Quezon City asks PSA to review 2020 census

The Quezon City government has asked the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to scrutinize their 2020 census after the agency reported that the city’s population increased to only 23,932 from 2015 to the last year 2020.

According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, this means that about 50 percent of the city’s population is missing from the PSA list.

“Napaka-imposible ng resulta ng census na ito. Paanong nangyari na ganun lang ang itinaas ng aming populasyon, na malayung-malayo sa datos na nakalap ng aming Civil Registry Department,” said Mayor Belmonte.

Based on the 2020 PSA census PSA, there was 0.17 percent or just an increase of 23,932 Quezon City population from 2,936,116 to 2,960,048 in five years.

“This is very far from the 2015 projections for 2020 by statisticians that our city’s population will increase by 1.17% or to 3.112 million,” said Belmonte.

Based on City Civil Registry Department records, there were 333,468 registered births and 115,810 deaths from 2015 to 2020.

“Even if you subtract the deaths, we have a difference of more than 200,000. Kaya ang malaking tanong dito, saan nakuha ng PSA ang kanilang mga numero? Wala naman nangyaring mass exodus ng mga QCitizen’s mula sa aming lungsod in the last five years sa pagkakaalam namin,” said Belmonte.

Quezon City asks PSA to review 2020 census

Belmonte called on PSA evaluators to contact barangay officials as it appears that 30 to 54 percent of their population is missing.

“Kawawa ang mga malili-it na barangay at kanilang mga residente. Mababawa-san ang kanilang pondo pero ang katotohanan ay napa-karami nila sa komunidad.”

Belmonte also called on Congress to assist the Quezon City LGU in the mysterious loss of many of the city’s population.

In July, PSA reported the population of the Philippines is 109,035,343, an increase of 8 million compared to 100,981,487 in 2015.

Of the 17 administrative regions, Region IV-A (CALABARZON) had the biggest population in 2020 with 16,195,042, followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 13,484,462 and Region III (Central Luzon) with 12,422,172.

But compared to 2010 to 2015, which was 1.72 percent Philippine population growth rate, it dropped by 1.63 percent from 2016 to 2020.

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