Official Name |
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES |
Area |
300,000 sq km (115, 830 sq miles) spread over 7,101 islands |
Population |
92.23 million (2009 census estimate) |
Capital |
Metropolitan Manila |
Local Time |
GMT + 8 hours |
People |
Filipinos are predominantly of Malay descent, although many have mixed ancestry such as Chinese and Spanish |
Languages |
Pilipino (derivative of Tagalog) and English are official languages, including some 150 more native languages, vernaculars, and dialects |
Prevailing Religions |
Roman Catholic (83%), Protestant Denominations (8%), Muslim (4.6%), Iglesia ni Cristo (2.3%) |
Estimated Average
Life Expectancy |
70 years for men and 74 years for women (UN, 2008) |
Monetary Unit |
Philippine peso (with multi-currency acceptance for local transactions) |
Government |
Presidential (executive) with Bicameral Congress and Independent Judiciary |
Head of State and
Head of Government |
President (also Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces) |
Membership of
International Grouping/
Organizations |
United Nations (UN), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Labor Organization (ILO), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), with evolving diplomatic and economic engagements |
GDP PER CAPITA (AT PPP) |
US$ 3,300 (CIA Fact Book 2009) |
