101,833,938 people live and are spread out among 7,100 islands, this is the Philippines.

Ethnic groups:

Tagalog 28%, Cebuano 13%, Visaya 7.6%, Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%
Others 25.3%

11 % or 186 tribal groups live in inaccessible mountain areas;
Albay – 2.7%; Ibanag 0.8%; Kinaray-A 0.6%

181 Languages/Dialect

32.9% live below the poverty line