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POPCOM projects number of Filipinos to reach 110 8 million in 2021

CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said the number of Filipinos will continue to grow in numbers in 2021 although at a slower pace as their number is projected to reach 110,881,756 next year.  In a news release, the POPCOM said that despite the rise in absolute numbers, the population grew gradually to 1.31% by the start of 2021 an increase from the previous 109,480,590 at the onset of 2020. From a 1.68% population growth rate in 2016, it was at 1.45% between 2019 and 2020. “With effects of the COVID-19 pandemic such as service delivery disruptions on family planning factored-in, the figure is estimated to swell at 111.1 million, affecting mainly the under-1 age group due to increased unplanned pregnancies,” the POPCOM said.

Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom-525323

Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom BBC Rovelie Zabala is heavily pregnant with her 10th child. As we talk, the 41-year-old leans at an awkward angle, leveraging all her back strength to hold her ninth child in her arms. Carl, Jewel, Joyce… As Rovelie names her children, six-year-old Charlie shoots his mother a look of disapproval. Sorry, his name is Charlie, says Rovelie, innocently. Rovelie had had seven children before she learnt about family planning, but this latest addition was a surprise conceived during one of the world s strictest lockdowns, which saw soldiers patrolling the streets in armoured personnel carriers, police checkpoints restricting movement and only one family member allowed out to shop for food supplies.

A Covid lockdown and 200,000 unplanned babies

As we talk, the 41-year-old leans at an awkward angle, leveraging all her back strength to hold her ninth child in her arms. “Carl, Jewel, Joyce…” As Rovelie names her children, six-year-old Charlie shoots his mother a look of disapproval. “Sorry, his name is Charlie,” says Rovelie, innocently. Rovelie had had seven children before she learnt about family planning, but this latest addition was a surprise conceived during one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, which saw soldiers patrolling the streets in armoured personnel carriers, police checkpoints restricting movement and only one family member allowed out to shop for food supplies.

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