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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 36,289 km
PeoplePopulation: 73,265,584 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.23% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 30.42 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.97 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 49.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.81 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Christian Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3% Religions: Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3% Languages: Pilipino (official; based on Tagalog), English (official)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Manila Independence: 4 July 1946 (from US) Constitution: 2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $161.4 billion National product real growth rate: 4.3% National product per capita: $2,310 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.1% Unemployment rate: 9%
Electricity:
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