The Philippines Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Philippines vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Philippines	World
1960	15.8	22.5
1961	15.6	22.5
1962	15.5	22.4
1963	15.4	22.2
1964	15.4	22
1965	15.4	21.8
1966	15.4	21.7
1967	15.4	21.6
1968	15.5	21.5
1969	15.6	21.5
1970	15.7	21.4
1971	15.8	21.4
1972	15.9	21.5
1973	16	21.5
1974	16.1	21.6
1975	16.3	21.7
1976	16.5	21.9
1977	16.7	22
1978	16.9	22.2
1979	17.1	22.3
1980	17.3	22.5
1981	17.5	22.6
1982	17.7	22.7
1983	17.9	22.9
1984	18.1	23
1985	18.2	23.2
1986	18.3	23.3
1987	18.5	23.4
1988	18.6	23.6
1989	18.7	23.8
1990	18.8	23.9
1991	18.9	24.1
1992	19	24.3
1993	19.1	24.5
1994	19.1	24.7
1995	19.2	25
1996	19.3	25.2
1997	19.4	25.4
1998	19.6	25.7
1999	19.8	25.9
2000	20	26.1
2001	20.2	26.3
2002	20.4	26.5
2003	20.6	26.7
2004	20.8	27
2005	21	27.2
2006	21.2	27.4
2007	21.3	27.6
2008	21.5	27.8
2009	21.7	28
2010	22	28.2
2011	22.2	28.4
2012	22.4	28.6
2013	22.7	28.9
2014	22.9	29.1
2015	23.3	29.3
2016	23.6	29.5
2017	24	29.8
2018	24.3	30
2019	24.7	30.3
2020	25.1	30.6
2021	25.5	30.8
2022	25.9	31
2023	26.3	31.3
2024	26.8	31.6
2025	27.1	31.9
2026	27.6	32.1
2027	28	32.3
2028	28.4	32.6
2029	28.8	32.8
2030	29.2	33
2031	29.6	33.2
2032	30	33.4
2033	30.4	33.6
2034	30.8	33.8
2035	31.1	34
2036	31.5	34.2
2037	31.9	34.4
2038	32.2	34.6
2039	32.6	34.8
2040	33	35
2041	33.4	35.2
2042	33.7	35.4
2043	34.1	35.6
2044	34.5	35.8
2045	34.9	36
2046	35.3	36.2
2047	35.7	36.4
2048	36.1	36.6
2049	36.5	36.8
2050	36.9	37.1

In 1960, the median age in the Philippines was 15.8 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 26.8 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 188th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), the Philippines ranks 123rd currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in the Philippines is expected to increase to around 36.9 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

The Philippines demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Philippines
	Male	Female
0-4	4.09%	3.83%
5-9	4.97%	4.83%
10-14	5.16%	4.99%
15-19	4.94%	4.81%
20-24	4.67%	4.61%
25-29	4.45%	4.39%
30-34	4.12%	4.03%
35-39	3.58%	3.48%
40-44	3.14%	3.1%
45-49	2.68%	2.68%
50-54	2.31%	2.35%
55-59	1.94%	2.06%
60-64	1.56%	1.73%
65-69	1.12%	1.35%
70-74	0.69%	0.92%
75-79	0.32%	0.53%
80+	0.16%	0.4%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. The Philippines has average demographic potential with 63.9% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 72/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Philippines			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	102.5%	98%	4.52%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	103.9%	99.5%	4.48%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	105%	100.6%	4.44%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	105.7%	101.2%	4.42%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	105.6%	101.2%	4.4%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	105.4%	101%	4.39%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	105.2%	100.8%	4.39%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	104.8%	100.4%	4.41%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	104.1%	99.7%	4.42%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	103.2%	98.7%	4.44%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	102.4%	98%	4.47%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	101.8%	97.3%	4.51%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	101.1%	96.5%	4.57%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	100.1%	95.4%	4.64%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	98.9%	94.2%	4.71%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	97.4%	92.6%	4.78%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	95.4%	90.6%	4.82%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	93.4%	88.5%	4.85%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	91.5%	86.7%	4.89%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	89.9%	85%	4.91%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	88.5%	83.5%	4.95%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	87.1%	82.1%	