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CapitalManila
Currency
Philippine Peso (PHP)
LanguageFilipino, English
TimezoneUTC+8
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GDP Total
$461.6B (2024)
Life Expectancy69.9 years (2024)
CO₂ Emissions174.1 Mt (2024)
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Philippines
Why Europeans and Americans Keep Going Back to the Philippines
The question isn't why people visit the Philippines. The question is why so many Europeans and Americans visit once and keep coming back. 1. No Language Barrier The Philippines has two official languages: Filipino (Tagalog) and English. English h...
Mar 30, 2026
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Are Filipinos Actually the Happiest People in Asia? The Story Behind the Smiles
In the Social Progress Index, the Gallup World Poll, and numerous academic studies on subjective wellbeing, the Philippines ranks as one of the happiest countries in Asia — typically ahead of South Korea, Japan, China, and far ahead of countries with...
Mar 30, 2026