Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in CALABARZON

Cainta (Rizal) is the most crowded of the 142 cities and municipalities in CALABARZON: 21,285 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 142 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 CALABARZON, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Cainta	Rizal	386,321	376,933	+2.5%	21,285
2	Gen. Mariano Alvarez	Cavite	176,927	172,433	+2.6%	18,165
3	Tanauan City	Batangas	209,697	193,936	+8.1%	18,062
4	Cavite City	Cavite	98,673	100,674	−2.0%	17,843
5	Taytay	Rizal	397,111	386,451	+2.8%	15,980
6	Biñan City	Laguna	584,479	407,437	+43.5%	14,868
7	San Pedro City	Laguna	348,968	326,001	+7.1%	14,856
8	Rosario	Cavite	112,572	110,807	+1.6%	14,563
9	Bacoor City	Cavite	661,381	664,625	−0.5%	14,422
10	Angono	Rizal	134,975	130,494	+3.4%	10,133
11	Imus City	Cavite	481,949	496,794	−3.0%	8,975
12	Calaca City	Batangas	92,281	87,361	+5.6%	8,755
13	Cabuyao City	Laguna	365,202	355,330	+2.8%	8,634
14	Dasmariñas City	Cavite	744,511	703,141	+5.9%	8,258
15	Noveleta	Cavite	46,172	49,452	−6.6%	7,988
16	Santa Rosa City	Laguna	430,920	414,812	+3.9%	7,698
17	Antipolo City	Rizal	913,712	887,399	+3.0%	7,502
18	Kawit	Cavite	123,631	107,535	+15.0%	6,647
19	Binangonan	Rizal	321,281	313,631	+2.4%	5,877
20	Calatagan	Batangas	60,420	58,719	+2.9%	5,754
21	Trece Martires City	Cavite	227,892	210,503	+8.3%	5,686
22	General Trias City	Cavite	482,453	450,583	+7.1%	5,620
23	San Mateo	Rizal	276,449	273,306	+1.2%	5,588
24	Tanza	Cavite	339,308	312,116	+8.7%	4,332
25	Calamba City	Laguna	575,046	539,671	+6.6%	3,858
26	Carmona City	Cavite	112,140	106,256	+5.5%	3,827
27	Teresa	Rizal	67,454	64,072	+5.3%	3,546
28	Lucena City	Quezon	280,331	278,924	+0.5%	3,411
29	Rodriguez	Rizal	451,383	443,954	+1.7%	3,314
30	Naic	Cavite	236,978	160,987	+47.2%	3,126
31	Santa Cruz	Laguna	126,844	123,574	+2.7%	3,119
32	Malvar	Batangas	74,565	64,379	+15.8%	3,035
33	Mendez	Cavite	36,518	34,879	+4.7%	2,664
34	Cardona	Rizal	51,493	50,143	+2.7%	2,643
35	Los Baños	Laguna	117,030	115,353	+1.5%	2,542
36	Taal	Batangas	61,559	61,460	+0.2%	2,496
37	Pila	Laguna	57,776	54,613	+5.8%	2,287
38	Sto. Tomas City	Batangas	226,772	218,500	+3.8%	2,136
39	Morong	Rizal	72,262	71,151	+1.6%	2,011
40	Silang	Cavite	313,145	295,644	+5.9%	1,992
41	Victoria	Laguna	45,230	43,408	+4.2%	1,961
42	San Pascual	Batangas	69,419	69,009	+0.6%	1,876
43	Bay	Laguna	69,802	67,182	+3.9%	1,868
44	Bauan	Batangas	94,016	90,819	+3.5%	1,826
45	Lipa City	Batangas	387,392	372,931	+3.9%	1,755
46	Pagsanjan	Laguna	45,602	44,327	+2.9%	1,664
