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One in every five household own other land (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 5,322,024 households or 20.2 percent of the total 26,388,654 households reported that they own at least one land apart from the land that they own/occupy at the time of the census.
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Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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About one in every four (26.0%) of the 108.67 million household population in 2020 reported Tagalog as their ethnicity. Other major ethnicities were Bisaya/Binisaya (14.3%), Ilocano and Cebuano (8.0% each), Ilonggo (7.9%), Bikol/Bicol (6.5%), Waray…
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More than 50 million have Access to the Internet (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Of the 26,374,653 households, 56.1 percent or 14,794,590 households reported that they have access to the internet. (Table B and Figure 1) Among the 17 regions, National Capital Region (NCR) had the highest proportion of its households with internet…
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Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), of the 97,600,336 household population five years old and over, 94,627,566 persons (97.0%) were literate. This translates to a 1.2 percentage point improvement from the 85,953,030…
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Foreign Citizens in the Country (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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In 2020, about 108,538,558 or 99.9 percent of the 108,667,043 household population are Filipino citizens. Filipinos with dual citizenship, on the other hand, reached 50,089, with less than 0.1 percent. Foreign citizens totaled to 78,396 persons or 0…
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Household Characteristics (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), about 50.7 percent of the 26.4 million households had their kitchen garbage picked up by garbage trucks. On the other hand, 16.3 percent disposed their kitchen garbage by burning. Other usual…
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Housing Characteristics in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), a total of 28,503,757 housing units were listed nationwide. Of this total, 25,191,610 housing units were occupied by households/household population as of 01 May 2020. In 2015, out of…
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Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), Tagalog is spoken in 10,522,507 households or 39.9 percent of the total 26,388,654 households in the country. Bisaya/Binisaya was the second most generally spoken language at home with 4…
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Religious Affiliation in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Of the 108,667,043 household population in 2020, nearly four fifths or 85,645,362 persons (78.8%) reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation. It was followed by Islam with 6,981,710 persons (6.4%), and Iglesia ni Cristo with 2,806,524…
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Four Out of Ten Persons Were Never Married (2020 Census of Population and Housing)
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Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), the Philippines had a household population of 108,667,043 persons. Of this total, the household population ten years old and over comprised 79.4 percent or 86,333,513 persons. Of this…
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