Polity · 1947 CE – present
Republic of the Philippines
Philippines · Philippines · Pilipinas
Also recorded as Philippines
- Peak recorded area
- 292,049 km²
- 1886 CE
- Rulers on record
- 17
- from 1899 CE
- Data series
- 442
- 1947 CE–2025 CE
Overview
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area of about 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 112 million, it is the world's fourteenth-most-populous country.
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Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from CShapes 2.0. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. Cliopatria holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 61 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population270 obs · 1820 CE–2025 CE | 116.8Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 70.07years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -149.3Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 0.806% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 73.11years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 67.1years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 160 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 8,064int'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita118 obs · 1820 CE–2022 CE | 8,370.672011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| GDP Current Usd112 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 487.1Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Total Exports69 obs · 1946 CE–2014 CE | 61.8Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Total Imports69 obs · 1946 CE–2014 CE | 71Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Balance69 obs · 1946 CE–2014 CE | -9,179.85million USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
Military
6 of 59 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP130 obs · 1958 CE–2024 CE | 1.32% of GDP2024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| Arms Imports Tiv Million71 obs · 1951 CE–2024 CE | 305tiv_million2024 CE · SIPRI Arms Transfers TIV |
| CINC Score71 obs · 1946 CE–2016 CE | 0.0061CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption71 obs · 1946 CE–2016 CE | 46.8Mcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production71 obs · 1946 CE–2016 CE | 1.1Mtons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure71 obs · 1946 CE–2016 CE | 2.5Bcurrent USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 69 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 18.75% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Coal Production117 obs · 1900 CE–2016 CE | 78.17TWh2016 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production117 obs · 1900 CE–2016 CE | 12.67TWh2016 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 24.46% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 42.67%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0487hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Governance
6 of 30 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.435index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.308index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.284index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 1RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.376index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity275 obs · 1935 CE–2012 CE | 8index (-10 to 10)2012 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
6 of 63 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.667index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Railway Line Km76 obs · 1900 CE–1987 CE | 921km1987 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Passenger Cars74 obs · 1913 CE–2000 CE | 766.3Kcount2000 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Electricity Production72 obs · 1925 CE–2001 CE | 46.2BGWh2001 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Commercial Vehicles67 obs · 1913 CE–1993 CE | 1,024count1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Freight Tkm66 obs · 1922 CE–1993 CE | 5tonne-km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Rulers
17 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Emilio AguinaldoHead of State1899 CE – 1901 CE
- Manuel L. QuezonHead of State1935 CE – 1944 CE
- José Paciano LaurelHead of State1943 CE – 1945 CE
- Sergio OsmeñaHead of State1944 CE – 1946 CE
- Manuel RoxasHead of State1946 CE – 1948 CE
- Elpidio QuirinoHead of State1948 CE – 1953 CE
- Ramon MagsaysayHead of State1953 CE – 1957 CE
- Carlos P. GarciaHead of State1957 CE – 1961 CE
- Diosdado MacapagalHead of State1961 CE – 1965 CE
- Ferdinand MarcosHead of State1965 CE – 1986 CE
- Corazon AquinoHead of State1986 CE – 1992 CE
- Fidel RamosHead of State1992 CE – 1998 CE
- Joseph EstradaHead of State1998 CE – 2001 CE
- Gloria Macapagal ArroyoHead of State2001 CE – 2010 CE
- Benigno Aquino IIIHead of State2010 CE – 2016 CE
- Rodrigo DuterteHead of State2016 CE – 2022 CE
- Bongbong MarcosHead of State2022 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
- Government type
- presidential republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Ferdinand "BongBong" MARCOS, Jr. (since 30 June 2022); head of government: President Ferdinand "BongBong" MARCOS, Jr. (since 30 June 2022); cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with the consent of the Commission of Appointments, an independent body of 25 Congressional members that includes the Senate presi…
- Ethnic groups
- Tagalog 26%, Bisaya/Binisaya 14.3%, Ilocano 8%, Cebuano 8%, Illonggo 7.9%, Bikol/Bicol 6.5%, Waray 3.8%, Kapampangan 3%, Maguindanao 1.9%, Pangasinan 1.9%, other local ethnicities 18.5%, foreign ethnicities 0.2% (2020 est.)
- Natural resources
- timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
- Economy
- growing Southeast Asian economy; commercial rebound led by transportation, construction and financial services; electronics exports recovering from sector slowdown; significant remittances; interest rate rises following heightened inflation; uncertainties due to increased regional tensions with China
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Tagalog
- Currency
- Philippine pesos (PHP)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · founding member1945 CE –
- United States of America–Philippines Defense Pact (1951)Military alliance · member1951 CE –
- SEATOSEATOMilitary alliance · founding member1954 CE – 1977 CE
- 8-member Entente (1954)Historical alliance · member1954 CE – 1977 CE
- ASEANASEANEconomic bloc · founding member1967 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Barbieri, K. & Keshk, O. (2016). Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set, v4.0.
Free academic use, citation
CShapes 2.02.0
Schvitz, G. et al. (2022). Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(1).
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI (2024). Arms Transfers Database (Trend-Indicator Values).
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database2024
SIPRI (2024). Military Expenditure Database.
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Republic of the Philippines is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.