Do you think this is a reliable source? Vietnam used to be in 12th place. Now Philippines is in 12th place while Vietnam is in 13th place in term of population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population

1 People's Republic of China [2] 1,316,773,887 20.04% population clock, [3]
2 India 1,110,000,000 16.94% population clock, [4]
3 United States 300,105,000 4.58% population clock
4 Indonesia 233,155,000 3.56% population clock
5 Brazil 188,782,465 2.86% population clock
6 Pakistan 158,505,000 2.42% population clock
7 Bangladesh 148,435,394 2.27% population clock
8 Russia 141,835,000 2.16% population clock
9 Nigeria 132,875,000 2.03% population clock
10 Japan 127,417,000 1.94% population clock
11 Mexico 108,299,950 1.65%
12 Philippines 90,025,397 1.37%
13 Vietnam 84,669,961 1.29%

Oh my! that"s too many for a small country
But that"s ok 'cause like they say, THE MORE, THE MERRIER!

Does Philippines do anything to moderate the population increase?

the Philippines is a potential regional powerhouse. Why...90 million people is a source and reason for expansion.

The Philippines will soon need 'breathing space'.

Population wise, the Philippines has a lot of people indeed.

But let's consider the poulation density for a moment. As in number of people per land area of every country.

The Philippines has 300 people per square kilometer of its land. @ 90,000,000 people and 300,000 square kilometers of land.

That's way less than:

Hong Kong 6,407
Singapore 6,333
Taiwan 636
South Korea 480
Japan 339
The Netherlands 392
Belgium 341
India 336
Israel 304

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...ulation_density

The Philippine land is rich in natural resources and have easy access to water too, therefore it could sustain a big population. But of course we wouldn't want to be too congested like Singapore, Japan and Taiwan. I believe a 100 million Filipinos in the Philippines is just right. Ample enough to provide workers to be industrialized, and have enough source of manpower in an event of a war, but not too many to strain its resources and the replenishment of it.

As for poulation control, I think education, real high quality education that is, not the education provided by the church is the key to have a high quality population. Only then will The Philippines have the best of both worlds, Quality and Quantity.

I'm afraid your ideal population for the Philippines (100 million) is unrealistic and unattainable. Currently (2006 report standard), the Philippine Republic has a population growth rate of an incredible 1.8%, which is one of the highest in the region, as compared to my country's, Thailand=.68% (due to healthy birth control programs).

The Philippines' population has ballooned from 70+ million in the late 80s to an additional 20 million in a little bit over than 20 years. Thats incredible.

At this rate, the Philippines will reach 100 million by decade time if the National Growth Rate of the philippines does not decrease.

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The only way for population to substantially decrease in the archipelagic state of the Philippines is if there was some massive natural disaster that occured and as a result about 5-10 million Filipinos perished.

no one said that the population should decrease. it just needs to slow down if 100 million is to be maintained.

plus i think that hypothesizing the deaths of 5-10 million people is in rather bad taste.

OHH! Gosh MORE PEOPLE TOOO FEED

make more babies soo filipinos will take over the world!!

Its an ecological point of view and pathway that is possible. Im speaking as a biologist.

Ang dami na natin, ang libog kasi ng mga Pinoy.

Diba mas marami lalake sa India and China? paano nalang mga lalake doon na walang asawa at girlfriend? naging bading kaya sila?

just lonely.

Ay puta!

^Oy oy oy VSG!! mura na ang sinasabi mo...

erm.....*runs out the window*

The Philippines estimate population is not 90 million but between 95-98 million this is accoring to NSO since 5-8 million Filipinos were not being registered by their parents after birth since soe of them do not have money , traditional born by manghihilot . The annual population growth rate is between 1.95- 2.25% and not 1.37%

For Indians , Chinese, Japanese, Korean men they could go to the Philippines and marry any Filipina women since there are more Filipino women than men!!!!!

90 million is just a low estimate but 95 million is more realistic ! 1.90%- 2.25% growth is the average estimate for the Philippines, There is a popular belief in the Filipino culture than a pregnant female is lucky !!!!

HOLY SHOOOT! Possibly 1.9%-2.25 %........?!?!?!!?!?

