Palace declares 2024 PSA census results as official

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MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has issued a proclamation declaring as official the 2024 population count of the Philippines by province, city/municipality, and barangay based on the 2024 Census of Population conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The PSA, in coordination with the Presidential Communications Office, was directed to disseminate copies of the “2024 Census of Population: Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay” to all concerned government agencies and offices, according to Proclamation No. 973, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on July 11.

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“Now, therefore, I, Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby declare as official for all purposes the results of the 2024 POPCEN, placing the total population of the Philippines as of 1 July 2024 at 112,729,484, as shown in the ‘2024 Census of Population: Population by Province, City/Municipality, and Barangay,’ attached hereto and made an integral part hereof,” the proclamation read.

The census was conducted by the PSA from July to September 2024, with July 1, 2024 as the reference date.

July was also previously declared as “National Census and Community-Based Monitoring System Month.” /das