🇵🇭 Philippines Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Philippines is 117,724,472, ranking #14 in the world (1.42% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.79% per year. The biggest city is Quezon City with 3,084,270 inhabitants.

Live estimate

117,746,179

Growth rate

0.79%

Density

392

people / km² (1016 / mi²)

Median age

26.6

Fertility rate

1.86

births per woman

Life expectancy

70.2

years

Philippines population 1950–2100

Population of Philippines, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Philippines is projected to reach 134,373,439, and 114,221,909 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2057 at 135,179,348, then decline.

Philippines population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	117,724,472	0.79%	392.4	26.6
2025	116,786,962	0.81%	389.3	26.1
2024	115,843,670	0.82%	386.1	25.7
2023	114,891,199	0.83%	383.0	25.3
2022	113,964,338	0.78%	379.9	24.9
2021	113,100,950	0.74%	377.0	24.5
2020	112,081,264	1.08%	373.6	24.1
2019	110,804,684	1.22%	369.3	23.7
2018	109,465,287	1.22%	364.9	23.3
2017	108,119,693	1.26%	360.4	23.0
2016	106,735,719	1.32%	355.8	22.6
2015	105,312,992	1.36%	351.0	22.2
2014	103,767,130	1.59%	345.9	21.9
2013	102,076,336	1.69%	340.3	21.6
2012	100,175,512	2.07%	333.9	21.4
2011	98,248,614	1.81%	327.5	21.1
2010	96,337,125	2.12%	321.1	20.9
2009	94,384,250	1.97%	314.6	20.7
2008	92,699,095	1.63%	309.0	20.5
2007	91,075,184	1.91%	303.6	20.3
2006	89,508,986	1.56%	298.4	20.1
2005	88,015,962	1.81%	293.4	19.9
2004	86,394,504	1.91%	288.0	19.7
2003	84,731,835	1.98%	282.4	19.5
2002	83,068,888	1.99%	276.9	19.3
2001	81,401,488	2.07%	271.3	19.2
2000	79,625,397	2.35%	265.4	19.0
1999	77,753,257	2.41%	259.2	18.8
1998	75,791,024	2.70%	252.6	18.6
1997	73,908,810	2.32%	246.4	18.4
1996	72,190,242	2.38%	240.6	18.3
1995	70,546,246	2.22%	235.2	18.2
1994	69,019,291	2.15%	230.1	18.1
1993	67,530,621	2.21%	225.1	18.0
1992	65,926,125	2.61%	219.8	17.9
1991	64,382,248	2.13%	214.6	17.8
1990	62,854,666	2.68%	209.5	17.8
1989	61,265,260	2.44%	204.2	17.7
1988	59,739,052	2.61%	199.1	17.6
1987	58,157,496	2.76%	193.9	17.4
1986	56,645,078	2.51%	188.8	17.3
1985	55,213,006	2.61%	184.0	17.2
1984	53,726,181	2.85%	179.1	17.0
1983	52,194,620	2.94%	174.0	16.8
1982	50,695,707	2.89%	169.0	16.6
1981	49,311,727	2.64%	164.4	16.4
1980	48,043,740	2.57%	160.1	16.2
1979	46,807,103	2.65%	156.0	16.0
1978	45,575,281	2.69%	151.9	15.8
1977	44,367,962	2.68%	147.9	15.6
1976	43,201,488	2.65%	144.0	15.4
1975	42,120,826	2.42%	140.4	15.2
1974	41,174,341	2.12%	137.2	15.0
1973	40,294,130	2.20%	134.3	14.9
1972	39,408,560	2.25%	131.4	14.8
1971	38,518,659	2.32%	128.4	14.7
1970	37,622,204	2.39%	125.4	14.6
1969	36,660,799	2.79%	122.2	14.6
1968	35,638,342	2.86%	118.8	14.5
1967	34,621,320	2.93%	115.4	14.4
1966	33,617,170	2.96%	112.1	14.4
1965	32,625,316	3.03%	108.8	14.3
1964	31,643,032	3.08%	105.5	14.3
1963	30,674,731	3.13%	102.2	14.3
1962	29,723,536	3.17%	99.1	14.4
1961	28,792,621	3.20%	96.0	14.6
1960	27,891,897	3.16%	93.0	14.7
1959	26,907,607	4.04%	89.7	14.9
1958	25,842,524	4.03%	86.1	15.0
1957	24,815,855	4.08%	82.7	15.1
1956	23,825,810	4.07%	79.4	15.1
1955	22,880,573	4.03%	76.3	15.2
1954	21,982,503	3.98%	73.3	15.3
1953	21,132,500	3.91%	70.4	15.3
1952	20,328,752	3.85%	67.8	15.4
1951	19,568,081	3.78%	65.2	15.4
1950	18,849,528	3.70%	62.8	15.5