Thailand's is a mere .68%...... and we only have around roughly 65-70 million Thais.


Perhaps, more Filipinos can migrate to Thailand---give us around 10-15 million Filipinos---as we need people in our northeastern and northwestern peripheries.

political will versus political survival

religion here plays an important role

anyone who deffy the churches have a death wish on thier political career

too many lives too many souls yet so little wealth available

Too many.

Safe sex education needs to be taught.

Ugh.

Export more nannies and maids.

With this rate, Philippines will reach 100 Million by 2010.

family planning should be taught ... (but i don't know why it never works here in the philippines... )
and what's bothering is that:

wealthy family = 2-4 children
poverty-stricken families = 6-12 children

Religion is primarily to blame in the situation in the Philippines. The church don't want no sensible family planning taught, hell, not they frown upon condom use in all instances.

It's a catch 22. Poor families have no money left over for education so they stay ignorant about family planning. They are also statistically more religious and the church has alot of influence on them. They breed, breed and multiply, and they stay poor because they cannot afford anything else but to feed their children. Their children would sometimes help the family economically and they sometimes drop out of school. Even if they don't, they rarely enter college and start working themselves at a dead end job. And since they were rarely exposed to responsible family planning education, they themselves breed, starting the whole cycle anew. It's a sad state of affairs and the government needs to take the lead and tell the church to shut the fu-k up about sexual health.

Wow only 65-70 million in a country that's at least 200,000 sq km bigger than the Phils.? And only.68% pop. growth? That's really admirable, the Phils. should look up to and emulate Thailand as a role model.

Lol, I don't think most Thais (or anyone, really) would like a sudden influx of millions of foreigners in their land, but I guess you were just joking-laugh2

I believe that 1.37% is not the annual population growth rate of the Philippines. It means that 1.37% of the world population is owned by the Philippines.

The birth rate of the Philippines is 24.87 per 1000, while the death rate is 5.47 per 1000. This means that 25 Filipino children are being born every second while there's only 5 Filipinos are dying every second.

95-98 Million Filipinos? I think there are more! don't forget to count OFWs.

I do not think they should compare the population statistics with Thailand but more with Vietnam since the Philippines and Vietnam had the same population growth during the last few decades it was until late 1990's were Vietnam population growth had slowed.


According to one of the presidentiables of 2004 Election :


Gil: I'll pay off
country's debts

UNTIL the last minute, the camp of presidential candidate Eddie Gil could not submit his stand on issues that Talk of the Town believes presidential aspirants should address.

His inability to come up with his positions on issues despite repeated requests by this section raised questions about his ability to launch a nationwide campaign.


Some have suggested that Talk of the Town just ignore Gil, whom a rival candidate wants disqualified by the Commission on Elections for being a "nuisance" candidate.

Gil claims that he is not a nuisance candidate because he has a political party duly accredited by the Comelec. Besides, he says he has a running mate, Rodolfo Pajo, and senatorial candidates-Eddie Ilarde, Ramon Montano, Jose Floro Crisologo, Pilar Pilapil, Loida Cuneta Belmonte, Elcid Marcos Fajardo and Usop Matuan. (Ilarde, Pilapil and Crisologo abandoned Gil last week.)

Because the poll body has not disqualified Gil, voters have the right to know his platform of government.

Voters can now compare the positions of the six presidential candidates on economic, political and social concerns by looking at Talk of the Town issues over the past three weeks. We featured Bro. Eddie Villanueva on Feb. 19, Panfilo Lacson on Feb. 22, Fernando Poe Jr. on Feb. 26, Raul Roco on Feb. 29 and President Macapagal-Arroyo on March 4.


Whoever settles debts should
be declared the winner

By Eddie Gil
Presidential candidate
Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa

The Philippines is one of the world's richest countries in terms of natural and human resources. It has almost all of the ingredients needed to become a new economic dragon of Asia.

Unfortunately, for the past 18 years, our country has lagged behind many of our Asian neighbors because of corruption.

There has also been divisiveness among our people, not only because of the waters that separate the numerous islands that we inhabit, but also because of regionalism, differences in religion and dialect, and certain negative attitudes and patterns of thinking.

