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Highlights of the 1995
Philippine Population Census
Cordillera Administrative
Region
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The total population of the Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR)
as
of Sep. 1, 1995 is
1,254,838
Abra 195,964 Kalinga 237,805
Benguet 540,716 Apayao 83,660
Ifugao 149,598 Mountain
Province 130,755
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population of CAR grew at the rate of 1.71 percent annually in
the first half of the nineties. This is 0.57 percentage point lower than
the annual geometric census growth rate during the eighties (2.28 percent)
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Among the six provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region,
Benguet
registered the largest population at 540,716 persons,
and Apayao,
which used to be part of the province of Kalinga-Apayao
has
the smallest at 83,660 persons.
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Kalinga
was the fastest growing province in the region with an
annual growth rate of 2.23 percent,
while Ifugao
was the slowest at 0.29 percent.
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Average household size
1990: 5.2
persons/household
1995: 5.1
persons/household
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Number of cities/municipalities: 77
Number of cities: 1
Number of barangays: 1,172
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