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Source: The World Factbook
| Area | 300,000 sq km |
| Population | 84,619,974 [03] |
| GDP in US$ billion | 77.08 [02] |
| GDP: PPP in US$ billion | 390.70 [03] |
| GDP - PPP per capita in US$ | 4,600 [03] |
| Reserves including Gold in US$ billion in 2002 | 16.18 |
| Capital | Manila |
| Monetary unit | Philippine peso (PHP) |
| Local currency to US$ on 9 Feb 2004 | 0.017905 |
| Literacy (percentage) | 96 |
| Location | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam |
| Geographic coordinates | 13 00 N, 122 00 E |
| Climate | tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) |
| Government | republic |
| Languages | two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English, eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense |
| Ethnicity/race | Christian Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3% |
| Industries | textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing. |
| Natural resources | timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper. |
| Exports (billion US$) | 34.56 [03] |
| electronics and telecommunications, machinery and transport, garments, other. | |
| Imports (billion US$) | 35.97 [03] |
| raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, consumer goods, fuel | |
| Foreign direct investment US$ millions Year 2001 | 1,792 |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 697 [02] |
| R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars in 1999 | 8,479 |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports 2000 | 59.00 |
| Infrastructure | |
| Total Road network in 1995-99 | 199,950 |
| International arrivals in million | 1.93 [02] |
| Energy use in million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 | 42.424 |
| R&D expenditure | |
| Total R&D Expenditure in national currencies | |
| GERD/GDP as % | |
| Business Expenditure on R&D | 3 US$ million[97] |
| Industry financed GERD as Percentage | |
| Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP 1998-2000 | 4.20 |
| Human Resources Development | |
| Labor force in million (2002) | 33.70 |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | 15,600 [97] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 1,700 [97] |
| Researchers as % of labour force | |
| Information & Communication Technology | |
| Television equipped households in million | 12.20 [02] |
| Fixed phones Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 3.34 [4.2%] |
| Mobile phone Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 14.20 [17.8%] |
| Internet users in million in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 3.50 [4.4%] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.20 [2.8%] |
| Internet hosts - 2002 | 38,440 |