People Of Manila

Today there are about 63 million Filipinos of which 2 million live in Manila, but including the suburbs such as Quezon, Caloucan and Pasay, the population of Metro Manila is o/er 8 million. The Filipinos are basically of Malayan descent with Chinese and Spanish ancesteries. Some 60 odd minority groups collectively comprise 12% of the total population. Most of these ethnological groups are distributed around North Luzon, Mindoro and Western Mindanao and Sulu Islands. Phillippines is a young nation, 53% of its population are under 20 years of age, while those above 65 years constitute only 7%.