4.98%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	85.7%	80.8%	4.99%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	84.5%	79.5%	5%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	83.4%	78.4%	5%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	82.7%	77.7%	5.02%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	82.2%	77.1%	5.04%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	81.7%	76.6%	5.05%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	81.2%	76.2%	5.06%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	81%	75.9%	5.08%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	80.6%	75.6%	5.09%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	80.4%	75.3%	5.1%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	80.1%	75%	5.11%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	79.4%	74.3%	5.1%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	78.9%	73.8%	5.11%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	78.4%	73.2%	5.12%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	77.6%	72.5%	5.13%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	76.8%	71.6%	5.14%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	75.5%	70.4%	5.15%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	74.2%	69%	5.16%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	72.9%	67.8%	5.17%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	71.8%	66.7%	5.19%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	70.9%	65.7%	5.23%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	69.9%	64.6%	5.27%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	68.9%	63.6%	5.3%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	67.9%	62.5%	5.33%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	67%	61.6%	5.37%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	66.2%	60.8%	5.4%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	65.5%	60%	5.43%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	64.7%	59.3%	5.46%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	63.8%	58.3%	5.47%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	62.9%	57.4%	5.51%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	62%	56.5%	5.56%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	61.2%	55.5%	5.66%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	60.5%	54.6%	5.81%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	59.5%	53.5%	6.01%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	58.4%	52.2%	6.24%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	57.4%	50.9%	6.48%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	56.5%	49.7%	6.75%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	55.7%	48.7%	7.04%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	54.8%	47.5%	7.32%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	53.6%	46.1%	7.5%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	52.4%	44.7%	7.68%	54%	39%	15%
2023	51.2%	43.3%	7.96%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	50.1%	41.8%	8.24%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in the Philippines decreased from 68.9% to 50.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Philippines working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Philippines	World
1960	49.4%	57.6%
1961	49%	57.5%
1962	48.8%	57.4%
1963	48.6%	57.2%
1964	48.6%	57%
1965	48.7%	56.9%
1966	48.7%	56.8%
1967	48.8%	56.9%
1968	49%	56.9%
1969	49.2%	56.9%
1970	49.4%	57%
1971	49.5%	57.1%
1972	49.7%	57.2%
1973	50%	57.3%
1974	50.3%	57.3%
1975	50.7%	57.4%
1976	51.2%	57.5%
1977	51.7%	57.7%
1978	52.2%	58%
1979	52.7%	58.4%
1980	53.1%	58.7%
1981	53.4%	59%
1982	53.8%	59.3%
1983	54.2%	59.6%
1984	54.5%	59.9%
1985	54.7%	60.1%
1986	54.9%	60.4%
1987	55%	60.5%
1988	55.2%	60.7%
1989	55.3%	60.8%
1990	55.4%	60.9%
1991	55.4%	61%
1992	55.5%	61.1%
1993	55.7%	61.2%
1994	55.9%	61.3%
1995	56.1%	61.5%
1996	56.3%	61.7%
1997	56.6%	61.9%
1998	57%	62.2%
1999	57.4%	62.5%
2000	57.8%	62.8%
2001	58.2%	63.1%
2002	58.5%	63.4%
2003	58.9%	63.7%
2004	59.2%	64%
2005	59.6%	64.3%
2006	59.9%	64.5%
2007	60.2%	64.7%
2008	60.4%	64.9%
2009	60.7%	65%
2010	61.1%	65.1%
2011	61.4%	65.2%
2012	61.7%	65.2%
2013	62%	65.2%
2014	62.3%	65.2%
