In 2024, children below 15 years old accounted for 27.9 percent of the total population in the Philippines. The population share of children in the country has been declining over the past decade.

Based on the 2020 census conducted in the Philippines, the population density in the capital city of Manila reached around 73.92 thousand per square kilometers, indicating an increase from the previous census year. The population density in the city fluctuated over the observed period.

The share of the urban population in the Philippines has continued to rise over the years. In 2022, the urban population accounted for roughly 48 percent of the entire population. In the Philippines, urbanized areas were primarily found in Metro Manila, located in the National Capital Region (NCR).

 Urban population growth in the Philippines

Urban areas in the Philippines have a high influx of people due to better infrastructure and employment opportunities available. From 2011 to 2015, the urban population growth rate was over two percent. However, from 2016 to 2020, the population growth rate decreased and has been at around 1.9 percent since the Philippine government introduced “Back to the Province” program to reduce overcrowding in Manila.

Lack of affordable housing in the urbanized areas in the Philippines

Poverty has been one of the reasons for slum dwellings in the Philippines. Despite better infrastructures in urban areas, there is also a lack of affordable housing for people living below the poverty level in urban areas. As a result, 43 percent of the urban population live in slums in the Philippines, one of the highest urban population living in slums across the Asia Pacific.

As of February 2025, there were 62.3 million TikTok users in the Philippines that marketers can reach with ads, indicating an increase from the previous reporting period. TikTok is one of the most used social media platforms among Filipino internet users.

The number of users in the e-commerce market in the Philippines was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 17.3 million users (+121.15 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach 31.6 million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of users of the e-commerce market was continuously increasing over the past years. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

In 2023, one doctor of medicine was serving about 25,280 people in the Philippines. Across regions, BARMM accounted for the highest doctor-to-population ratio at 49,400, followed by Region 11 (Davao). In contrast, there were 14,200 people for every doctor in the National Capital Region (NCR).

In 2021, the Philippines had about 18.27 thousand millionaires. It was projected that in 2026, the number of high net worth individuals in the country will reach about 33 thousand.

Out of the 210,000 health professionals in the Philippines, the majority of them were registered nurses or equivalent to 95,000 as of December 2022. Meanwhile, there were 44,100 midwives and 34,500 physicians in the same period.