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	118,656,413	0.78%	395.5	27.0
2028	119,583,981	0.77%	398.6	27.4
2029	120,502,129	0.76%	401.7	27.8
2030	121,408,895	0.74%	404.7	28.2
2031	122,301,597	0.72%	407.7	28.6
2032	123,180,330	0.71%	410.6	29.0
2033	124,049,028	0.70%	413.5	29.4
2034	124,904,114	0.68%	416.3	29.8
2035	125,740,972	0.66%	419.1	30.1
2036	126,558,226	0.64%	421.9	30.5
2037	127,352,596	0.61%	424.5	30.9
2038	128,118,527	0.59%	427.1	31.2
2039	128,850,041	0.55%	429.5	31.6
2040	129,546,659	0.53%	431.8	32.0
2041	130,209,802	0.49%	434.0	32.4
2042	130,836,996	0.47%	436.1	32.7
2043	131,427,393	0.43%	438.1	33.1
2044	131,979,664	0.40%	439.9	33.5
2045	132,492,032	0.37%	441.6	33.9
2046	132,962,000	0.34%	443.2	34.3
2047	133,385,286	0.30%	444.6	34.7
2048	133,759,430	0.26%	445.9	35.1
2049	134,089,000	0.23%	447.0	35.5
2050	134,373,439	0.19%	447.9	35.9
2051	134,612,611	0.16%	448.7	36.3
2052	134,805,056	0.12%	449.4	36.7
2053	134,952,918	0.10%	449.8	37.1
2054	135,064,723	0.07%	450.2	37.5
2055	135,139,130	0.04%	450.5	37.9
2056	135,174,396	0.01%	450.6	38.3
2057	135,179,348	-0.00%	450.6	38.6
2058	135,160,428	-0.02%	450.5	39.0
2059	135,111,092	-0.05%	450.4	39.4
2060	135,032,258	-0.07%	450.1	39.7
2061	134,929,665	-0.09%	449.8	40.0
2062	134,803,103	-0.10%	449.3	40.2
2063	134,655,396	-0.12%	448.9	40.3
2064	134,488,179	-0.13%	448.3	40.5
2065	134,297,168	-0.15%	447.7	40.7
2066	134,087,428	-0.16%	447.0	40.8
2067	133,857,778	-0.18%	446.2	41.0
2068	133,604,836	-0.20%	445.3	41.1
2069	133,330,833	-0.21%	444.4	41.3
2070	133,031,693	-0.23%	443.4	41.5
2071	132,708,728	-0.25%	442.4	41.6
2072	132,359,787	-0.28%	441.2	41.8
2073	131,983,146	-0.29%	439.9	41.9
2074	131,578,396	-0.32%	438.6	42.1
2075	131,147,053	-0.34%	437.2	42.3
2076	130,689,897	-0.36%	435.6	42.5
2077	130,199,118	-0.39%	434.0	42.6
2078	129,679,234	-0.41%	432.3	42.8
2079	129,138,727	-0.43%	430.5	43.0
2080	128,572,068	-0.45%	428.6	43.2
2081	127,980,170	-0.47%	426.6	43.4
2082	127,366,036	-0.49%	424.6	43.5
2083	126,729,965	-0.51%	422.4	43.7
2084	126,072,691	-0.53%	420.2	43.9
2085	125,392,100	-0.55%	418.0	44.1
2086	124,693,115	-0.57%	415.6	44.3
2087	123,981,062	-0.58%	413.3	44.5
2088	123,258,336	-0.59%	410.9	44.6
2089	122,526,225	-0.60%	408.4	44.8
2090	121,785,757	-0.61%	406.0	45.0
2091	121,036,420	-0.62%	403.5	45.1
2092	120,281,079	-0.63%	400.9	45.3
2093	119,523,821	-0.63%	398.4	45.4
2094	118,766,197	-0.64%	395.9	45.5
2095	118,006,074	-0.65%	393.4	45.6
2096	117,242,732	-0.65%	390.8	45.8
2097	116,482,513	-0.65%	388.3	45.9
2098	115,726,784	-0.65%	385.8	46.0
2099	114,972,808	-0.66%	383.2	46.0
2100	114,221,909	-0.66%	380.7	46.1

