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  2. Demographics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Demography of the Philippines records the human population, including its population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects. The Philippines annualized population growth rate between the years 2015–2020 was 1.53%. [ 6 ] According to the 2020 census, the population of the ...

  3. History of fisheries in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    After World War II, the Philippines led the modernization of Southeast Asian fisheries. [14] At this time, municipal fisheries were 150% larger than commercial ones. [9]: 2 The rapid development and adoption of new technology greatly increased fishery intensity. Active gear, such as trawl nets, began to supplant passive gear, such as fish ...

  4. List of countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia

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    The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship—except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin ...

  5. Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012

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    The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries, including the Philippines, to control rapid population growth which they deem to be inimical to the sociopolitical national interests of the U.S., since the "U.S. economy will require large and increasing ...

  6. Projections of population growth - Wikipedia

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    The table below shows that from 2020 to 2050 and beyond to 2100, the bulk of the world's population growth is projected to take place in Africa. Of the additional 1.9 billion people projected between 2020 and 2050, 1.2 billion will be added in Africa, 0.7 billion in Asia and zero in the rest of the world.

  7. List of Asian countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia

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    Rank Country Annual growth (%) 1 Syria 6.39 2 Afghanistan 2.26 3 Timor-Leste 2.10 4 Iraq 1.94 5 Pakistan 1.91 6 Yemen 1.83 7 Oman 1.80 8 Saudi Arabia 1.65 9 Philippines 1.58

  8. Population growth - Wikipedia

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    Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. [2] The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.1 billion in 2024. [3] The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have put ...

  9. Census in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The first census in the Philippines in 1591, was based on tributes collected and yielded about 666,712 people in the islands. In 1799, Friar Manuel Buzeta estimated the population count as 1,502,574. However, the first official census in the Philippines was carried out by the Spanish government pursuant to a royal decree calling for the ...