Population Growth, Poverty, Income Inequality, and

Slow Economic Growth in the Philippines

Assigned Task for Lesson # 3

Class participation

ECOS112: APPLIED ECONOMICS

 Population Growth Indicators for the Philippines

Find relevant information about the following topics.

• Growth rate of Population
• Density of Population
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Life Expectancy
• Literacy rate

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Growth rate of Population of the Philippines

Year Growth rate of

Population - Philippines
1960-1970 3.337
1970-1980 2.882
1981-1991 2.735

1991-2001 2.489

2001-2010 2.133

2010-2020 1.666

Population in 1960: 26,269,740 Annual %

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Density of Population of the Philippines

Year Density of Population-

Philippines
1960 87.57
1970 119.35
1980 157.86
1990 206.32
2000 259.97
2010 313.22

Population per Square KM

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Infant Mortality rate of the Philippines

Year Infant Mortality rate-

Philippines
1960 N/A
1970 56.073
1980 53.001
1990 41.711
2000 29.820
2010 24.753

(Deaths per 1000 live births)

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Life Expectancy in the Philippines

Year Life Male Female

Expectancy
1950 N/A N/A N/A
2000 69.793 65.499 72.281
2010 69.823 65.057 74.012
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Literacy rate in the Philippines

Year Literacy rate in the

Philippines
1960 N/A
1970 N/A
1980 83.32
1990 93.57
2000 92.60
2010 N/A

The graph shows the literacy rate of:

20 year old adults
Factors of Poverty
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Q1: Consider the factors of

Your Reflection about the
poverty. Which among these do
diagram :
you observe the most today and
That most things in the world
why?
revolves around this factor.
Dishonesty by the govt. officials
leads to ignorance along with
Your Answer: apathy. Showing the result that
The Ignorance and Apathy by our the people suffer most.
leaders. The lack of action and
corruption causes these problems.
Clearly, the root cause is the
government.
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Your sources:
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/PHL/philippin
es/infant-mortality-rate
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW?lo
cations=PH
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN
?end=2019&locations=PH&start=1960&view=chart
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/PHL/philippin
es/population-density
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/PHL/philippin
es/literacy-rate
RUBRIC:
15– 20 points. The task reflects the
student’s critical understanding of the key
concept presented. Information is
presented in a very informative and very
clear manner, according to the
requirements of the task.
10 – 14 points. The task reflects the
student’s adequate understanding of key
concept presented. Information is
presented in a very informative and very
clear manner but a few requirements of the
task were not met.
1 - 13 points. The task does not effectively
reflect the student’s understanding of the
key concepts. Ideas are presented in a very
uninformative manner and did not
effectively meet the requirements of the
task.