The latter, of course, includes the mañana habit (postponing for tomorrow what can be done today), ningas cogon (starting like a house on fire, but suddenly the enthusiasm dies down), get-rich-quick attitude, tingi ("small-time" or piece-by-piece) mentality, and lack of discipline.

Many are saying that corruption has become part of our culture so that while it can be minimized, it may not be totally eradicated. I don't believe this. I say that if we practice discipline and do away with the get-rich-quick mentality, corruption will be a thing of the past.

We must have political will, values transformation, transparency and accountability. Definitely, we must maintain our faith in God Almighty for all our acts. We must be God-fearing.

I say there is much hope that the Filipino people can be united if we do away with the walls of prejudice and hate- the barriers that hamper efforts for an accelerated economic growth.

I am happy to say that at the Isang Bansa Isang Diwa (Ibid), we advocate maka-Diyos (pro-God), maka-bansa (pro-nation), maka-tao (pro-people).

Unifying our people into one nation under one God, I say, is the prerequisite for the attainment of the goal of liberating the poor masses of Filipinos from the chains of poverty. We must move forward to accomplish economic, social and political stability.

Debt, deficit

Another priority is settling our national debt-estimated at 5.2 trillion pesos, which our government is supposed to be servicing at the rate of 1.5 billion pesos daily. The debt payment contributes to the budget deficit.

Debt servicing is indeed too much for us Filipinos. How can we breath if have no breathing space?

By settling the foreign debt, the money saved in servicing it can be used to provide better roads and other infrastructure, housing, and school buildings. It can be used to improve our agricultural productivity, implement livelihood programs, and create more job opportunities.

Austerity measures and appropriate revenues will help contain budget deficits.

In many of my provincial sorties since the start of the election campaign, I have been challenging my five worthy rivals for the presidency to sign an agreement with me that whoever among us pays off the entire national debt first should be considered the winner in the May 10 elections.

Unopposed

There will be a provision in the agreement that says that the payer be declared the new president by Congress with the affirmation of the Supreme Court. The process could be simplified if all parties to the agreement consent to require five of them to formally withdraw from the presidential race as soon as one is able to make the payment.

In effect, the payer will be running unopposed.

If my worthy opponents are after the best interest of the nation as they claim they are, they must accept my challenge.

The early settlement of the foreign debt will immediately reinvigorate the economy and the peso.

A senator identified with the administration recently said that presidential aspirants could not ignore the "debt bomb." He also said that people should not vote for those who fail to come up with a plan to approach the problem and those who avoid discussing the issue.

Interestingly, my five rivals for the presidency have maintained their silence on this particular issue.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the huge national debt exposes the economy to "rising vulnerabilities," while a British bank (the Standard Chartered Bank) warned against the Philippines sinking into a debt crisis.

Globalization

Let's do away with globalization, which does not work well for us. Unlike many western countries like the United States, we are not quite prepared for it.

Pork barrel

The congressional pork barrel is one source of corruption in the government. This must be stricken out of our system of governance.

Employment

Inequities in the country's compensation structure must be rectified as soon as possible to diminish labor unrest and bring about industrial peace.

In my travels abroad, I invited many foreign investors, including those from South Korea, to put up factories in the Philippines. More than 70 top Korean companies have signified their intention to expand their production.

So far, 37 of them have accepted my invitation. They will be coming here to do business. They also expressed their willingness to implement the minimum wage of 850 dollars a month (roughly 48,000 pesos) in their country in the Philippines.

Their entry will provide 3.1 million jobs.

We must continuously upgrade our wage and salary standards to cope with the rising cost of living.

Power rates

Our power rates must be lowered to make it affordable to low- income consumers. The purchased power adjustment, which multiplies the cost of electricity, needs to be eliminated. If the government sells its 29-percent stake in Meralco, I will be willing to buy it so that I can have a voice in the policy-making body of the power utility company.

Food security

No Filipino must go hungry; everyone has to have food on his table. The government must ensure the feeding of its citizens.

Agrarian reform could further be enhanced with the introduction of a more liberal approach to benefit our farmers.

Charter change

I favor a rewriting of our Constitution. I believe that a shift to the parliamentary form of government from the present presidential system will be good for the country because our national problems are deeply rooted in certain deficiencies in the socio-economic and political system.

