Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Bangsamoro (BARMM)

Cotabato City (Maguindanao del Norte) is the largest of the 108 cities and municipalities in Bangsamoro (BARMM), with 383,383 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 108 cities and municipalities, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Largest cities and municipalities in Bangsamoro (BARMM), top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Cotabato City	Maguindanao del Norte	383,383	325,079	+17.9%
2	Marawi City	Lanao del Sur	259,993	207,010	+25.6%
3	Datu Odin Sinsuat	Maguindanao del Norte	152,907	116,768	+31.0%
4	Bongao	Tawi-Tawi	131,887	116,118	+13.6%
5	Sultan Kudarat	Maguindanao del Norte	124,965	105,121	+18.9%
6	Parang	Maguindanao del Norte	123,209	102,914	+19.7%
7	Lamitan City	Basilan	116,652	100,150	+16.5%
8	Maluso	Basilan	66,817	45,730	+46.1%
9	Upi	Maguindanao del Norte	65,363	59,004	+10.8%
10	Buluan	Maguindanao del Sur	60,931	57,406	+6.1%
11	Malabang	Lanao del Sur	58,377	49,088	+18.9%
12	Sumisip	Basilan	55,778	47,345	+17.8%
13	Panglima Sugala	Tawi-Tawi	52,657	48,055	+9.6%
14	Wao	Lanao del Sur	51,081	50,366	+1.4%
15	Lumba-Bayabao	Lanao del Sur	50,959	45,909	+11.0%
16	South Upi	Maguindanao del Sur	50,018	43,197	+15.8%
17	Pagalungan	Maguindanao del Sur	49,326	46,277	+6.6%
18	Lantawan	Basilan	48,777	31,040	+57.1%
19	Marantao	Lanao del Sur	46,233	37,763	+22.4%
20	Buldon	Maguindanao del Norte	45,676	39,684	+15.1%
21	Barira	Maguindanao del Norte	43,301	36,143	+19.8%
22	Pagagawan	Maguindanao del Sur	42,181	37,314	+13.0%
23	Sitangkai	Tawi-Tawi	42,172	37,319	+13.0%
24	Languyan	Tawi-Tawi	41,587	37,096	+12.1%
25	Matanog	Maguindanao del Norte	41,146	36,034	+14.2%
26	Piagapo	Lanao del Sur	40,558	30,132	+34.6%
27	Balindong	Lanao del Sur	40,047	32,573	+23.0%
28	Talayan	Maguindanao del Sur	39,182	34,156	+14.7%
29	Tabuan-Lasa	Basilan	38,964	29,327	+32.9%
30	Datu Paglas	Maguindanao del Sur	38,446	33,682	+14.1%
31	Sibutu	Tawi-Tawi	38,070	34,243	+11.2%
32	Shariff Aguak	Maguindanao del Sur	37,437	33,982	+10.2%
33	Maguing	Lanao del Sur	37,292	30,436	+22.5%
34	Tamparan	Lanao del Sur	37,190	32,074	+16.0%
35	Sapa-Sapa	Tawi-Tawi	37,129	33,580	+10.6%
36	Masiu	Lanao del Sur	36,803	33,580	+9.6%
37	Malidegao	Special Geographic Area	36,427	36,438	−0.0%
38	Simunul	Tawi-Tawi	35,616	34,245	+4.0%
39	Datu Abdullah Sangki	Maguindanao del Sur	35,274	30,117	+17.1%
40	Datu Anggal Midtimbang	Maguindanao del Sur	35,243	28,224	+24.9%
41	Tandubas	Tawi-Tawi	34,702	34,316	+1.1%
42	Ganassi	Lanao del Sur	33,897	30,802	+10.1%
43	Tugunan	Special Geographic Area	33,721	33,167	+1.7%
44	Gen. S.K. Pendatun	Maguindanao del Sur	33,710	31,263	+7.8%
45	Marogong	Lanao del Sur	33,595	30,118	+11.5%
46	Datu Saudi Ampatuan	Maguindanao del Sur	33,374	31,060	+7.5%
47	Poona Bayabao	Lanao del Sur	33,307	31,141	+7.0%
