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Proportion of persons with registered births in the Philippines increases to 96.6 percent

1. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) revealed that a total of 104,938,965 persons had their births registered with the Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs). This is equivalent to 96.6 percent of the 108,667,043 household population in 2020.

2. Census results from 1995 to 2020 show an increasing trend in the proportion of persons with registered births, from 89.3 percent in 1995 to 94.8 percent in 2015 and to 96.6 percent in 2020. The 2020 figure is higher by 1.8 percentage points from the 94.8 percent in 2015, and 7.3 percentage points more than the 89.3 percent posted in 1995.  (Figure 1)

Proportion of persons with registered births is highest in Region I and lowest in BARMM

3. In terms of the proportion of persons with registered births, Region I – Ilocos was highest with 99.2 percent, followed by the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) with 99.1 percent, and Region IV-A – CALABARZON with 98.8 percent. Seven other regions posted a proportion higher than the national level of 96.6 percent. (Table 1 and Figure 2)

4. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) posted the lowest proportion of persons with registered births, with only 77.0 percent of the household population. This corresponds to 1.10 million persons in the region who were reported to have not registered their births. (Table 1 and Figure 2)

Mountain Province has the highest proportion of registered births; the lowest in Basilan

5. Among the 81 provinces, Mountain Province posted the highest proportion of the household population whose births were reported to be registered at 99.9 percent. It was followed by Ilocos Norte (99.6%), and Batangas, La Union and Siquijor (99.4% each). (Table 2)

6. In 15 out of the 81 provinces, the proportion of the household population whose births were registered with the LCRO ranges from 99.0 percent to 99.9 percent. All of these provinces, except for Siquijor, are located in Luzon. (Table 2)

7. All provinces in Region I belonged to the top 15 provinces with the highest proportion of registered births. Ilocos Norte had 99.6 percent of its household population with registered births, followed by La Union (99.4%), Ilocos Sur (99.2%), and Pangasinan (99.0%). (Table 2)

8. All provinces in BARMM are in the bottom ten provinces with the lowest proportion of registered births in the country.  Basilan (excluding the City of Isabela, which is part of Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula) posted the lowest proportion of 64.7 percent. It was followed by the Interim Province and Lanao del Sur (72.5% each), Sulu (79.4%), Maguindanao (80.7%), and Tawi-Tawi (83.9%). In terms of population, the biggest number of unregistered births were in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao

9. Davao Occidental, with 76.9 percent came in fourth lowest. About 72,264 persons in Davao Occidental were reported to have unregistered births. Completing the bottom ten provinces with the lowest proportion of registered births are Northern Samar (87.9%), Samar (89.5%), and Palawan (89.7%). (Table 3)

City of Baguio posts 99.4 percent birth registration, the highest among the HUCs

10. Among the 33 highly urbanized cities (HUCs) in the country, the City of Baguio registered the highest proportion of registered births to the household population at 99.4 percent, or 360,800 out of 363,151. (Table 4)

11. Next to the City of Baguio, the HUC outside the National Capital Region (NCR) with the highest proportion of registered births was the City of Olongapo (99.0%). It was followed by the City of Mandaue (98.9%), the City of Iloilo (98.8%), and the City of Angeles (98.7%). The rest of the HUCs outside the NCR posted proportions of registered births ranging from 87.4 percent in the City of Zamboanga to 98.5 percent in the City of Lucena. (Table 4)

12. In the NCR, the City of Las Piñas and City of Muntinlupa posted the highest proportion of registered births (99.1% each), followed by the City of Valenzuela, City of Parañaque, and City of Mandaluyong (99.0% each). The proportion of registered births in the other remaining HUCs in the NCR ranged from 98.0 percent (City of Navotas) to 98.9 percent (Quezon City, Pasay City, and the City of San Juan). (Table 4)

Table 4. Proportion of Registered Births by Highly Urbanized City: 2020

More males than females have registered births

13. Among the 104.94 million household population whose births were registered with the LCRO, 50.6 percent (53.10 million) were males, while 49.4 percent (51.84 million) were females. (Figure 3)

14. This translates to a sex ratio of 103 males whose births were registered with the LCRO for every 100 females whose births were also registered.

15. Moreover, at the national level, the proportion of registered births among males was equal to that among females, at 96.6 percent each. (Table 5)

Age group 15 to 19 years has the highest proportion of registered births; the oldest age groups post the lowest

16. Across age groups, the household population aged 15 to 19 years old had the highest proportion of registered births (98.0%). The lowest proportion, on the other hand, was noted among the oldest age group, 80 years and over (91.3%), followed by those in the age group 75 to 79 years (92.6%). (Table 5)

Nine out of 10 children aged under five years have registered births

17. About 93.4 percent of those in the age group 0 to 4 years old were reported in the census to have registered births. This means that about three in fifty children under five years of age have unregistered births. (Table 5)


CALABARZON posts the highest proportion of persons with a copy of their birth certificate; BARMM has the lowest

18. While 96.6 percent of the household population reported that their births were registered, only 94.5 percent reported that they have a copy of their birth certificates.  A total of 102,709,494 persons of the 108,667,043 household population were reported to have a copy of their birth certificates. (Table 6)

19. Among the 17 administrative regions, CALABARZON reported the highest proportion of persons with a copy of their birth certificate with 97.9 percent. It was followed by the NCR with 97.8 percent, Region I with 97.4 percent, CAR with 96.9 percent, and Region III with 96.8 percent. (Table 6)

20. The BARMM posted the lowest proportion of persons with a copy of their birth certificate at 74.3 percent. (Table 6)

The statistics presented in this Special Release were based on the answers and information provided by the respondent or any responsible member of the household to the questions on birth registration about all the household members.

For the 2020 CPH, birth registration data of all household members were collected by asking the respondents, “Was ______’s birth registered with the Local Civil Registry Office?” and “Has ______ ever had a copy of his/her birth certificate?”

 

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

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