Death penalty

I am for its abolition because it has never been conclusively shown that it is a deterrent to the commission of crimes.

Most civilized countries have abolished the death penalty, and I pray that we shall soon follow suit. In fact, I have offered to pay the diya (blood money) to the widow of a murder victim to save from beheading several overseas Filipino workers (in the Middle East) convicted of the crime.

The payment demanded was a total of 6 million pesos, or 1 million pesos for each of the six. Four of them were sentenced to death and were to be beheaded on Jan. 17, while the two others were meted out lighter sentences.

Erap pardon

The matter of pardoning deposed President Joseph Estrada, in case he is finally convicted of the plunder and corruption charges, needs further study.

People power

If we achieve significant change in our government system, especially through a change in our Constitution, people power may no longer be needed.

Marcos ill-gotten wealth

The so-called Marcos ill-gotten wealth must be thoroughly studied by independent bodies of the government. We must guard against a president, motivated by revenge, dipping his hands into a big fortune he does not own.

Insurgency, terrorism

The peace talks with rebel groups must continue without letup because this will help us achieve unity.

Terrorists and those who commit heinous crimes have no place in a civilized God-fearing society like ours. We must deal with them with an iron fist.

Foreign relations

Our friendly relations with the United States must be maintained because we have enjoyed a fruitful tutelage under this benevolent tutor-nation.

We must maintain a one-China policy but keep our friendly relations with Taiwan.

Supreme Court

Supreme Court decisions on economic issues, and for that matter, any other issue, must be respected by all. The high tribunal may err, but its function is enshrined in our Constitution, and therefore, it must be followed. No one is above the law.

Jueteng

I do not favor its legalization. It is not good for our country and people. It only enriches the gambling lords, corrupt law enforcers and military men, prosecutors and officials in the judiciary, and local and national government officials. The bettors, who come from the masses, are the losers.

Population

If we attain sustainable economic development under my administration, probably there will be no need for population control as all Filipinos will live happily. But responsible parenthood is another thing. We must inculcate in our people the necessity for this in order to bring up good citizens.

Divorce

Divorce may be legalized, but the law should have clear-cut provisions to ensure that it is not subjected to abuse.

Abortion

An abortion law must have stringent provisions that will allow it only under necessary circumstances. For instance, if medical findings show that the unborn baby will undergo untold sufferings after birth.

Housing

The housing shortage must be given utmost attention because shelter is one of the basic needs. No Filipino must be a squatter in his own country. More socialized, low-cost housing projects must be undertaken to provide houses to the common tao.

Education

Teachers must be provided with better incentives to make them improve their teaching methods. Books and other school needs may be provided to students on easy terms, if not for free. The government should provide free education.

Gay rights

Gay rights must be respected as they also fall under the broader scope of human rights.

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is one cause of early deaths for some people. The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Education, must issue guidelines on what kinds of food are best. We must work hand in hand with various sectors engaged in appropriately addressing the matter of nutrients for our people.

Ibid Foundation

The Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa (Pibid) is the political arm of Ibid Foundation, Inc. of which I, described in the media as an international businessman-philanthropist, is the founder, president and chair.

The Ibid is the country's largest foundation with almost 15 million members of voting age. Counting the 14 years old and above, the total membership is about 31 million.

The foundation has conducted 210 medical and dental missions and membership benefit launching. In the past 30 months prior to the filing of my certificate of candidacy, we were able to reach out and treat 2.7 million needy Filipinos. Eleven thousand mothers have already enjoyed free maternity hospitalization benefits; some 7,000 have benefited from free hospitalization in accredited private hospitals and received free medicines; a little less than 2,000 Filipinos were paid cash benefits when they met accidents; and the families of more than 5,000 who died were given death and burial benefits.

All these were done without fanfare because I am not a politician. Needless to say, these accomplishments of the Ibid and your humble servant were known only to those who directly benefited and their immediate families.

