{E} Philippines' population now at 92.34 million!

The National Statistics Office of the Philippines has recently released the final and official count of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing conducted almost two years ago on May 1, 2010.


It revealed that there are 92,337,852 people in the Philippines, including over 2,000 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates and missions abroad; higher by more than 15 million compared to the 2000 census.


It also made me aware that the annual population growth rate of my country has gone down to 1.90% (based on 2000 and 2010 results), compared to 2.34% based on 1990 and 2000 results.


My hometown Manila as of 2010 has a population of 1,652,171. Still, the most densely populated city all over the world with the density of 42,858 per square kilometer.


As compared to other countries, the Philippines is still on the 12th spot behind Mexico (2010 census: 112,336,538) and before Vietnam (2011 estimate: 87.84 million).


My thoughts:
1. I was double-counted, well, because I was counted in the May 2010 census in the Philippines and I was also counted in the November 1, 2010 Chinese census (Yup! I was counted in!). Statisticians have to exclude me from the China count, so that their calculations for the world's total population will be more accurate! Haha!
2. I'm happy with the decline of the annual population growth. It will be a big help in my country's economy. I just thought of population explosion which has been a worldwide problem and the Philippines somehow has just proved that it is not very keen in "participating" in it.
3. Having a huge population must not be a basis for "competing" with other countries. Statisticians and other people interested in this field like me just do comparisons, and it never encourages any country to exceed other country's population. China, for the fact that it is the most populated country in the world, has never been boastful of having that international recognition.
4. I can't really think of an absolute reason for the decline of annual population growth of the Philippines. But I think education, especially of the teens, has been one of the major factors which made them aware of the probable effects of the fast-growing population.


Sources:
http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2012/pr1227tx.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population


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{E} BLOG ADVISORY (2nd April 2012)

1. This pre-Easter season, my blog will not be having new posts from Maundy Thursday until Black Saturday (5th-7th April 2012).
2. The next day, which is the Easter Sunday (8th April 2012), new graphics for the blog post language classifications will start to appear.

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Have a blessed Holy Week everyone! Take care while in vacation!

>> rrj@chn_2012-04-02

{E} My blog's first month

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This blog post is suitable for worldwide English-speaking readers.






A big big thanks for giving my blog a good start!


As of 30th March 2012, my blog has reached at least eight (8) countries around the world, mainly from the United States, the Philippines, Russia and People's Republic of China.


The total month views for my blog last month (1-31 March 2012) is 231, which translates to at least seven (7) views per day. These values are of a good impression, though it did not meet the target of 300 views, for a blog that has been running for more than a month only.


Last month's number of blog posts were only 14. Busy schedule resulting to lack of time is a major factor influencing the frequency of blog posts published here in my blog. Another factor is that some of my posts required detailed and accurate translations from their original Chinese texts (i.e. Pimples are "signs" of several illnesses, Celebrate Valentine's Day.....EVERY MONTH???, Some signs that a guy is in love with a girl) for these posts took days before it could be published on my blog.


As a matter of fact, I deleted already my "FB Primetime" fan page, not only because of very poor reception, but also to refrain from making too many updates in a day, aside from posting on my Facebook timeline alone, thus, leaving more time for my school assignments and for making new blog posts.


This month of April is a month of change, particularly change in posting time because netizens in the Philippines, which is the primary audience of my blog, have been adjusting or even prolonging their time on the net due to summer vacation.


In fact, the peak of Facebook primetime (FBPT) has been between 10:30PM to 11:30PM Philippine Time as of last week of March. Average FBPT is between 9:00PM to 10:00PM. This means that my blog has to adjust its posting time, especially when most netizens are glued to their computer screens during FBPT.


Hope that everyone is enjoying reading my blogs. I'm open to suggestions and comments. My profiles are being displayed as links on my blog. Feel free to contact me.


Thanks to all of you again for patronizing my blog!


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