Philippine population now at 112.7 million 

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The Philippines' population growth rate slowed down to 0.80% annually from 2020 to 2024, compared to 1.63% from 2015 to 2020

MANILA, Philippines – The official population count of the Philippines is 112,729,484 as of July 1, 2024, based on the results of the 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN).

Malacañang said in a press statement on Thursday, July 17, that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared the 2024 population count as official through Proclamation 973.

The Philippine population grew by 3,694,141 since 2020, when it was at 109,035,343. This marked a slowdown in the country’s population growth rate to 0.80% annually from 2020 to 2024, compared to 1.63% from 2015 to 2020, Malacañang said in a press statement on Thursday, July 17.

Malacañang said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) attributed the population growth rate slowdown to “declining fertility and birth rates, elevated mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic, and subdued migration activity.”

Under Proclamation 973, Marcos ordered the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in coordination with the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), to disseminate copies of the “2024 Census of Population: Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay” to all concerned government agencies and offices.

The PSA conducted the census from July to September 2024. July 1, 2024 was the reference date cited in the proclamation issued on July 11. The latest Philippine population count includes Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad, as of July 1, 2024. – Rappler.com