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Highlights of the 1995
Philippine Population Census
Autonomous Region of
Muslim Mindanao
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The total population of Autonomous Region
of
Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM)
as
of Sep. 1, 1995 is
2,020,903
Lanao
del Sur 571,804 Sulu 536,201
Maguindanao
662,180 Tawi-Tawi 250,718
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 The
population of ARMM grew at the rate of 1.80 percent annually in
the first half of the nineties. This is 1.25 percentage point lower than
the annual geometric census growth rate during the eighties (3.06 percent)
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Among the four provinces in ARMM,
Maguindanao
registered the largest population
at
662,180 persons, and
Tawi-Tawi,
the smallest at 250,718 persons.
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Sulu was the fastest growing province
in the
region with an
annual growth rate
of 2.50
percent, while
Maguindanao was the slowest at
0.92 percent.
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Average household size
1990: 5.7
persons/household
1995: 5.6
persons/household
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Number of cities/municipalities: 83
Number of cities: 0
Number of barangays: 1,304
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