Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Bicol Region

Camaligan (Camarines Sur) is the most crowded of the 114 cities and municipalities in Bicol Region: 5,178 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 114 cities and municipalities, ordered by people for every km² of land, 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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Densest cities and municipalities in Bicol Region, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Camaligan	Camarines Sur	25,218	25,036	+0.7%	5,178
2	Naga City	Camarines Sur	210,545	209,170	+0.7%	2,676
3	Daet	Camarines Norte	106,465	111,700	−4.7%	2,025
4	Legazpi City	Albay	210,616	209,533	+0.5%	1,296
5	Daraga	Albay	138,000	133,893	+3.1%	1,161
6	Tabaco City	Albay	140,779	140,961	−0.1%	1,152
7	Milaor	Camarines Sur	33,680	33,963	−0.8%	1,010
8	Nabua	Camarines Sur	86,458	86,490	−0.0%	968
9	San Jose	Camarines Sur	44,688	43,973	+1.6%	943
10	Malilipot	Albay	41,066	40,857	+0.5%	915
11	Talisay	Camarines Norte	26,371	27,244	−3.2%	848
12	Canaman	Camarines Sur	35,766	36,205	−1.2%	824
13	Gainza	Camarines Sur	11,652	11,584	+0.6%	784
14	Tigaon	Camarines Sur	61,790	60,524	+2.1%	754
15	Santo Domingo	Albay	37,586	37,765	−0.5%	735
16	Iriga City	Camarines Sur	115,306	114,457	+0.7%	717
17	Pili	Camarines Sur	101,668	99,196	+2.5%	716
18	Polangui	Albay	89,344	89,176	+0.2%	711
19	Sorsogon City	Sorsogon	187,670	182,237	+3.0%	682
20	Calabanga	Camarines Sur	88,918	88,906	+0.0%	665
21	Magarao	Camarines Sur	28,197	26,742	+5.4%	603
22	Bombon	Camarines Sur	17,346	17,995	−3.6%	600
23	Cabusao	Camarines Sur	18,882	19,257	−2.0%	586
24	Bacacay	Albay	72,298	72,485	−0.3%	583
25	Tiwi	Albay	56,871	56,444	+0.8%	552
26	Masbate City	Masbate	104,011	104,522	−0.5%	548
27	Baao	Camarines Sur	61,357	61,493	−0.2%	546
28	Camalig	Albay	73,087	72,042	+1.5%	541
29	Gubat	Sorsogon	61,095	60,294	+1.3%	530
30	Bulan	Sorsogon	106,919	105,190	+1.6%	513
31	Balatan	Camarines Sur	31,069	30,669	+1.3%	507
32	Ligao City	Albay	119,779	118,096	+1.4%	500
33	Pamplona	Camarines Sur	38,556	39,333	−2.0%	481
34	Bato	Camarines Sur	52,021	52,155	−0.3%	480
35	Guinobatan	Albay	84,420	85,786	−1.6%	473
36	San Fernando	Camarines Sur	39,206	38,626	+1.5%	470
37	Bula	Camarines Sur	75,943	73,143	+3.8%	451
38	Ocampo	Camarines Sur	49,535	51,073	−3.0%	451
39	Bato	Catanduanes	21,325	21,748	−2.0%	443
40	Prieto Diaz	Sorsogon	23,424	22,644	+3.4%	443
41	Mercedes	Camarines Norte	53,702	55,334	−3.0%	438
42	Vinzons	Camarines Norte	45,173	49,042	−7.9%	428
43	Virac	Catanduanes	75,135	76,520	−1.8%	425
44	Casiguran	Sorsogon	36,464	35,602	+2.4%	425
45	Malinao	Albay	49,570	47,395	+4.6%	422
46	Minalabac	Camarines Sur	51,841	53,981	−4.0%	394
47	Irosin	Sorsogon	59,540	59,267	+0.5%	393
48	Pilar	Sorsogon	76,908	75,793	+1.5%	373
49	Barcelona	Sorsogon	21,911	20,987	+4.4%	360
