CONADEV M71

MAY 21, 2015

CABALLERO, ARA DOMINIQUE E.

SHORT PAPER # 1: THE DIFFERENT POPULATION TRENDS

IN THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER ASEAN COUNTRIES
Around 100, 000, 000 people thats about the total current population of the
Philippines according to the World Bank (2014). For the past years, our countrys
population, or the number of people living in a place, is constantly increasing. In addition
to, this 2015 is the beginning of the ASEAN integration and knowing the corresponding
population trends of the Philippines and the other members of the ASEAN would
probably be significant and useful to our success and economic development. Basically,
population trend is the change of population over time. It can also involve changes in
other things like the birth and death rates and life expectancy rates. Population trends can
also be studied according to different things like by year, by age group and by gender.

From the years 2010 to 2014, all the member countries of the ASEAN have
continuously increasing total population (See Table 1). In the year 2014, the ASEAN
countries took up around 8.63% of the total world population. Out of all the ASEAN
nations, Indonesia is currently the most populated while Brunei is currently the least
populated. As for the annual population growth rate, the growth rates of each country per
year have been consistent (See Table 2). For 2014, the country with the highest growth
rate is Singapore while Thailand has the lowest growth rate.

Table 1. Total Population Size per country in the ASEAN from 2010-2014
TOTAL POPULATION per
country
BRUNEI
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
LAOS

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

423,205

417,784

412,238

406,512

400,569

15,408,270

15,135,169

14,864,646

14,605,862

14,364,931

252,812,245 249,865,631 246,864,191 243,801,639 240,676,485

6,894,098

6,769,727

6,645,827

6,521,314

6,395,713

MALAYSIA

30,187,896

29,716,965

29,239,927

28,758,968

28,275,835

BURMA

53,718,958

53,259,018

52,797,319

52,350,763

51,931,231

100,096,496

98,393,574

96,706,764

95,053,437

93,444,322

SINGAPORE

5,517,102

5,399,200

5,312,400

5,183,700

5,076,700

THAILAND

67,222,972

67,010,502

66,785,001

66,576,332

66,402,316

PHILIPPINES

VIETNAM
92,547,959 89,708,900 88,772,900 87,840,000 86,932,500
Note. Adapted from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL/countries.
Copyright 2015 by World Bank.
Table 2. Population Growth Rate per country (rounded off) in ASEAN from 2010-2014
POPULATION GROWTH RATE per country (rounded off)
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
BRUNEI
1.30%
1.30%
1.40%
1.50%
1.60%
CAMBODIA
1.80%
1.80%
1.80%
1.70%
1.50%
INDONESIA
1.18%
1.20%
1.20%
1.30%
1.30%
LAOS
1.84%
1.80%
1.90%
1.90%
2.00%
MALAYSIA
1.58%
1.60%
1.70%
1.70%
1.70%
BURMA
0.86%
0.90%
0.80%
0.80%
0.80%
PHILIPPINES
1.73%
1.70%
1.70%
1.70%
1.70%
SINGAPORE
1.95%
1.60%
2.50%
2.10%
1.80%
THAILAND
0.32%
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
0.20%
VIETNAM
0.95%
1.00%
1.10%
1.00%
1.00%
Note. Adapted from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW/countries
Copyright 2015 by World Bank.
When the birth rate of a certain country exceeds its death rate, a natural
population increase occurs. Natural population increase is also the rate of population
change not including the migration (Teitelbaum, 2013).

Based on the data from World Bank (2014), the birth rates in all the ASEAN countries for
the five years surpassed the death rates for the same year and all countries exhibited a
natural population increase (See Table 3).
Table 3. Natural Population Increase
Natural Population Increase
2014
2013
2012
2011
BRUNEI
13.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
CAMBODIA
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
INDONESIA
13.0
13.0
13.0
14.0
LAOS
21.0
21.0
21.0
22.0
MALAYSIA
13.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
BURMA
8.0
8.0
8.0
10.0
PHILIPPINES
18.0
18.0
19.0
19.0
SINGAPORE
4.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
THAILAND
2.0
2.0
2.0
4.0
VIETNAM
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
Note.
Adapted
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN/countries
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN/countries
Copyright 2015 by World Bank
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2010
14.0
20.0
14.0
22.0
13.0
10.0
19.0
5.0
4.0
10.0
from
and

Deathrate,crude(per1,000people).(n.d.).RetrievedMay19,2015,from
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN/countries