Philippines population
Philippines: 117 million people in 2025 (116,786,962), 14th of 217 countries and areas — and 134 million projected for 2050.
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Where it stands
In 2025 the Philippines has 116,786,962 people, which is 1.43% of the 8.19 billion counted across the 217 countries and areas on this site. That puts it 14th by population, behind Egypt and ahead of DR Congo.
Since 1960
In 1960 the figure was 27,891,897. Since then the population has grown 4.19×, an average of 2.23% a year upward. It doubled at some point along the way — the year it first reached 55,783,794 was 1986.
The projection keeps rising to the end of the data: 134,373,439 in 2050, 15.1% above 2025. The highest figure on this page is that last one, so no peak has been reached yet.
The ranking in 2050
In 2050 the projected rank is 14th, the same place as today. Rankings move when other countries grow faster or slower, not only when the Philippines changes.
People and land
The Philippines covers 298,170 km² of land, so 2025 density is 392 people per km² — 29th most crowded of 216 places with an area figure. At that density a square 10 km on a side holds about 39,168 people.
The fertility rate was 1.89 births per woman in 2024, below the roughly 2.1 needed to keep a population steady without migration; life expectancy at birth was 69.9 years (2024); 27.1% of people were under 15 and 5.7% were 65 or older (2025); 56% of the population lived in cities. These shape the curve above: a young population keeps growing after fertility falls, an old one starts shrinking sooner.
Its nearest neighbours in the ranking are Egypt just above, with 118 million (1.01× as many), and DR Congo just below, with 113 million (1.04× as many as the DR Congo has).
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.