Environment - international agreements: party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Desertification
@Philippines:People
Population: 76,103,564 (July 1997 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years : 38% (male 14,677,291; female 14,203,376) 15-64 years: 59% (male 21,994,106; female 22,553,425) 65 years and over: 3% (male 1,198,079; female 1,477,287) (July 1997 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.13% (1997 est.)
Birth rate: 28.97 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate: 6.59 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population : 0.99 male(s)/female (1997 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 35.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)