Published January 7, 2021, 11:49 PM At the start of the year 2020, the Philippine population stood at 109.4 million, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Today, a year later, the national population should be about 110.8 million – an increase of 1.4 million in the normal course of events, Popcom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said in a recent press conference and interview. This has not been a normal year, however. Starting last March, restrictions of various levels in the movement of people began in various areas of the country, starting with an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.