1. Climate
1.1. Caused stagnation in population growth rates every few years
1.1.1. Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire
1.1.1.1. prone to natural disasters
1.1.1.1.1. volcanoes
1.1.1.1.2. flooding
1.1.1.1.3. earthquakes
1.1.1.1.4. typhoon
1.2. Tropical climate
1.2.1. high temperature
1.2.2. plenty of rainfall
1.2.2.1. major livestock products are hog, cattle, carabao, goat, and dairy products
1.2.2.1.1. Agriculture posted a 1.15 percent growth in 2013.
1.2.3. high humidity
2. Economic
2.1. Low GDP and GNI values
2.1.1. weak agricultural productivity
2.1.2. high govt debt
2.1.3. low public, private and foreign investment due to susceptibility of natural disasters ^
2.1.4. low emphasis on education
2.1.4.1. less skill labour force
2.1.4.1.1. lower numbers in tertiary industry
3. Culture
3.1. Gender of first-born
3.1.1. Filipinos want their first born child to be a male
3.1.1.1. Ignore family planning
3.1.1.1.1. Continuously seek for a boy if they keep giving birth to girls
3.2. Masculinity image
3.2.1. Filipinos feel that masculinity lies on the ability to impregnate their wives frequently
3.2.1.1. more birth
3.3. Ignorance of using contraceptives
3.3.1. Hindrance to sexual pleasure
3.3.2. Filipinos believe that it endangers the health of the woman
3.3.3. Feel that family planning is an intrusion to private affair of the couple
3.3.4. Catholic churches disapprove contraceptives in family planning
3.4. Traditions of having big families (6-12 child)
3.4.1. Parents believe children will lessen their loneliness during old age
3.4.2. Children are considered priceless gifts of god
4. Demographics
4.1. Population
4.1.1. 92,337,852 (2010 census) 99,221,200 today
4.2. Growth rate
4.2.1. 2.04% (2011 est.)
4.3. Birth rate
4.3.1. 24.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
4.4. Death rate
4.4.1. 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
4.5. Life expectancy
4.5.1. 71.66 years • male 68.72 years • female 74.74 years (2011 est.)
4.6. Fertility rate
4.6.1. 3.19 children born/woman (2011 est.)
4.7. Infant mortality rate
4.7.1. 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births
4.8. Net migration rate
4.8.1. -1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
4.8.1.1. lack of foreign investments, lack of jobs
4.8.1.1.1. ppl seek opportunities in other countries