48	Mamasapano	Maguindanao del Sur	32,831	27,807	+18.1%
49	Hadji Mohammad Ajul	Basilan	32,806	24,625	+33.2%
50	Tipo-Tipo	Basilan	32,734	25,531	+28.2%
51	Datu Blah T. Sinsuat	Maguindanao del Norte	32,088	28,243	+13.6%
52	South Ubian	Tawi-Tawi	31,942	29,583	+8.0%
53	Kabuntalan	Maguindanao del Norte	31,863	25,439	+25.3%
54	Ampatuan	Maguindanao del Sur	31,560	28,941	+9.1%
55	Rajah Buayan	Maguindanao del Sur	31,329	27,832	+12.6%
56	Balabagan	Lanao del Sur	31,227	29,863	+4.6%
57	Datu Piang	Maguindanao del Sur	31,063	28,380	+9.5%
58	Ungkaya Pukan	Basilan	31,041	24,016	+29.3%
59	Sultan Mastura	Maguindanao del Norte	30,828	25,331	+21.7%
60	Northern Kabuntalan	Maguindanao del Norte	30,332	26,277	+15.4%
61	Al-Barka	Basilan	30,318	23,736	+27.7%
62	Bayang	Lanao del Sur	30,227	28,023	+7.9%
63	Hadji Muhtamad	Basilan	30,122	26,867	+12.1%
64	Madalum	Lanao del Sur	30,044	26,478	+13.5%
65	Tuburan	Basilan	30,027	24,742	+21.4%
66	Shariff Saydona Mustapha	Maguindanao del Sur	29,707	25,080	+18.5%
67	Taraka	Lanao del Sur	29,558	27,184	+8.7%
68	Pandag	Maguindanao del Sur	29,244	26,356	+11.0%
69	Mapun	Tawi-Tawi	29,218	30,038	−2.7%
70	Kapalawan	Special Geographic Area	29,191	28,463	+2.6%
71	Saguiaran	Lanao del Sur	28,807	26,712	+7.8%
72	Bubong	Lanao del Sur	28,733	26,514	+8.4%
73	Mangudadatu	Maguindanao del Sur	28,511	26,203	+8.8%
74	Guindulungan	Maguindanao del Sur	28,471	24,933	+14.2%
75	Ligawasan	Special Geographic Area	28,322	29,784	−4.9%
76	Sultan Sa Barongis	Maguindanao del Sur	27,929	24,476	+14.1%
77	Akbar	Basilan	27,911	23,098	+20.8%
78	Datu Hoffer Ampatuan	Maguindanao del Sur	27,678	26,660	+3.8%
79	Binidayan	Lanao del Sur	27,031	25,965	+4.1%
80	Ditsaan-Ramain	Lanao del Sur	26,918	24,406	+10.3%
81	Tugaya	Lanao del Sur	26,283	24,778	+6.1%
82	Kadayangan	Special Geographic Area	26,099	25,573	+2.1%
83	Nabalawag	Special Geographic Area	25,500	25,723	−0.9%
84	Butig	Lanao del Sur	25,394	22,768	+11.5%
85	Lumbatan	Lanao del Sur	24,988	22,780	+9.7%
86	Madamba	Lanao del Sur	24,886	22,050	+12.9%
87	Bacolod-Kalawi	Lanao del Sur	24,381	23,129	+5.4%
88	Buadiposo-Buntong	Lanao del Sur	23,283	18,046	+29.0%
89	Kapatagan	Lanao del Sur	23,228	20,498	+13.3%
90	Mulondo	Lanao del Sur	23,159	19,932	+16.2%
91	Kapai	Lanao del Sur	21,630	20,581	+5.1%
92	Lumbayanague	Lanao del Sur	21,469	19,091	+12.5%
93	Paglat	Maguindanao del Sur	21,317	18,727	+13.8%
94	Datu Salibo	Maguindanao del Sur	21,295	18,795	+13.3%
95	Talitay	Maguindanao del Norte	19,750	17,463	+13.1%
96	Picong	Lanao del Sur	19,296	18,907	+2.1%
97	Pahamuddin	Special Geographic Area	19,262	19,627	−1.9%
98	Pualas	Lanao del Sur	18,020	14,526	+24.1%
99	Calanogas	Lanao del Sur	17,585	14,985	+17.4%
100	Tubaran	Lanao del Sur	17,567	16,896	+4.0%

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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