By Coco Alcuaz, ABS-CBN News Channel
Posted at 08/16/2011 5:48 PM | Updated as of 08/16/2011 6:21 PM
Filipinos are nowhere near the fastest growing population in the world. We're just No. 63 out of 232, according to the CIA World Factbook. That honor belongs to Burundi, the United Arab Emirates and Niger (not Nigeria), with growth rates close to 3.7 percent per year. So do reproductive health bill advocates have reason to push for greater access to birth control?
Well, the UAE has just 5 million people, Burundi 10 million and Niger 16 million. (Quick, where does the Vatican rank? Third smallest country or territory, with 832 people. Growth rate: zero, according to the CIA, which may be as it should be for a place teeming with priests and nuns!)
But the Philippines is the 12th largest population, and once you limit it to those, the Philippines is the second fastest growing population, after Nigeria. We're also 40 million less than them but let's remember to check back in a few years. --
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