47	San Pablo City	Laguna	300,166	285,348	+5.2%	1,615
48	Mataasnakahoy	Batangas	31,912	30,621	+4.2%	1,556
49	Santa Teresita	Batangas	21,742	21,559	+0.9%	1,449
50	San Jose	Batangas	81,170	79,868	+1.6%	1,399
51	Lemery	Batangas	94,736	93,186	+1.7%	1,397
52	Balete	Batangas	24,202	24,055	+0.6%	1,374
53	Tagaytay City	Cavite	87,811	85,330	+2.9%	1,343
54	Batangas City	Batangas	358,267	351,437	+1.9%	1,322
55	Rizal	Laguna	18,864	18,332	+2.9%	1,282
56	Amadeo	Cavite	44,190	41,901	+5.5%	1,260
57	Mabini	Batangas	49,876	50,858	−1.9%	1,237
58	Cuenca	Batangas	36,453	36,235	+0.6%	1,205
59	Alitagtag	Batangas	28,033	26,819	+4.5%	1,158
60	Calauan	Laguna	89,670	87,693	+2.3%	1,152
61	Liliw	Laguna	39,976	39,491	+1.2%	1,151
62	Padre Garcia	Batangas	53,526	51,853	+3.2%	1,132
63	San Luis	Batangas	36,841	36,172	+1.9%	1,077
64	Baras	Rizal	91,099	87,637	+4.0%	1,073
65	San Nicolas	Batangas	24,392	23,908	+2.0%	1,060
66	Alaminos	Laguna	53,589	51,619	+3.8%	1,044
67	Pililla	Rizal	72,503	71,535	+1.4%	1,020
68	Candelaria	Quezon	137,933	137,881	+0.0%	970
69	Tiaong	Quezon	107,666	106,265	+1.3%	941
70	Jala-Jala	Rizal	34,901	34,017	+2.6%	939
71	Talisay	Batangas	46,477	46,238	+0.5%	935
72	Balayan	Batangas	96,939	95,913	+1.1%	931
73	Siniloan	Laguna	42,533	39,460	+7.8%	915
74	Alfonso	Cavite	60,583	59,306	+2.2%	913
75	Ibaan	Batangas	58,673	58,507	+0.3%	900
76	Sariaya	Quezon	172,018	161,868	+6.3%	887
77	Nagcarlan	Laguna	66,351	64,866	+2.3%	886
78	Magdalena	Laguna	28,131	27,816	+1.1%	883
79	Lumban	Laguna	32,793	32,330	+1.4%	845
80	Agoncillo	Batangas	40,662	39,101	+4.0%	819
81	Paete	Laguna	25,254	24,945	+1.2%	810
82	Indang	Cavite	70,092	68,699	+2.0%	800
83	Lian	Batangas	56,788	56,280	+0.9%	705
84	San Antonio	Quezon	36,451	35,891	+1.6%	640
85	Laurel	Batangas	44,791	43,210	+3.7%	615
86	Plaridel	Quezon	10,866	10,129	+7.3%	597
87	General Emilio Aguinaldo	Cavite	24,264	23,973	+1.2%	596
88	Famy	Laguna	17,668	16,791	+5.2%	593
89	Rosario	Batangas	131,365	128,352	+2.4%	586
90	Ternate	Cavite	24,891	24,653	+1.0%	573
91	Mabitac	Laguna	21,748	21,275	+2.2%	572
92	Pakil	Laguna	23,972	23,495	+2.0%	524
93	Tuy	Batangas	47,199	46,519	+1.5%	523
94	Nasugbu	Batangas	141,063	136,524	+3.3%	511
95	Pangil	Laguna	25,318	25,026	+1.2%	507
96	Tayabas City	Quezon	115,318	112,658	+2.4%	492
97	Tingloy	Batangas	15,866	19,215	−17.4%	488
98	Tanay	Rizal	145,597	139,420	+4.4%	483
99	Kalayaan	Laguna	25,243	24,755	+2.0%	476
100	Pagbilao	Quezon	82,132	78,700	+4.4%	476

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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