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  • Population.......................................................................87,857,473 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate: ...............................................................1.84% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate...................................................25.31 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate...................................................5.47 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate..................................5.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups....................Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Llocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)

The Philippines' Culture of Migration
An estimated 8.1 million Filipinos — nearly 10 percent of the country's population— are working and/or residing in close to 200 countries and territories. Maruja M.B. Asis of the Scalabrini Migration Center-Philippines explains how the country developed its emigration policies and measures to protect its citizens abroad.

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