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title: "Philippines — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Philippines: capital Manila, area 300,000 km², population 116,786,962 (2025), currency Philippine peso. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Philippines

**Philippines: Capital Manila**

300,000 km² · 116,786,962 people (2025) · Philippine peso

An archipelago of 7,641 islands, of which about 2,000 are inhabited. The Philippine Trench off the east coast reaches 10,540 m, one of the deepest points in any ocean. The country sits in the most typhoon-exposed part of the planet and takes around twenty named storms a year.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Manila
- **Area:** 300,000 km² — 115,831 sq mi
- **Population:** 116,786,962 (2025)
- **Density:** 389.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Philippine peso (PHP, ₱)
- **Official languages:** English, Filipino
- **Time zone:** UTC+08:00
- **Calling code:** +63
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PH · PHL
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 73 of 200
- **By population:** 14 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oman | 309,500 | 5,494,691 |
| Italy | 301,340 | 58,915,656 |
| Philippines ← | 300,000 | 116,786,962 |
| Ecuador | 283,561 | 18,289,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 | 24,074,580 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Philippines?

Manila

### What currency does Philippines use?

The Philippine peso (PHP).

### How big is Philippines?

300,000 km², or 115,831 square miles — 73 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Philippines drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Oman](https://atoneplace.net/country/oman/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Burkina Faso](https://atoneplace.net/country/burkina-faso/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country/iran/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]