Capiceños count now 701,664
ROXAS CITY – The total population of the province is 701,664 based on the 2007 Census of Population (PopCen 2007) conducted in August last year.
This was revealed in the final count of the PopCen 2007 posted in the National Statistics Office (NSO) website.
"The figure is as of August 1, 2007 with a growth rate of 0.97 from year 2000 to 2007," said NSO Provincial Statistics Officer Eriberto Esclamad.
An information dissemination activity is also being prepared by the NSO to present the breakdown of the population by municipality next week.
"A comparative analysis of the latest count with the previous census of population results will be presented during the activity," added Esclamad.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued Proclamation No. 1489 declaring the official results of the PopCen 2007 which placed the total population of the Philippines as of August 1, 2007 at 88,574,614.
The total population of the Philippines in 2000 (based on the 2000 Census of Population and Housing) was 76.50 million while it was recorded at 68.62 million in 1995 (based on the 1995 Mid-Decade Census).
NSO Administrator Carmelita Ericta said the 2007 and 2000 census figures translated into an average annual population growth rate of 2.04 percent for the period 2000 to 2007, stressing that it was the lowest annual population growth rate recorded for the Philippines since the 1960s. (PIA/A.Lumaque)