Philippines Population Pyramid (2026)
The Philippines has a population of 117,724,471 in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 (projection for 1 July). That is the 14th-largest population in the world and 1.42% of the global total of 8.30 billion. Children under 15 make up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 and over 6.0%, with 99.5 males for every 100 females.
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| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100+ | 56 | 316 | 372 | 0.00% |
| 95-99 | 1,279 | 4,728 | 6,007 | 0.01% |
| 90-94 | 10,817 | 35,022 | 45,839 | 0.04% |
| 85-89 | 48,586 | 135,194 | 183,780 | 0.16% |
| 80-84 | 149,154 | 326,158 | 475,312 | 0.40% |
| 75-79 | 448,297 | 708,244 | 1,156,541 | 0.98% |
| 70-74 | 879,048 | 1,176,567 | 2,055,615 | 1.75% |
| 65-69 | 1,399,732 | 1,685,224 | 3,084,956 | 2.62% |
| 60-64 | 1,892,932 | 2,107,050 | 3,999,982 | 3.40% |
| 55-59 | 2,361,597 | 2,498,965 | 4,860,562 | 4.13% |
| 50-54 | 2,748,256 | 2,798,228 | 5,546,484 | 4.71% |
| 45-49 | 3,296,432 | 3,300,842 | 6,597,274 | 5.60% |
| 40-44 | 3,756,470 | 3,708,563 | 7,465,033 | 6.34% |
| 35-39 | 4,386,318 | 4,280,893 | 8,667,211 | 7.36% |
| 30-34 | 4,890,527 | 4,826,176 | 9,716,703 | 8.25% |
| 25-29 | 5,256,720 | 5,201,716 | 10,458,436 | 8.88% |
| 20-24 | 5,423,932 | 5,336,662 | 10,760,594 | 9.14% |
| 15-19 | 5,856,752 | 5,693,807 | 11,550,559 | 9.81% |
| 10-14 | 5,901,748 | 5,715,794 | 11,617,542 | 9.87% |
| 5-9 | 5,376,148 | 5,161,052 | 10,537,200 | 8.95% |
| 0-4 | 4,629,340 | 4,309,131 | 8,938,471 | 7.59% |
| Total | 58,714,141 | 59,010,330 | 117,724,471 | 100.00% |
| Female surplus 296,189 (0.3% of the population). | ||||
Population pyramid, 1950 to 2026
Watch how the Philippines' population structure evolved from 1950 to 2026
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Philippines sex ratio
The Philippines has 99.5 males per 100 females.
That is 296,189 more women than men (0.3% of the population). Men outnumber women up to 40–44; from 45–49 on, women outnumber men, and at 85 and over there are 2.9 women for every man.
Philippines age structure
The Philippines has a stationary population pyramid. The largest five-year band is 10–14, at 9.9% of the population.
The Philippines' 65+ share is the 79th-lowest of 194 countries.
The largest generation is Gen Z — 30.0% (35,314,456). All generations in the Philippines →
How the age structure shifted, 1950 to 2026
Key Demographics
| Total Population | 117,724,471 |
| Male Population | 58,714,141(49.9%) |
| Female Population | 59,010,330(50.1%) |
| Median Age | 26.6 years |
| Sex Ratio | 99.5 males per 100 females |
| Youth (0-14) | 31,093,213(26.4%) |
| Working Age (15-64) | 79,622,836(67.6%) |
| Elderly (65+) | 7,008,422(6.0%) |
| Total Dependency Ratio | 47.9 |
| Youth Dependency Ratio | 39.1 |
| Old Age Dependency Ratio | 8.8 |
| Pyramid Type | Stationary |
Dependency Ratios: Number of dependents per 100 working-age individuals.
Births and fertility rate
UN World Population Prospects 2024, 2026 (medium-variant projection).
How many births, and how often (2026)
In Philippines there is about one birth every 17 seconds.
Birth-rate and fertility trend, 1950 to 2026
Crude birth rate · total fertility rate (dashed)Birth statistics, 2021 to 2026
| Year | Births | Birth rate (per 1,000) | TFR (children/woman) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,821,790 | 16.1 | 1.95 | estimate |
| 2022 | 1,829,885 | 16.1 | 1.93 | estimate |
| 2023 | 1,840,477 | 16.0 | 1.92 | estimate |
| 2024 | 1,841,191 | 15.9 | 1.89 | projection |
| 2025 | 1,845,745 | 15.8 | 1.88 | projection |
| 2026 | 1,853,794 | 15.7 | 1.86 | projection |
Since 1950
Global context (2026)
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Births, birth rate and fertility for 2024 and later are medium-variant projections; 1950–2023 are estimates.
Fertility in context (2026)
That is below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, and ranks the Philippines 104 of 194 for fertility (1 = highest). The world average is 2.23, and the UN projects the Philippines' rate at 1.74 by 2050. Since 1950 the rate is down 73.9%, from 7.13 children per woman.
Philippines median age
The Philippines' median age is 26.6 years
Half the population is younger than this and half is older, which makes the Philippines a young society.
Worldwide, the Philippines' median age is the 77th-lowest of 194 countries.
The Philippines' median age changed by +4.0 years from 2016 to 2026, faster than the world average (+2.6 years).
It has risen from 15.5 years in 1950, and the UN projects 35.9 by 2050.
Life Expectancy in the Philippines
How long the average person in the Philippines is expected to live · sourced from UN WPP 2024
Life expectancy, 1950 to 2100: UN estimates to 2023, projection from 2024
Solid: actual · Dashed: medium-variant projectionPhilippines population change, 1950 to 2050
Since 1950, the Philippines' population has grown by 524.5%.
The Philippines has 117.7 million people in 2026, up 212.9% from 37.6 million in 1970.
Births outnumber deaths by 1,077,949 (UN projection for 2026).
The Philippines is projected to grow to 134.4 million people by 2050 (+14.1% from 2026).
Philippines' Demographic Evolution by Decade
In the 2020s, 2024 to 2026 are UN projections.
The population grew 27.7%, from 37.6 million in 1970 to 48.0 million by 1980
The median age increased by 1.6 years
The youth population share contracted by 4.1 percentage points.
The Philippines' demographic transition stage
Stage 4 (low birth and death rates): fertility is below the replacement level of 2.1 (1.86 children per woman), and births still exceed deaths (15.7 vs 6.6 per 1,000). Read more about Stage 4.
The working-age share is still rising, from 63.1% in 2016 to 67.6% in 2026 (dependency ratio 47.9).
Compare Philippines with other countries
How Does the Philippines Compare to Its Neighbors?
The Philippines has a younger population than Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar. The Philippines has a smaller population than Indonesia.