Census Fact Sheet

2015 Census of Population

The countrys population reaches 100.98 million
The total population of the Philippines as of 1
August 2015 was 100,981,437 based on the 2015
Census of Population (POPCEN 2015). His
Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III
declared as official for all purposes the
population counts by province, city/municipality,
and barangay under Proclamation No. 1269
dated 13 May 2016.
The 2015 population is higher by 8.64 million
compared with the 2010 population of 92.34
million. It is also thirteen times bigger than the
countrys population of 7.6 million in 1903, when
the first census was conducted.
Figure 1. Philippine Population
by Census Year: 1903 to 2015
Total
Population
(In Millions)

120

100.98
92.3

100

88.5
76.5

80

60.7

60

42.1

40
20

7.6

10.3 16

19.2

27.1

68.6

48.1

36.7

Census Year

CALABARZON, NCR, and Central Luzon are the

largest regions in terms of population size
Of the countrys 18 administrative regions,
Region IV-A (CALABARZON) had the largest
population with 14.41 million, followed by the
National Capital Region (NCR) with 12.88 million
and Region III (Central Luzon) with 11.22 million.
The combined population of these three regions
accounted for about 38.1 percent of the
Philippine population. (Refer to Figure 2.)

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2015 Census of Population
Population grows by 1.72 percent annually
The increase in population during the period 2010 to 2015 translates to an average annual population growth rate
(PGR) of 1.72 percent. (See Table 1) This means that, on the average, there were about 17 persons added per year for
every 1,000 persons in the countrys population. For the period 2000 to 2010, the computed annual PGR was higher
at 1.90 percent.
During the period 2010 to 2015, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was the fastest growing
region with an average annual PGR of 2.89 percent. Five other regions had an average annual PGR higher than the
national average. These are Region IV-A (2.58 percent), Region III (1.95 percent), Region XII (1.94 percent), Region VII
(1.76 percent), and Region XI (1.74 percent).
Table 1. Population and Annual Growth Rates for the Philippines and Its Regions Based on Censuses 2000, 2010, and 2015
Total Population

Region
Philippines
National Capital Region
Cordillera Administrative Region
I
Ilocos
II
Cagayan Valley
III Central Luzon
IV-A CALABARZON
IV-B MIMAROPA
V
Bicol
VI Western Visayas
VII Central Visayas
Negros Island Region 1
VIII Eastern Visayas
IX Zamboanga Peninsula
X
Northern Mindanao
XI Davao
XII SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII Caraga
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

1 May 2000
76,506,928a
9,932,560
1,365,412
4,200,478
2,813,159
8,204,742
9,320,629
2,299,229
4,686,669
3,645,315
4,576,865
3,695,811
3,610,355
2,831,412
3,505,708
3,676,163
3,222,169
2,095,367
2,803,045

1 May 2010
92,337,852b
11,855,975
1,616,867
4,748,372
3,229,163
10,137,737
12,609,803
2,744,671
5,420,411
4,194,579
5,513,514
4,194,525
4,101,322
3,407,353
4,297,323
4,468,563
4,109,571
2,429,224
3,256,140

1 August 2015
100,981,437c
12,877,253
1,722,006
5,026,128
3,451,410
11,218,177
14,414,774
2,963,360
5,796,989
4,477,247
6,041,903
4,414,131
4,440,150
3,629,783
4,689,302
4,893,318
4,545,276
2,596,709
3,781,387

Average Annual Population Growth Rate

(percent)
2000-2010
2000-2015
2010-2015
1.90
1.78
1.70
1.23
1.39
2.14
3.07
1.79
1.46
1.41
1.88
1.27
1.28
1.87
2.06
1.97
2.46
1.49
1.51

1.84
1.72
1.53
1.18
1.35
2.07
2.90
1.68
1.40
1.36
1.84
1.17
1.36
1.64
1.92
1.89
2.28
1.42
1.98

1.72
1.58
1.21
1.09
1.27
1.95
2.58
1.47
1.29
1.25
1.76
0.98
1.52
1.21
1.68
1.74
1.94
1.28
2.89

Notes:
1 Created into a region on 19 May 2015 by virtue of Executive Order No. 183.
a The 2000 total population includes the 18,989 counts in disputed barangays and 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.
b The 2010 total population includes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.
c The 2015 total population includes 2,134 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Various Census Reports

Technical Notes:
Census of Population (POPCEN) refers to the complete process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing, publishing, and disseminating data
about the population in the country. It entails the listing and recording of the characteristics of each as of a specified time and within a specified
territory.
Census-taking in the Philippines follows a de jure concept wherein a person is counted in the usual place of residence or the place where the person
usually resides. Citizens of foreign countries having their usual place of residence in the Philippines or foreign visitors who have stayed or expected
to stay for at least a year from the time of their arrival in the country are included in the enumeration.
Information on the count of the population were collected with 12:01 a.m. of August 1, 2015 as the census reference time and date.
The POPCEN 2015 was undertaken by the Philippine
Statistics Authority in August to September 2015
pursuant to Section 6(b) of Republic Act No. 10625,
and Executive Order No. 352.

POPCEN 2015 was conducted through personal interview in 42,036 barangays in the country.
About 90 thousand census enumerators, 23 thousand team supervisors, and five thousand
census area supervisors were hired to augment and support the PSA permanent personnel
during the census enumeration.

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