Population:

81,159,644 (July 2000 est.)

 

Location:

Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam

 

Area:

300,000 sq km

 

Language:

Pilipino (official, based on Tagalog), English (official)

 

Literacy:

94.6% (by definition, total population age 15 or older)

 

Compulsory Education:

age 12 or completion of elementary education

 

Currency:

1 Philippine peso (P)

Source: UNESCO IBE Database and World Fact Book, CIA

This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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