Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Bicol Region

Legazpi City (Albay) is the largest of the 114 cities and municipalities in Bicol Region, with 210,616 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 114 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 Bicol Region, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Legazpi City	Albay	210,616	209,533	+0.5%
2	Naga City	Camarines Sur	210,545	209,170	+0.7%
3	Sorsogon City	Sorsogon	187,670	182,237	+3.0%
4	Tabaco City	Albay	140,779	140,961	−0.1%
5	Daraga	Albay	138,000	133,893	+3.1%
6	Ligao City	Albay	119,779	118,096	+1.4%
7	Iriga City	Camarines Sur	115,306	114,457	+0.7%
8	Libmanan	Camarines Sur	113,254	112,994	+0.2%
9	Labo	Camarines Norte	108,319	109,245	−0.9%
10	Bulan	Sorsogon	106,919	105,190	+1.6%
11	Daet	Camarines Norte	106,465	111,700	−4.7%
12	Masbate City	Masbate	104,011	104,522	−0.5%
13	Pili	Camarines Sur	101,668	99,196	+2.5%
14	Polangui	Albay	89,344	89,176	+0.2%
15	Aroroy	Masbate	89,154	88,351	+0.9%
16	Calabanga	Camarines Sur	88,918	88,906	+0.0%
17	Nabua	Camarines Sur	86,458	86,490	−0.0%
18	Guinobatan	Albay	84,420	85,786	−1.6%
19	Buhi	Camarines Sur	78,104	81,306	−3.9%
20	Pilar	Sorsogon	76,908	75,793	+1.5%
21	Bula	Camarines Sur	75,943	73,143	+3.8%
22	Virac	Catanduanes	75,135	76,520	−1.8%
23	Camalig	Albay	73,087	72,042	+1.5%
24	Bacacay	Albay	72,298	72,485	−0.3%
25	Libon	Albay	72,135	75,073	−3.9%
26	Goa	Camarines Sur	71,651	71,368	+0.4%
27	Tinambac	Camarines Sur	69,860	70,176	−0.5%
28	Cawayan	Masbate	68,510	69,265	−1.1%
29	Sipocot	Camarines Sur	65,286	68,169	−4.2%
30	Oas	Albay	64,890	66,084	−1.8%
31	Tigaon	Camarines Sur	61,790	60,524	+2.1%
32	Baao	Camarines Sur	61,357	61,493	−0.2%
33	Castilla	Sorsogon	61,308	60,635	+1.1%
34	Gubat	Sorsogon	61,095	60,294	+1.3%
35	Jose Panganiban	Camarines Norte	60,626	63,662	−4.8%
36	Irosin	Sorsogon	59,540	59,267	+0.5%
37	Ragay	Camarines Sur	58,843	59,770	−1.6%
38	Paracale	Camarines Norte	58,391	60,198	−3.0%
39	Milagros	Masbate	57,362	57,538	−0.3%
40	Lagonoy	Camarines Sur	57,044	56,714	+0.6%
41	Tiwi	Albay	56,871	56,444	+0.8%
42	Placer	Masbate	56,658	56,340	+0.6%
43	Uson	Masbate	56,410	57,166	−1.3%
44	Mercedes	Camarines Norte	53,702	55,334	−3.0%
45	Bato	Camarines Sur	52,021	52,155	−0.3%
46	Minalabac	Camarines Sur	51,841	53,981	−4.0%
47	Donsol	Sorsogon	51,781	50,281	+3.0%
48	Cataingan	Masbate	51,165	50,623	+1.1%
49	Pasacao	Camarines Sur	50,708	53,461	−5.2%
50	Caramoan	Camarines Sur	50,433	51,728	−2.5%
51	Malinao	Albay	49,570	47,395	+4.6%
52	Ocampo	Camarines Sur	49,535	51,073	−3.0%
53	Pio Duran	Albay	48,713	49,070	−0.7%
54	Vinzons	Camarines Norte	45,173	49,042	−7.9%
55	San Jose	Camarines Sur	44,688	43,973	+1.6%
56	San Pascual	Masbate	44,641	44,449	+0.4%
57	Mandaon	Masbate	44,177	44,122	+0.1%
58	Basud	Camarines Norte	43,388	45,133	−3.9%
59	Santa Elena	Camarines Norte	42,585	43,582	−2.3%
60	Matnog	Sorsogon	42,444	41,989	+1.1%
61	Mobo	Masbate	41,199	40,823	+0.9%
62	Malilipot	Albay	41,066	40,857	+0.5%
63	Claveria	Masbate	40,733	42,142	−3.3%
64	Balud	Masbate	40,236	40,155	+0.2%
65	San Fernando	Camarines Sur	39,206	38,626	+1.5%
66	Pamplona	Camarines Sur	38,556	39,333	−2.0%
67	Magallanes	Sorsogon	38,072	37,411	+1.8%
68	Santo Domingo	Albay	37,586	37,765	−0.5%
69	San Andres	Catanduanes	37,157	38,480	−3.4%
70	Sagñay	Camarines Sur	37,087	36,841	+0.7%
71	Casiguran	Sorsogon	36,464	35,602	+2.4%
72	Rapu-Rapu	Albay	36,281	36,151	+0.4%
73	Juban	Sorsogon	35,978	35,297	+1.9%
74	Canaman	Camarines Sur	35,766	36,205	−1.2%
75	Milaor	Camarines Sur	33,680	33,963	−0.8%
76	Lupi	Camarines Sur	33,474	33,897	−1.3%
77	Capalonga	Camarines Norte	32,800	36,223	−9.5%
78	Balatan	Camarines Sur	31,069	30,669	+1.3%
79	Caramoran	Catanduanes	30,124	32,114	−6.2%
80	San Jacinto	Masbate	29,458	29,686	−0.8%
81	Garchitorena	Camarines Sur	29,408	29,436	−0.1%
82	Baleno	Masbate	28,787	28,855	−0.2%
83	Magarao	Camarines Sur	28,197	26,742	+5.4%
84	Palanas	Masbate	28,133	27,322	+3.0%
85	Manito	Albay	26,425	26,162	+1.0%
86	Talisay	Camarines Norte	26,371	27,244	−3.2%
87	Del Gallego	Camarines Sur	26,029	26,403	−1.4%
88	Monreal	Masbate	25,843	25,164	+2.7%
89	Camaligan	Camarines Sur	25,218	25,036	+0.7%
90	Dimasalang	Masbate	25,054	24,909	+0.6%
91	Bulusan	Sorsogon	24,152	23,932	+0.9%
92	Pio V. Corpus	Masbate	23,641	23,744	−0.4%
93	Prieto Diaz	Sorsogon	23,424	22,644	+3.4%
94	Presentacion	Camarines Sur	23,323	22,591	+3.2%
95	San Fernando	Masbate	22,006	21,600	+1.9%
96	Barcelona	Sorsogon	21,911	20,987	+4.4%
97	Viga	Catanduanes	21,364	22,869	−6.6%
98	Bato	Catanduanes	21,325	21,748	−2.0%
99	Pandan	Catanduanes	20,796	21,473	−3.2%
100	Siruma	Camarines Sur	19,168	19,419	−1.3%

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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