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According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), population growth in the Philippines is slowing as more Filipinos choose smaller family sizes.

PSA Undersecretary and National Statistician Dennis Mapa, citing the findings of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, stated the country’s overall population increased by 1.63 percent between 2015 and 2020, slower than the 1.72 percent recorded from 2010 to 2015.

“The trend is really downward, so one of the reasons is, of course, many families’ desire for lower family sizes. But this (census) for 2015-2020 isn’t unusual, since we’ve seen a downward tendency in population growth for many censuses,” he added in a virtual press conference.

According to Mapa, the country’s overall population reached 109,035,343 on May 1, 2020, up from 100,981,437 in 2015.

In 2000, he recognized Region 4-A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) as the most populated region, with a population of 16,195,042; National Capital Region (NCR) -13,484,462; and Region 3 (Central Luzon) -12,422,172.

“Calabarzon, the National Capital Region, and Central Luzon account for 38.61 percent of the Philippines’ total population. In these areas, four out of ten Filipinos live,” he said in Filipino.

According to Mapa, Batanes has the lowest population of 18,831 people, while Camiguin has a population of 92,808.

According to Karl Kendrick Chua, Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning, the slower population growth is in line with the rise in people’s and the country’s wealth.

According to Chua, population expansion must be accompanied with improvements in people’s services, which will enable them to become more productive and enhance human capital.

“In my view, there is no such thing as optimum population growth. What matters is that we are able to offer basic services to the people in order for them to be healthy so that they can complete school and get a decent job, thus increasing the country’s productivity,” he said in the same briefing.

Chua said that they would be reviewing certain government initiatives, such as productive health, to see whether they are progressing in accordance with census findings.

“Based on the preliminary statistics, I believe our reproductive health initiative is making progress. The total fertility rate is down, more women are becoming educated and better managing their families, and population growth is slowing…,” he said.

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