PHILIPPINE POPULATION TRENDS: POPULATION GROWTH AND TOTAL FERTILITY ARE DROPPING
Do not be deceived by alarmist claims that “too many babies are being born too soon” or that the Philippines has “runaway population growth.” These claims simply are not borne-out by the numbers.
The Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) published the following estimates of Population Growth (PGR) and Total Fertility (TFR) Rates on their website, which clearly project trends that are dropping. In plain language, the PGR and TFR of the Philippines are not running away but are slowing down.
Population Growth Rates
Period : Rate
2000-2005 : 2.05
2005-2010 : 1.95
2010-2015 : 1.82
2015-2020 : 1.64
2020-2025 : 1.46
2025-2030 : 1.27
2030-2035 : 1.09
2035-2040 : 0.92
Total Fertility Rates
Period : Rate
2000-2005 : 3.41
2005-2010 : 3.18
2010-2015 : 2.96
2015-2020 : 2.76
2020-2025 : 2.57
2025-2030 : 2.39
2030-2035 : 2.23
2035-2040 : 2.07
We are Filipinos – all fighting for a single cause, the very reason why we have bound together as one group and one voice: to speak the truth about the dignity and sanctity of human life in all its stages, from natural conception to natural death.
Truthsayer
2 May 2011
Want further reading?
World Population Collapse: Lessons for the Philippines
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/gas/Gaston%20Philippine%20demography%20071201.pdf