50	Paracale	Camarines Norte	58,391	60,198	−3.0%	357
51	Goa	Camarines Sur	71,651	71,368	+0.4%	355
52	Santa Magdalena	Sorsogon	17,400	17,096	+1.8%	354
53	Dimasalang	Masbate	25,054	24,909	+0.6%	351
54	Magallanes	Sorsogon	38,072	37,411	+1.8%	349
55	Donsol	Sorsogon	51,781	50,281	+3.0%	345
56	Pio Duran	Albay	48,713	49,070	−0.7%	341
57	Pasacao	Camarines Sur	50,708	53,461	−5.2%	339
58	Jose Panganiban	Camarines Norte	60,626	63,662	−4.8%	328
59	Castilla	Sorsogon	61,308	60,635	+1.1%	324
60	Sagñay	Camarines Sur	37,087	36,841	+0.7%	319
61	Matnog	Sorsogon	42,444	41,989	+1.1%	317
62	Buhi	Camarines Sur	78,104	81,306	−3.9%	311
63	Libmanan	Camarines Sur	113,254	112,994	+0.2%	309
64	Bulusan	Sorsogon	24,152	23,932	+0.9%	306
65	Libon	Albay	72,135	75,073	−3.9%	299
66	Placer	Masbate	56,658	56,340	+0.6%	298
67	Batuan	Masbate	15,614	14,610	+6.9%	290
68	Mobo	Masbate	41,199	40,823	+0.9%	290
69	Monreal	Masbate	25,843	25,164	+2.7%	287
70	Juban	Sorsogon	35,978	35,297	+1.9%	284
71	Esperanza	Masbate	18,021	17,534	+2.8%	269
72	Cawayan	Masbate	68,510	69,265	−1.1%	267
73	Cataingan	Masbate	51,165	50,623	+1.1%	263
74	San Jacinto	Masbate	29,458	29,686	−0.8%	263
75	San Fernando	Masbate	22,006	21,600	+1.9%	254
76	Pio V. Corpus	Masbate	23,641	23,744	−0.4%	252
77	Sipocot	Camarines Sur	65,286	68,169	−4.2%	251
78	Manito	Albay	26,425	26,162	+1.0%	247
79	Oas	Albay	64,890	66,084	−1.8%	243
80	Claveria	Masbate	40,733	42,142	−3.3%	240
81	Palanas	Masbate	28,133	27,322	+3.0%	235
82	Rapu-Rapu	Albay	36,281	36,151	+0.4%	234
83	Jovellar	Albay	17,538	17,795	−1.4%	220
84	San Andres	Catanduanes	37,157	38,480	−3.4%	219
85	San Vicente	Camarines Norte	11,774	12,579	−6.4%	205
86	Uson	Masbate	56,410	57,166	−1.3%	201
87	Aroroy	Masbate	89,154	88,351	+0.9%	193
88	Lupi	Camarines Sur	33,474	33,897	−1.3%	191
89	Santa Elena	Camarines Norte	42,585	43,582	−2.3%	190
90	Pandan	Catanduanes	20,796	21,473	−3.2%	187
91	Balud	Masbate	40,236	40,155	+0.2%	180
92	San Pascual	Masbate	44,641	44,449	+0.4%	180
93	Caramoan	Camarines Sur	50,433	51,728	−2.5%	175
94	Tinambac	Camarines Sur	69,860	70,176	−0.5%	173
95	Labo	Camarines Norte	108,319	109,245	−0.9%	168
96	Basud	Camarines Norte	43,388	45,133	−3.9%	165
97	Lagonoy	Camarines Sur	57,044	56,714	+0.6%	157
98	Baras	Catanduanes	12,992	13,484	−3.7%	149
99	Baleno	Masbate	28,787	28,855	−0.2%	147
100	San Lorenzo Ruiz	Camarines Norte	15,072	15,757	−4.4%	138

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. Areas are the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist.

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
2.Philippine Statistics Authority, from the Land Management Bureau (DENR). Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 2015, 2020, and 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0221A6DLPD0). 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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