2015	62.7%	65.1%
2016	63.1%	65.1%
2017	63.5%	65%
2018	63.9%	64.9%
2019	64.2%	64.9%
2020	64.6%	64.8%
2021	65.1%	64.9%
2022	65.6%	64.9%
2023	66.1%	65%
2024	66.6%	65.1%
2025	67.1%	65.2%
2026	67.6%	65.3%
2027	68.1%	65.4%
2028	68.6%	65.4%
2029	69%	65.4%
2030	69.3%	65.4%
2031	69.7%	65.4%
2032	70%	65.4%
2033	70.3%	65.4%
2034	70.5%	65.3%
2035	70.6%	65.2%
2036	70.5%	65%
2037	70.3%	64.9%
2038	70.2%	64.7%
2039	70.1%	64.6%
2040	70%	64.5%
2041	69.9%	64.4%
2042	69.8%	64.3%
2043	69.7%	64.2%
2044	69.6%	64.1%
2045	69.5%	63.9%
2046	69.4%	63.8%
2047	69.4%	63.7%
2048	69.3%	63.6%
2049	69.3%	63.4%
2050	69.2%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in the Philippines changed from 59.2% to 66.6% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Philippines	World
1960	48.4%	37.4%
1961	48.8%	37.5%
1962	49.1%	37.6%
1963	49.2%	37.8%
1964	49.2%	38%
1965	49.2%	38%
1966	49.1%	38%
1967	49%	38%
1968	48.8%	37.9%
1969	48.6%	37.8%
1970	48.4%	37.7%
1971	48.2%	37.6%
1972	48%	37.5%
1973	47.7%	37.3%
1974	47.4%	37.2%
1975	46.9%	37.1%
1976	46.4%	36.9%
1977	45.8%	36.7%
1978	45.2%	36.3%
1979	44.8%	35.9%
1980	44.3%	35.5%
1981	43.9%	35.2%
1982	43.5%	34.9%
1983	43.1%	34.6%
1984	42.8%	34.3%
1985	42.5%	34%
1986	42.3%	33.8%
1987	42.2%	33.6%
1988	42%	33.4%
1989	41.9%	33.2%
1990	41.8%	33%
1991	41.8%	32.9%
1992	41.6%	32.7%
1993	41.4%	32.5%
1994	41.2%	32.3%
1995	41.1%	32.1%
1996	40.8%	31.8%
1997	40.5%	31.5%
1998	40.1%	31.1%
1999	39.6%	30.8%
2000	39.2%	30.4%
2001	38.8%	30%
2002	38.4%	29.6%
2003	38%	29.2%
2004	37.6%	28.8%
2005	37.2%	28.5%
2006	36.9%	28.1%
2007	36.6%	27.9%
2008	36.3%	27.6%
2009	36%	27.5%
2010	35.6%	27.3%
2011	35.2%	27.1%
2012	34.8%	27%
2013	34.4%	26.9%
2014	34.1%	26.8%
2015	33.5%	26.6%
2016	32.9%	26.5%
2017	32.3%	26.4%
2018	31.8%	26.2%
2019	31.3%	26%
2020	30.7%	25.8%
2021	30%	25.6%
2022	29.3%	25.3%
2023	28.6%	25%
2024	27.9%	24.7%
2025	27.1%	24.4%
2026	26.4%	24.1%
2027	25.7%	23.8%
2028	25%	23.4%
2029	24.4%	23.1%
2030	23.8%	22.8%
2031	23.3%	22.6%
2032	22.7%	22.3%
2033	22.2%	22.1%
2034	21.8%	21.9%
2035	21.5%	21.7%
2036	21.4%	21.6%
2037	21.4%	21.5%
2038	21.3%	21.4%
2039	21.2%	21.3%
2040	21.2%	21.2%
2041	21.1%	21.1%
2042	21%	21%
2043	20.9%	21%
2044	20.7%	20.9%
2045	20.6%	20.8%
2046	20.4%	20.7%
2047	20.3%	20.7%
2048	20.1%	20.6%
2049	19.9%	20.5%
2050	19.6%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in the Philippines decreased from 37.6% to 27.9% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Philippines	World
1960	2.23%	4.97%
1961	2.19%	4.99%
1962	2.17%	5.01%
1963	2.15%	5.02%
1964	2.14%	5.04%
1965	2.14%	5.08%
1966	2.14%	5.12%
1967	2.15%	5.16%
1968	2.17%	5.2%
1969	2.19%	5.24%
1970	2.21%	5.28%
1971	2.24%	5.32%
1972	2.28%	5.37%
1973	2.32%	5.42%
1974	2.37%	5.47%
1975	2.42%	5.53%
1976	2.47%	5.59%
1977	2.51%	5.65%
1978	2.55%	5.71%
1979	2.59%	5.77%
1980	2.62%	5.81%
1981	2.66%	5.81%
1982	2.69%	5.8%
1983	2.71%	5.79%
1984	2.73%	5.8%
1985	2.75%	5.82%
1986	2.77%	5.86%
1987	2.78%	5.91%
1988	2.79%	5.95%
1989	2.8%	6.01%
1990	2.82%	6.07%
1991	2.83%	6.14%
1992	2.84%	6.21%
1993	2.84%	6.29%
1994	2.86%	6.37%
1995	2.87%	6.45%
1996	2.89%	6.53%
1997	2.91%	6.61%
1998	2.93%	6.68%
1999	2.96%	6.76%
2000	2.99%	6.84%
2001	3.02%	6.92%
2002	3.06%	7.01%
2003	3.1%	7.1%
2004	3.14%	7.18%
2005	3.18%	7.26%
2006	3.22%	7.34%
2007	3.25%	7.41%
2008	3.28%	7.47%
2009	3.31%	7.52%
2010	3.34%	7.58%
2011	3.38%	7.66%
2012	3.43%	7.78%
2013	3.51%	7.92%
2014	3.62%	8.08%
2015	3.77%	8.26%
2016	3.94%	8.45%
2017	4.12%	8.65%
2018	4.31%	8.88%
2019	4.52%	9.1%
2020	4.73%	9.33%
2021	4.88%	9.53%
2022	5.04%	9.74%
2023	5.26%	9.98%
2024	5.49%	10.2%
2025	5.72%	10.4%
2026	5.95%	10.6%
2027	6.18%	10.8%
2028	6.4%	11.1%
2029	6.62%	11.5%
2030	6.84%	11.7%
2031	7.05%	12%
2032	7.25%	12.3%
2033	7.45%	12.6%
2034	7.66%	12.8%
2035	7.87%	13.1%
2036	8.07%	13.4%
2037	8.27%	13.7%
2038	8.45%	13.9%
2039	8.62%	14.1%
2040	8.8%	14.3%
2041	8.99%	14.5%
2042	9.19%	14.7%
2043	9.4%	14.9%
2044	9.63%	15%
2045	9.88%	15.2%
2046	10.1%	15.4%
2047	10.4%	15.7%
2048	10.6%	15.9%
2049	10.9%	16.1%
2050	11.2%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in the Philippines increased from 3.14% to 5.49% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.