The population of the Philippines will hit 105.75 million at the end of the year, the Population Commission (PopCom) said on Tuesday. “Whether this is alarming or not depends on the government’s capacity to provide services to its people,” Tacardon told reporters during the celebration of World Population Day in Quezon City. ADVERTISEMENTLargest sector“The segment of our population that remained huge is still the poorer sector,” he said. Klaus Beck, country representative of the United Nations Population Fund, said teenage pregnancy also remained an urgent concern in the Philippines. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority for 2016 showed that one in 10 women of child-bearing age was a teenager.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 11, 2017 23:23 UTC