Errata on the 2007 Census of Population

The National Statistics Office (NSO) has submitted to the Office of the President last December, 2008, the corrected 2007 Population count. If approved by the President, the revised population count of the Philippines will be brought to 88,572,996 from the originally proclaimed figure of 88,574,614 - or a reduction of 1,618.

The correction was due to the errata in the population count of the province of Pampanga; two (2) municipalities in Maguindanao; one (1) barangay in Kalookan City; and nine (9) barangays in the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Albay, Cebu, Leyte, Davao del sur, Sultan Kudarat and Compostela Valley.

Since the corrected population figure involves only an adjustment of 1,618, this will minimally affect the computation of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of LGUs across the country.