The Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 tropical islands and has a population of 90 million. The country has a tropical marine climate with a dry season (Nov-April) and a rainy season (May-Oct).
The capital Manila-Metro Manila- is a spawling cluster of 17 cities with municipalities such as Manila, Quezon, Passay, and so on generating a populace to guess at; perhaps start at 10 million and keep counting.
Manila has a high population density, with one district having over 68,000 people per square kilometres so at times it may feel a little crowdered especially if you have just arrived from London which has about 8,000 people per square kilometre.
Tagalog is the national language and English is used for official/buisness purposes.
There are 54 other languages with over 140 dialect variations.
The Philippines had the world's third largest English speaking population.