Benefits

In our sorties in far-flung islands, especially in the depressed areas, I saw the sufferings of our poor countrymen and how the government failed to deliver basic services. We have offered-during our free medical-dental missions and membership benefit launching-our less fortunate brothers and sisters a free package comprising the above-mentioned benefits, including livelihood and job opportunities, housing, education and retirement benefits all worth 160,000 pesos. The total package was increased to 300,000 pesos.

For those who are retiring, even at 60 years old-whether they have worked in the government or in the private sector-they shall be entitled to retirement benefits.

All are welcome to avail themselves of these benefits.

Why am I mentioning the IbidFoundation?

I believe that the government should provide similar benefits, if not more, to the people. Under an Eddie Gil administration, I shall see to it that this-perhaps under a legislated social welfare act-is incorporated into our public program and is implemented effectively.
--Eddie Gil, Presidential candidate, Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa

I'm not joking. Id like to see a good 5-10 million professional Filipinos populating northern Thailand--as we need more people in those regions. As for foreigners; the Filipinos would be naturalized and their children would experience the system of Thaification and would become proud members of Thai society.

Personally, I want Thailand to BREED more children. Our growth rate is .68%; and this is due to the liberalization system of Thailand where more women are becoming too independent.

I respect the Filipino stressing of family life---which is something Thais are beginning to forget as we modernize and liberalize.

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I would like Thailand to have at least 80-85 MILLION people. Our current status of 70 million is too few for our kingdom.

its ok if there will be more and more Filipinos in the future coz millions are already migrating to other countries and we're gonna rule the world.. hehe joking..

yeah! cool jhonnz! lets invade the world. problem is, we need to compete with the chinese, their numbers are bigger than ours. maybe we make more babies and then dump them abroad! hwehwehwe!

breeding with Thai's ???

According to Eddie Gil:


Population

If we attain sustainable economic development under my administration, probably there will be no need for population control as all Filipinos will live happily. But responsible parenthood is another thing. We must inculcate in our people the necessity for this in order to bring up good citizens.

i think it would be just a matter of a couple of months .......... to reach 100 million

90 million is too few for the Philippines , according to Eddie Gil we need to be like India or China we need 1 billion.

1 billion? LOL! It would degrade the Philippines....not enough space, pareng ek ek!

You need to expand...if you want to satiate the population increase.

INVADE SABAH! Populate the Spratlys!!

EXPORT MORE NURSES!!

Hawaii already is almost a little Philippines, lets move onto California. We have some competition however because the Mexicans are coming in droves.. but i think we can do it. Then, populate Samoa, Polynesia, Fiji and Vanauatu... that way we can TRULY be pacific islanders!

Australia has alot of land, albeit much of it is arid and unfarmable, but land is land right?

Africa is another good destination, those people are even worse at governing themselves then filipinos so maybe we can immediately take over their seats of office and internally colonize some backwards african nations.

Sabah...would be ideal, but the Malaysians would never give it up, sadly without a fight. I mean seriously...the Philippines is literally the 2nd most populous nation in south east asia. Hopefully the population will be checked in the future.

Almost to reach 100 Million people.

we dont need to fight malaysia, just immigrate to sabah

Get Marianas, Palau, Guam and Caroline islands since they were part of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial regime!!!!!

As Eddie Gil said : we need to export our people!!!!!!

Eddie Gil's stuff sounds good. But then again, any politicians on paper do.

Yeah !!!

I think the unequal distribution of wealth still a major problem with the Philippines

korek!

Well, fanks to the excommunication card the Roman Catholic Church possesses, it might excommunicate the entire country should it use birth control for population control.

unreal. I really admire your open-mindedness. Very different perspective from a Japanese who wants to keep their race 'pure'.

But are the northern borders already populated with at least 5-10 million Thai people? If not, the Filipinos would most likely secceed when their (homogenous) population balloons .

Philippines needs to stablize the population around 100 million people.

I do not know if Lacson Population issue will boost his Mayoralty race

Lacson announces bid to run for Manila mayor

Lim welcomes colleague’s entry

By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net
Last updated 04:33pm (Mla time) 11/13/2006


(5TH UPDATE) OPPOSITION Senator Panfilo Lacson has announced his plan to run for mayor of Manila in the 2007 elections.

At the weekly Kapihan sa Maynila at the Manila Hotel Monday, Lacson said he would bring HOPE to Manila: health, order, progress, and education.

