010 census results, the population increased nearly 16 million from the 2000 census results. The growth rate has slowed slightly from the previous census, down to 1.89% from 2.34%. The next census in the Philippines is scheduled for 2015. The Philippines' largest city is Quezon City, which contains 2,679,450 people. It forms a part of the wider Metropolitan Manila area, which is comprised of 16 cities and has an overall population of 11,553,427 people. To make things even more complicated, the entire Greater Manila urban area spills out beyond the boundaries of Metro Manila and is reported to contain around 25 million people – a quarter of the Philippines entire population. other major cities include Manila itself (pop: 1,660,714), Caloocan (pop: 1,378,856) and Davao City (1,363,337). Of these, only Davao City is outside of the Metropolitan Manila area.
The population of the Philippines has jumped in the past 14years as in 200 the population was 77.6 million, the country is still set to grow as the United Nations have put through estimates of 135 million people by the year 2030.