States & provinces of Philippines by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Davao del Sur	7,051,291	6.0%
2	Davao	5,389,422	4.6%
3	Cavite	4,573,884	3.9%
4	Bulacan	3,876,806	3.3%
5	Laguna	3,687,345	3.1%
6	Bohol	3,400,522	2.9%
7	Rizal	3,330,143	2.8%
8	Batangas	2,994,795	2.5%
9	Negros Occidental	2,680,477	2.3%
10	Leyte	2,626,970	2.2%
11	Pampanga	2,586,446	2.2%
12	Nueva Ecija	2,395,816	2.0%
13	Iloilo	2,082,616	1.8%
14	Camarines Sur	2,063,314	1.8%
15	Quezon	1,980,338	1.7%
16	Isabela	1,733,048	1.5%
17	Bukidnon	1,601,902	1.4%
18	Tarlac	1,568,162	1.3%
19	Negros Oriental	1,492,038	1.3%
20	Albay	1,379,398	1.2%
21	Lanao del Sur	1,368,137	1.2%
22	Cagayan	1,284,676	1.1%
23	Sulu	1,146,097	1.0%
24	Davao del Norte	1,143,931	1.0%
25	Zamboanga del Norte	1,067,067	0.9%
26	Zamboanga del Sur	1,045,126	0.9%
27	South Cotabato	1,010,009	0.9%
28	Misamis Oriental	988,065	0.8%
29	Palawan	968,795	0.8%
30	Mindoro Occidental	919,504	0.8%
31	Mindoro Oriental	919,504	0.8%
32	Masbate	910,813	0.8%
33	Zambales	909,932	0.8%
34	Bataan	891,440	0.8%
35	Sultan Kudarat	863,651	0.7%
36	Sorsogon	845,066	0.7%
37	Capiz	835,098	0.7%
38	La Union	825,072	0.7%
39	Samar	806,179	0.7%
40	Compostela Valley	783,775	0.7%
41	Lanao del Norte	761,725	0.6%
42	Agusan del Sur	740,531	0.6%
43	Ilocos Sur	709,991	0.6%
44	Zamboanga Sibugay	661,498	0.6%
45	Surigao del Sur	648,858	0.6%
46	Northern Samar	645,789	0.5%
47	Antique	643,173	0.5%
48	Aklan	634,422	0.5%
49	Misamis Occidental	621,993	0.5%
50	Ilocos Norte	618,850	0.5%
51	Camarines Norte	604,666	0.5%
52	Davao Oriental	590,042	0.5%
53	Sarangani	580,915	0.5%
54	Surigao del Norte	565,644	0.5%
55	Basilan	556,586	0.5%
56	Nueva Vizcaya	530,106	0.5%
57	Tawi-Tawi	482,645	0.4%
58	Benguet	473,190	0.4%
59	Eastern Samar	472,683	0.4%
60	Southern Leyte	434,372	0.4%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Philippines

#	City	Region	Population
1	Quezon City	National Capital Region	3,084,270
2	Davao	Davao Region	1,848,947
3	Caloocan	National Capital Region	1,712,945
4	Manila capital	National Capital Region	1,600,000
5	Taguig	National Capital Region	1,308,085
6	Budta	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	1,273,715
7	Malingao	Soccsksargen	1,121,974
8	Zamboanga	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,018,849
9	Cebu City	Central Visayas	965,332
10	Antipolo	Calabarzon	913,712
11	Pasig City	National Capital Region	853,050
12	Cagayan de Oro	Northern Mindanao	741,617
13	Valenzuela	National Capital Region	725,173
14	General Santos	Soccsksargen	722,059
15	Paranaque City	National Capital Region	703,245

FAQ

What is the population of Philippines in 2026?

The population of Philippines is 117,724,472 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Philippines?

Quezon City is the biggest city in Philippines with 3,084,270 inhabitants; the capital is Manila.

Is the population of Philippines growing or shrinking?

The population of Philippines is growing at 0.79% per year, and is projected to peak in 2057 at 135,179,348.

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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