“These are the basic needs of the people in all the six districts of Manila,” Lacson said, noting that he learned about them in his sorties over the past several weeks.

He said that in the same sorties, the name of fellow Senator Alfredo Lim kept on cropping up as his strongest contender.

In a phone interview, Lim, who said he “was planning” to run as mayor, welcomed Lacson's entry into Manila politics.

“We welcome the entry of Lacson. It is good that there will be a wider field for selection. Let the people decide who the best man for Manila is,” he said.

Asked about running against the late president Ferdinand Marcos' grandson Borgy Manotoc and former Manila congressman Mark Jimenez, Lacson said the political field was open, “kahit pa 20 kami [even if we are 20].”

Lacson said he was running as an independent and has not completed his line-up. “But rest assured that we will come out with a complete ticket,” he added.

Asked how he decided to run as mayor and not for reelection as senator, Lacson said he was torn between the two choices early on, but that when a “man of the cloth” told him “to go for Manila,” he took it as a sign from God to make the choice he did.

He refused to name the “spiritual adviser” until he has asked his permission.

The former Philippine National Police chief said he would completely deviate from Manila Mayor Joselito Atienza's pro-life program as he believed in population management.

“[Our population] grew by 2.36 percent. If it is not stopped, we might wake up one day with [a] 100 million population. We don't have enough resources to feed that number,” he said.

Lacson said he has considered in his decision the “hostile” relationship he has with Malacañang, which is in Manila.

“This is hostile territory. The administration is not the ideal partner. But all these I've factored in in my decision...I want to move out of the 'dole-out' culture of governance,” he said.

Opposition Congressmen Alan Peter Cayetano, Rolex Suplico, Guingona, and Ronaldo Zamora were also at the Kapihan to lend support to Lacson's candidacy.

Both Lim and Lacson are known for their no-nonsense approach to criminality. Both were police officials before they entered politics.

Lacson leads candidates for the mayoralty post, according to a press statement from the senator’s office, citing a survey by the Philippine Social Research Center (PSRC) from October 12 to 18.

The survey has a sampling size of 70 respondents per district, with a margin of error of +/- 3 percent, said Gerry De Belen, Lacson's staff.

De Belen said PSRC was known for conducting surveys on advertisements and ratings of television programs.

Lacson got 27 percent of potential votes from a possible field of eight candidates, the PSRC survey said.

“Following him were Senator Alfredo Lim with 19 percent; former congressman Mark Jimenez with 16 percent; vice mayor Danilo Lacuna with eight percent; Congressman Joey Hizon [7 percent]; Ali Atienza [7]; former First Lady Imelda Marcos [7]; and Congressman Rudy Bacani [4],” the survey said.

“Under a scenario of only four candidates, Lacson got 37 percent followed by Lim [25 percent]; Lacuna [18 percent] and Atienza [10 percent]. With a three-candidate scenario, Lacson got 48 percent, followed by Lim with 29 percent and Lacuna with 23 percent,” the survey said.

Humm ? a change of policy

Disaster is just waiting to happen if no proactive actions taken to counter it. Just imagine even today many Filipinos are just to poor what would happen when the population keeps growing at the rapid rate. It ends up like in Bangladesh where the cities are so overly crowded, dirty and the people are poor. The government should take fast action to upgrade the quality of lives of its citizens. QUALITY IS BETTER THAN QUANTITY.

Korea TV soaps to help raise birthrate


SEOUL: Writers of television soap operas are being enlisted to help South Korea promote family life in an attempt to reverse its declining birthrate.

Thirty scriptwriters for TV soaps and entertainment programs are taking part in a two-day workshop organized by the state-run Planned Population Federation of Korea and the Radio Writers’ Association, Tuesday’s Korea Times reported.

The event aims to increase positive portrayals of marriage and birth in the mass media and especially in TV dramas.

“More and more dramas portray birth and families with many children negatively while making the lives of single career women seem cooler and wiser,” researcher Choi Eun Sil was quoted as saying.

“Also, as opposed to the old dramas that depicted marriage as the ultimate goal of love, recent dramas communicate that marriage is not a must.”