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Philippines vs United States
How Philippines and United States compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United States was higher: 79.3 years against 69.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United States was higher: $67,950 against $4,066
- Population · In 2023, United States was higher: 344 million people against 115 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, United States was higher: 3.12% of GDP against 1.3% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United States was higher: 13.62 tonnes against 1.5 tonnes
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- GDP per personPhilippines: $4,066 in 2025United States: $67,950 in 2025
- TemperaturePhilippines: 26.3 °C in 2025United States: 10.5 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personPhilippines: $4,066 in 2025United States: $67,950 in 2025
- GDP growthPhilippines: 4.4% a year in 2025United States: 2.3% a year in 2025
- InflationPhilippines: 1.7% a year in 2025United States: 2.7% a year in 2025
- Government debtPhilippines: 59.1% of GDP in 2025United States: 124.4% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPhilippines: 4 million TIV in 2007United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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