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Philippines: map and facts
The Philippines is in South-Eastern Asia. It has about 117 million people (2025), the 14th largest population. It covers 300,000 km², the 72nd largest by area. That is about 389 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Apo, at 2,954 m. The longest river on its map is the Cagayan, 505 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 116,786,962 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 300,000 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Manila
- Highest point: Mount Apo, 2,954 m (Natural Earth)
- Forest: 24.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of the Philippines, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Cagayan: 505 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Apo: 2,954 m (its highest point)
- Mount Pulag: 2,934 m
- Mount Halcon: 2,582 m
- Kanlaon: 2,430 m
- Mount Mantalingajan: 2,085 m
- Mount Pinatubo: 1,486 m
- Taal Volcano: 311 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Malay Archipelago, Sulu Archipelago, Babuyan Islands and Calamian Group.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 34.9%, wooded savanna 27.2%, savanna 12.1%, farmland with natural plants 7.6%, farmland 7.3%, grassland 4.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 46.5%, hills 37.4%, plains 16%.
Forests covered 24.8% of its land in 2024, down from 26.1% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in nickel among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in cobalt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
The Philippines has no land borders on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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