Capital City: Manila
Language: Tagalog, English
Currency: Philippine Peso
Population: 103.3 million
The entire landmass of the Philippines is made up of islands, making it the second-largest archipelago (group of islands) in the world.
7,500 islands, 2,000 of which are inhabited and nearly 5,000 still unnamed on global maps.
The Philippines produces and exports more coconuts than any country in the world, shipping off about 19.5 million tons of fruit “buko” every year.
Spain, the United States and Japan at one point colonized the Philippines.
