Irrigated land: 18,300 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues: logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices
are contributing to deforestation; soil degradation; water pollution
and overfishing threatening marine life populations; inadequate
supplies of potable water because of groundwater contamination
natural hazards: occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive
flooding
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea,
Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not
ratified - Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban
People ———
Population: 73,976,973 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 36% (male 13,739,304; female 12,988,929)
15-64 years: 59% (male 20,956,735; female 22,448,944)
65 years and over: 5% (male 1,548,513; female 2,294,548) (July 1996
est.)
Population growth rate: 1.57% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 6.95 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.96 male(s)/female (1996 est.)