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the people of the philippines population: 262,787,403 ethnic Groups: Tagalog, Bisaya/Binisaya,               Cebuano, Ilocano,               Hiligaynon/Ilonggo), Bikol/Bicol,               Waray, other local ethnicities    age structure:              0–14 years:  33.07%                (35,022,081)              15–24 years: 19.17%                (20,295,502)               25–54 years: 37.11%               (39,300,133)              55–64 years:  6.04%                  (6,395,395)              65 years and over: 4.1%                (4,880,263) population Growth rate:              1.5% death rate:              6.1 deaths/1,000 pop. migration rate:              a loss of 2 resident(s)/1,000 pop. infant mortality rate:              20.9 deaths/1,000 live births life expectancy at birth:              total population: 69.6 years              male: 66.1 years              female: 73.3 years total fertility rate:              2.99 children born/woman religions:              Roman Catholic (80.6%), Protestant              (8.2%), Muslim (5.6%), Tribal               religions (0.2%)  languages:              Filipino, officially based on Tagalog               and English including eight dialects  literacy rate:              96.3%                     Source: www.cia.gov 2017

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