フィリピン統計局（Philippine Statistics Authority：以下PSA）によると、2018年の出生者数は166万8,120人であった。179万367人の出生数を記録した2012年から2018年まで6年連続で出生数が減少した。
2018年の総出生者数の男女比の内訳は、87万832人（52.2％）が男児、79万7288人（47.8％）が女児となっており、男児の方が多く生まれたということが明らかになった。地方別の出生者数では、58.4％のルソンに続いてダバオ市のあるミンダナオが23％、18.5％がビサヤ地方であった。
またPSAは、2018年の全出生者の半数以上に上る90万6,106人（54.3％）が婚外子であったとも報告している。婚外子の割合は、マニラ首都圏で最も高く、イスラム教徒ミンダナオ自治区（Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao）では最も低くなっている。
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Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles
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