The country's total population has reached 109,035,343 in 2020, based on the Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
This count was declared official by President Rodrigo Duterte in Proclamation No. 1179 issued on July 6, 2021.
In a statement on Wednesday, July 7, PSA said that the country's population represents the total number of persons living as of 12:01 a.m. on May 1, 2020, in the 17 administrative regions of the country.
This also includes Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.
PSA said the Philippine population has increased by 8,053,906 from 100,981,437 in 2015, which translates to an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.63 percent.
It noted that the rate at which the country’s population grew during the period 2010 to 2015 was higher at 1.72 percent.
Of the 17 administrative regions, Region IV-A or Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) had the highest population in 2020 with 16,195,042, followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 13,484,462 and Region III (Central Luzon) with 12,422,172.
The combined population of these three regions accounted for about 38.6 percent of the Philippine population in 2020, PSA said.
The three least populated regions were the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) with 1,797,660; Region XIII (Caraga) with 2,804,788; and Region IV-B or Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) with 3,228,558.
PSA noted that Region IV-A had the highest increase at 1,780,268 since the census of population in 2015 (POPCEN 2015).
Meanwhile, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was the fastest-growing region since the POPCEN 2015 with an annual PGR of 3.26 percent from 2015 to 2020.
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) posted the lowest PGR of 0.50 percent.