Legal basis and prior census authorities
- Republic Act No. 10625 (“Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”) makes the PSA primarily responsible for national censuses and surveys, including population and housing.
- Section 6(b) of Republic Act No. 10625 requires the PSA to prepare and conduct periodic censuses on population and housing.
- BP Blg. 72 provides that an integrated national census of population and related data is taken every ten (10) years starting 1980, with the first day of May as the reference date for regular census years.
- Executive Order No. 352 (s. 1996) directs the conduct of a census every ten (10) years, primarily to update population counts down to the barangay level.
- Proclamation No. 928 (s. 2020) declared May 2020 as “National Census Month.”
Purpose and official declaration
- Proclamation No. 1179 declares the population count results of the Philippines from the 2020 Census of Population and Housing as official for all purposes.
- Proclamation No. 1179 sets the reference date for the population count as 01 May 2020.
- Proclamation No. 1179 confirms that the PSA conducted the 2020 Census of Population and Housing in September 2020.
- Proclamation No. 1179 establishes that the PSA’s final processed population count becomes official upon presidential proclamation.
Coverage, reference date, and output tables
- Proclamation No. 1179 covers population results by province, city/municipality, and barangay.
- Proclamation No. 1179 treats the proclaimed population count as applying for all purposes once the proclamation is made.
- Proclamation No. 1179 bases the official declaration on the PSA’s results contained in “2020 Census of Population and Housing by Province, City/Municipality and Barangay.”
- Proclamation No. 1179 incorporates the attached results volume as an integral part of the proclamation.
Population count declared official
- Proclamation No. 1179 declares the total population of the Philippines as of 01 May 2020 as 109,035,343 persons.
- Proclamation No. 1179 declares the provincial, city/municipality, and barangay population figures shown in “2020 Census of Population and Housing by Province, City/Municipality and Barangay” as the official population counts for those administrative levels.
- Proclamation No. 1179 makes the proclaimed counts official for all purposes as a direct legal effect of presidential proclamation.
Promulgation details and signatures
- Proclamation No. 1179 is signed by RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE and bears the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
- Proclamation No. 1179 is attested/processed for the President by SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA, Executive Secretary.