THE population growth of the Philippines recorded a decline of 0.21 percentage points (ppt) to 1.52% percent in the latter half of this decade, from the previous 1.73 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom).

Given this statistic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) projects the population in July 2020 to be 108.7 million Filipinos, which is lower than its earlier estimate of 109.9 million, or a difference of 1.2 million.

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