Basic Facts About the Philippines

Total Area: 300,000 km squared. (298,170 km squared of land, and 1,830 km squared of water.)

Population: 99.9 million

Official Languages: Filipino and English.

Other Major Languages: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan.

Literacy Rate (>15 years old and can read and write): 92.6%

Life Expectancy at Birth: 71.38 years.

Arable Land: 19%

Main Bodies of Water: South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebe Sea, and, Luzon Strait.

Other Information: It consists of 7,107 islands (it has a coastline of 36,289 km) and the hights point it has is Mount Apo (2.954 km above land.)

A map of the philippines (CIA world factbook)