Based on the 2020 census, the majority of Filipino households were affiliated with the Roman Catholic religion, accounting for about 79 percent. Meanwhile, the share of the Muslim population was 6.4 percent. The Philippines is one of the countries in the world with the highest population professing the Catholic faith, after Brazil and Mexico.

Philippines Population: Religious Affliation (RA): Aglipay data was reported at 756,225.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,071,686.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: Religious Affliation (RA): Aglipay data is updated yearly, averaging 1,071,686.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,508,662.000 Person in 2000 and a record low of 756,225.000 Person in 2015. Philippines Population: Religious Affliation (RA): Aglipay data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

Philippines Population: RA: Buddhist data was reported at 26,346.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 53,146.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Buddhist data is updated yearly, averaging 53,146.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64,969.000 Person in 2000 and a record low of 26,346.000 Person in 2015. Philippines Population: RA: Buddhist data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

During an interview conducted in November 2020, 73 percent of respondents in the Philippines stated that religion was very important for them. Only three percent of respondents stated that religion was not very important. The Philippines is the largest Christian nation across Asia, where 86 percent are Roman Catholics.

Philippines Population: RA: Church of Christ data was reported at 319,987.000 Person in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 287,734.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Church of Christ data is updated yearly, averaging 303,860.500 Person from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 319,987.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 287,734.000 Person in 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Church of Christ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

As of 2015, approximately 51.1 million male population among Filipino households had a religious affiliation. By comparison, there was almost 50 million female population that had a religious affiliation.

Philippines Population: RA: Iglesia ni Cristo data was reported at 2,664,498.000 Person in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,469,957.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Iglesia ni Cristo data is updated yearly, averaging 2,469,957.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,664,498.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 1,762,845.000 Person in 2000. Philippines Population: RA: Iglesia ni Cristo data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

Philippines Population: RA: Roman Catholic data was reported at 80,304,061.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 92,097,978.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Roman Catholic data is updated yearly, averaging 80,304,061.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 92,097,978.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 61,862,898.000 Person in 2000. Philippines Population: RA: Roman Catholic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

Philippines Population: RA: Tribal Religions data was reported at 243,704.000 Person in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 207,246.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Tribal Religions data is updated yearly, averaging 207,246.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 243,704.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 164,080.000 Person in 2000. Philippines Population: RA: Tribal Religions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

As of November 2022, over ** thousand inmates in prison facilities in the Philippines were Roman Catholics. The Philippines is the largest Christian nation in Asia, where ** percent are Roman Catholics.

This statistic represents the opinion on the conflict between homosexuality and personal religion in the Philippines. According to the survey, ** percent of respondents in the Philippines believed that there is conflict between homosexuality and their religious beliefs

As of 2015, around ** million female and male population among households in the Philippines were affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. The Philippines is one of the countries in the world with the highest population professing the Catholic faith, after Brazil and Mexico.

Abstract

The World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org) is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars, with the WVS association and secretariat headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The survey, which started in 1981, seeks to use the most rigorous, high-quality research designs in each country. The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world’s population, using a common questionnaire. The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents. Moreover the WVS is the only academic study covering the full range of global variations, from very poor to very rich countries, in all of the world’s major cultural zones. The WVS seeks to help scientists and policy makers understand changes in the beliefs, values and motivations of people throughout the world. Thousands of political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists and economists have used these data to analyze such topics as economic development, democratization, religion, gender equality, social capital, and subjective well-being. These data have also been widely used by government officials, journalists and students, and groups at the World Bank have analyzed the linkages between cultural factors and economic development.

Geographic coverage

This survey covers the Philippines.

Analysis unit

• Household
• Individual

Universe

The WVS for the Philippines covers national population, aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample size for the Philippines is N=1200 and covers national population, aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Some special variable labels have been included, such as: V56 Neighbours: Muslims and V149 Institution: ASEAN. Special categories labels are: V167 Least liked groups: 1 stands for Muslims, 3 for Hard Lined Communists and 7 for Extreme Rightists. V179 Religion has many categories that have been recoded to 8 (Other) except for 4 (protestant) recoded to 2, 7 (Islam) recoded to 5, 19 (Pentecostal) recoded to 11 and 21 (Evangelist) recoded to 10. V203/ V204: Geographical affinity, 3 stands for ‘Philippines’ and 4 stands for ‘Asia’. Country Specific variables included are: V232 Size of the town is missing (but present in printed questionnaire); V208: Ethnic identification: 1. Hispano Filipino, 2. American Filipino 3. Chinese Filipino 4. Japanese Filipino, 5. Filipino then ethnic and 6. Ethnic then Filipino; V209: Language at home. The variables political parties V210 a V212; Ethic group: V 233; Region: V 234 and V235 Interview language are also included as country specific variables.

Sampling error estimates

+/- 2,9%

As of *********, most of the inmates in the National Bilibid Prison in the Philippines were Roman Catholics. In contrast, over *** thousand prisoners in the maximum security facility belonged to the Iglesia ni Cristo. The Philippines is the largest Christian nation in Asia, where ** percent are Roman Catholics.

Population: RA: National Council of Churches in the Philippines data was reported at 1,146,954.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,452,093.000 Person for 2010. Population: RA: National Council of Churches in the Philippines data is updated yearly, averaging 1,299,523.500 Person from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,452,093.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 1,146,954.000 Person in 2015. Population: RA: National Council of Churches in the Philippines data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

Based on the 2020 census, Region 5 or the Bicol Region registered the highest share of households who reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation at 93.5 percent. This was followed by Region 8 or Eastern Visayas with a share of 92.3 percent. In contrast, only five percent of households in BARMM were Roman Catholics. The Philippines is one of the countries in the world with the highest population professing the Catholic faith, after Brazil and Mexico.

This file of respondents in the Philippines is part of a multi-country survey. The survey was commissioned by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life to investigate the religious, political, and civic views of renewalists (i.e., Pentecostals and Charismatics) around the world. An "/data-archive?fid=PENTEC" Target="_blank">aggregate file of all ten nations of this multi-country survey is available at the ARDA. The project includes surveys in ten countries with sizeable renewalist populations: the United States; Brazil, Chile and Guatemala in Latin America; Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa in Africa; and India, the Philippines and South Korea in Asia. In each country, surveys were conducted among a random sample of the general public, with an oversample of renewalists, to yield sufficient sample sizes for analysis. Surveys in the Philippines were conducted by the research firm TNS Philippines, under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The codebook reflects the results of the general public sample.

Based on the 2020 census, 86 percent of households in the Philippines were classified as non-indigenous peoples. Meanwhile, there were about eight people who were indigenous people and five percent belonging to a Muslim tribe.

Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data was reported at 66,959.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 154,686.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data is updated yearly, averaging 110,822.500 Person from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 154,686.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 66,959.000 Person in 2015. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches data was reported at 2,445,113.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,127,084.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches data is updated yearly, averaging 2,445,113.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,127,084.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 2,152,786.000 Person in 2000. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.