| Country Information |  Republic of the Philippines
National name: Republika ng Pilipinas
President: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001)
Area: 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km)
Monetary unit: Peso
Population (2005 est.): 87,857,473 (growth rate: 1.8%);
- birth rate: 25.3/1000;
- infant mortality rate: 23.5/1000;
- life expectancy: 69.9;
- density per sq mi: 759
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Manila,
- metro. area – 13,790,900,
- city proper – 10,232,900
Other large cities:
- Quezon City (2000 est.), 1,669,776 (part of Manila metro. area);
- Cebu (2003 est.), 761,900
Languages:
- Filipino (based on Tagalog),
- English (both official);
- eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
 Ethnicity/race:
- Christian Malay 91.5%,
- Muslim Malay 4%,
- Chinese 1.5%,
- other 3%
Religions:
- Roman Catholic 83%,
- Protestant 9%,
- Islam 5%,
- Buddhist
- other 3%
Literacy rate: 96% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $430.6 billion; per capita $5,000.
- Real growth rate: 5.9%.
- Inflation: 5.5%.
- Unemployment: 11.7%.
- Arable land: 19%.
- Agriculture: rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish.
- Labor force: 35.86 million; agriculture 45%, industry 15%, services 40% (2003 est.). Industries: textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing.
- Natural resources: timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper.
- Exports: $34.56 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments, coconut products, chemicals.
- Imports: $35.97 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals.
- Major trading partners: U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany, South Korea.
Communications:
- Telephones: main lines in use: 6.98 million (2001); mobile cellular: 11.35 million (2001).
- Radio broadcast stations: AM 366, FM 290, shortwave 5 (2002).
- Radios: 11.5 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 75 (2000). Televisions: 3.7 million (1997).
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 33 (2000).
- Internet users: 4.5 million (2002).
Transportation:
- Railways: total: 897 km (2002).
- Highways: total: 201,994 km; paved: 42,419 km; unpaved: 159,57 5 km (2000).
- Waterways: 3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less than 1.5 m) vessels.
- Ports and harbors: Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga.
- Airports: 257 (2002).
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