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The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia, between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea.
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population: 92.7 million, the twelfth most populated country in the world. The capital, Manila, has the ninth largest urban population in the world: 16.75 million people, with 32,500 people per square mile.
size: 116,000 square miles, distributed among 7,107 islands. The two largest islands, Luzon and Mindanao, add up to 2/3 of the Philippine's total land area. There are only 9 other islands greater than 1,000 square miles in size.
health: 15% of Filipinos do not have access to clean water. The Philippines has the 10th highest rate of people living with Tuberculosis in the world. 28% of Filipinos do not have access to sanitation, and 28% of Filipino children suffer from malnutrition.
economy: 30% of Filipinos live below poverty level. 15.5% of Filipinos live on less than $1 per day.
culture: about 80.9% percent of the people are Roman Catholic, and it has the third largest Catholic population in the world. 5% of Filipinos are Muslim, the next largest religion. The two official languages are Filipino and English, but more than 80 indigenous languages and dialects are spoken.
last updated 6/4/08 sources |
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Philippines—Issue 32
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Philippines—Issue 27
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Philippines—Issue 21
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