Population Growth of the Philippines in 2012 – One of the major reasons of poverty in the developing countries like the Philippines is over population. This year, it will grow by another millions which is not good for the economy as a whole. There ought to be solid laws about population control and it must be implemented soon regardless of what the religious people would say as long as it’s not in the form of abortion.
Lawmakers and executives must seriously consider that the Philippine population is projected to increase from 95.8 million to 97.6 million this 2012. A leap frogging population growth rather than economic growth. No wonder why business tycoon Lucio Tan said that the Philippines can’t catch-up the economic tigers of Asia like Singapore, Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. These nations are effective population control because their government are not being dictated by religious beliefs and let alone religious leaders.
The 2012 Population Growth data in the Philippines is based on the reports of Commission on Population (PopCom) executive director Tomas Osias who cited data from the National Statistics Coordinating Board. He said that the current population growth rate (PGR) is at 2.04. If rate will not go down, the population may increase to 101.2 million by 2014 Osias added. The Philippines’ total fertility rate (TFR) is now pegged at 3.2, which means that Filipino couples normally have three to four children although their desired number of children is only two.
