How does the Philippines compare to the US in terms of population?

Yesterday in the news, the US finally hit the 300 million mark in terms of its population. Now whether that includes a certain estimate for undocumented aliens where it is said to be around 10-12 million, I’m not sure. I’m trying to gauge the relevance of this figure and have been playing around with some numbers and data to compare it with the Philippines and this is what I gathered.

US population (Oct. 2006) - 300 million
Land Area - 5,984, 685 square miles or 15,500,263 square kilometers
Population Density - 19.35 persons/sq. kilometer

Philippines’ population - 89,468,677 (July 06 est. from Wikepedia)
Land Area - 298,170 square kilometers
Population Density - 301.85 persons/sq. kilometer

301.85/19.35= 15.6 x (Phil. Population Density is almost 16 x more than the US)

Now comparing the most populous state in the US which is California to Metro Manila which is obviously the most populous place in the Philippines, this is what I gathered.

California population (2005) - 36, 132,147
Land Area - 155,959 square miles or 403,932 square kilometers
Population Density - 89.45 persons/sq. kilometer

Now for Metro Manila and this is just unbelievable.

Metro Manila Population – 11,289,368
Land Area – 636 square kilometers
Population density – 17,751 persons/ sq. kilometer
(Note: Manila alone has a density of 41,014 persons/sq. kilometer)

I don’t know if I’m comparing apples and oranges here (probably) so let me compare Metro Manila to the most populous city in the US.

New York City Population (2005 est.) = 8,213,839
Land Area – 303.3 square miles or 785.5 square kilometers
Population density – 10,456.8 persons/ sq. kilometer

Lastly, I just want to compare the ratio of one person to land area in terms of square meters.

Philippines – 3,312.9 sq. meters/person
Metro Manila – 56.3 sq. meters/person (that is 24.6 feet by 24.6 feet space per person)
Note: Manila alone -24.4 sq.meters/person (that’s roughly 16.2 feet by 16.2 feet!!!)

United States – 51,679.6 sq. meters/person
California – 11,179 sq. meters/person
New York City – 95.6 sq. meters/person


These are just numbers but they mean a lot and affect almost anything that pertains to anything (am I making sense?). I don’t intend to imply whatever but I did just want to check the numbers. I hope I did my math correctly but I double checked my calculations. Now, if it means anything, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country. Manila is not in the top 20 most populous cities in the world but we are the 19th most populous urban agglomeration. Looks like just a play of words here. Now, if that will only translate to winning medals in the Olympics as a matter of statistics, but that’s another “political” matter.