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Philippines

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  • Philippines has a population of about 116.8M; its total GDP of $487.1B ranks #32 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 293,246 km² is about 1.5× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Population stands out most against the median: 116.8M — rank #14 of 169 countries with data.

Philippines: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 116.8M (2025) #14 / 169 median 11.5M · 10×
Population growth 0.8% (2025) #102 / 169 median 1.1% · 74%
Urban population share 55.8% (2025) #109 / 169 median 63.8% · 87%
Population aged 65+ 5.7% (2025) #99 / 169 median 7.4% · 78%
Fertility rate 1.9 (2024) #94 / 169 median 2.1 · 90%
Birth rate 15.9‰ (2024) #87 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 99%
Death rate 6.4‰ (2024) #109 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 89%
Net migration -149.3K (2025) #158 / 169 N/A
Surface area 293,246 km² #74 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.5×
Population density derived 398/km² (2025) #11 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 5.4×
Economy
GDP (total) $487.1B (2025) #32 / 168 median $80.7B · 6.0×
GDP per capita $4,171 (2025) #105 / 168 median $6,834 · 61%
GNI per capita $4,850 (2025) #98 / 168 median $6,350 · 76%
GDP growth (annual) 4.4% (2025) #53 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.4×
Inflation rate 1.7% (2025) #120 / 162 median 3.3% · 50%
Unemployment rate 2.2% (2025) #150 / 168 median 5.1% · 43%
Gini index 39.3 (2023) #49 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.1×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 5.3% (2023) #63 / 153 median 2.5% · 2.1×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 26.6% (2025) #106 / 163 median 35.0% · 76%
Imports share of GDP 40.2% (2025) #82 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.0×
Agriculture share of GDP 8.6% (2025) #75 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 15.3% (2025) #35 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.4×
International tourist arrivals 1.5M (2020) #72 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.3×
Tourism receipts $2.8B (2020) #44 / 165 median $705M · 3.9×
Health & education
Life expectancy 69.9 years (2024) #114 / 169 median 73.8 years · 95%
Infant mortality 21.7‰ (2024) #61 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.7×
Under-five mortality 26.5‰ (2024) #60 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.7×
DPT immunization 71.0% (2024) #140 / 166 median 90.5% · 78%
Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 (2021) #131 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 48%
Health spending share of GDP 5.1% (2023) #105 / 165 median 6.5% · 78%
Secondary school enrollment 85.3% (2024) #98 / 167 median 90.5% · 94%
Education spending share of GDP 4.0% (2025) #92 / 165 median 4.1% · 96%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.720 (2023) #99 / 165 median 0.754 · 95%
Internet users 67.3% (2024) #107 / 169 median 81.5% · 83%
Mobile subscriptions 115.3 per 100 (2024) #88 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 99%
Fixed broadband 7.1 per 100 (2024) #100 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 59%
Electricity access 94.8% (2024) #112 / 169 median 99.9% · 95%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.5 t (2024) #105 / 165 median 2.6 t · 57%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 174 Mt (2024) #32 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 8.2×
Renewable electricity share 22.6% (2021) #104 / 169 median 34.1% · 66%
Renewable energy consumption 28.0% (2021) #80 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.0×
Forest area 24.5% (2023) #100 / 169 median 32.4% · 76%
Agricultural land 42.7% (2023) #80 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.0×
Arable land 18.7% (2023) #51 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.7×
PM2.5 exposure 22.2 µg/m³ (2023) #70 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.1×
Military spending 1.3% (2024) #98 / 157 median 1.8% · 73%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Philippines's true-shape outline

Philippines's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 293,246 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).