East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Philippines
One in every 72 babies in the world is born here: about 1,856,212 a year, 3.5 a minute.
- Population
- 116,786,962
- Births a year
- 1,856,212
- Life expectancy
- 70
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 26.5
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
73
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
67
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
21.7
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
26.5
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
84
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.3
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
20
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
5.7
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
12
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
4.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.89
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
9
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
94
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
85
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
47
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
9
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$10,748
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
39
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
5.3
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
2.2
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
20
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
50
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
44
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
56
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
95
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
96
World: 91
Internet users (%)
67
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.21
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.15
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 59.3 → 2026: 70.5 → 2050: 73.3
World
1960: 103 → 2026: 26 → 2050: 19
World
1960: 7 → 2026: 1.9 → 2050: 1.7
World
1960: 30 → 2026: 56 → 2050: 60
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Philippines comes up about once in every 72 lives.
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Other countries in East Asia & Pacific
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.