PIA Press Release
2008/04/29
Tacloban City (April 29) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Regional Office 8 finally bared to the media on April 29, the results of the 2007 Census of Population.
The total population of Eastern Visayas increased from 3,610,355 in 2000 census to 3,912,936 in the 2007 census. It would be recalled that before the 2007 Census of Population, the last census was conducted in the year 2000.
Already available are the data on population per province and per municipality in all the six provinces of Eastern Visayas.
The province of Leyte has the biggest number of people with a total population of 1,722,036 comprising 44% of the Eastern Visayas' total population. The province of Samar comes in next with a total population of 695,149 comprising 18% of the Region's population.
The province of Northern Samar contributes 14% of the Region's population with a population of 549,759 while both the province of Southern Leyte and Eastern Samar contribute 10% each to the Region's population. Biliran with a population of 150,031 contributes the least at 4%.
Among the cities, the City of Tacloban has a population of 217,199 which makes it the city with the largest population in the Region. The City of Ormoc, also in the province of Leyte has the second biggest population of 177,524, while the City of Calbayog in the province of Samar has the third biggest population of 163,657.
In Government, the statistics derived from the Population Census are used in the formulation of policies, preparation of plans and programs concerning population. It is also used in the redistricting and apportionment of congressional districts; in the allocation of resources and revenues; and creation of political and administrative units.
For business and industry sector, the population census is useful in determining sites for establishing business; in determining consumer demands for various goods and services and in determining the supply of labor for the production of goods and services. (PIA 8)
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