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Republic of the Philippines
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Capital: Manila
Total Area: 115,830.65 sq mi,300,000.00 sq km,(slightly larger than Arizona)
Population: 82,841,518 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 153,913,427
Languages: two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English, eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
Literacy: 94.6% total, 95.0% male, 94.3% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
Life Expectancy: 64.96 male, 70.79 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic
Currency: 1 Philippine peso (P) = 100 centavos
GDP (per capita): $3,800 (2000 est.)
Industry: textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing
Agriculture: rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish
Arable Land: 19%
Natural Resources: timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
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