Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Caraga

Butuan City (Agusan del Norte) is the largest of the 73 cities and municipalities in Caraga, with 385,530 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 73 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 Caraga, top 73
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Butuan City	Agusan del Norte	385,530	372,910	+3.4%
2	Surigao City	Surigao del Norte	177,333	171,107	+3.6%
3	Bayugan City	Agusan del Sur	110,313	109,499	+0.7%
4	Bislig City	Surigao del Sur	99,872	99,290	+0.6%
5	Prosperidad	Agusan del Sur	90,162	88,321	+2.1%
6	Cabadbaran City	Agusan del Norte	82,343	80,354	+2.5%
7	San Francisco	Agusan del Sur	79,718	80,760	−1.3%
8	Buenavista	Agusan del Norte	70,691	68,892	+2.6%
9	Tandag City	Surigao del Sur	63,098	62,669	+0.7%
10	Esperanza	Agusan del Sur	59,065	59,353	−0.5%
11	Barobo	Surigao del Sur	53,729	53,146	+1.1%
12	Rosario	Agusan del Sur	51,207	49,610	+3.2%
13	Trento	Agusan del Sur	51,179	54,492	−6.1%
14	Bunawan	Agusan del Sur	50,999	47,512	+7.3%
15	Nasipit	Agusan del Norte	46,382	44,822	+3.5%
16	Hinatuan	Surigao del Sur	44,475	43,841	+1.5%
17	Loreto	Agusan del Sur	43,761	43,880	−0.3%
18	Veruela	Agusan del Sur	43,085	39,708	+8.5%
19	San Miguel	Surigao del Sur	41,942	41,809	+0.3%
20	Tagbina	Surigao del Sur	41,157	41,051	+0.3%
21	Tago	Surigao del Sur	40,097	39,831	+0.7%
22	Claver	Surigao del Norte	39,882	36,033	+10.7%
23	Talacogon	Agusan del Sur	37,744	39,678	−4.9%
24	San Luis	Agusan del Sur	36,264	35,196	+3.0%
25	Lingig	Surigao del Sur	35,203	35,142	+0.2%
26	Cantilan	Surigao del Sur	34,233	34,060	+0.5%
27	Lianga	Surigao del Sur	34,213	33,869	+1.0%
28	Santiago	Agusan del Norte	33,877	28,657	+18.2%
29	Sibagat	Agusan del Sur	33,271	33,957	−2.0%
30	Las Nieves	Agusan del Norte	32,402	30,240	+7.2%
31	Dapa	Surigao del Norte	31,392	29,006	+8.2%
32	Placer	Surigao del Norte	30,442	29,616	+2.8%
33	Mainit	Surigao del Norte	29,205	28,019	+4.2%
34	La Paz	Agusan del Sur	29,096	30,969	−6.1%
35	Socorro	Surigao del Norte	28,436	25,942	+9.6%
36	Basilisa	Dinagat Islands	27,238	36,911	−26.2%
37	San Jose	Dinagat Islands	26,735	26,375	+1.4%
38	Tubay	Agusan del Norte	26,463	25,785	+2.6%
39	Jabonga	Agusan del Norte	25,937	24,855	+4.4%
40	Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	25,672	24,586	+4.4%
41	General Luna	Surigao del Norte	25,208	22,853	+10.3%
42	Santa Josefa	Agusan del Sur	24,667	26,432	−6.7%
43	San Agustin	Surigao del Sur	23,612	22,855	+3.3%
44	Carmen	Agusan del Norte	23,304	23,172	+0.6%
45	Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	22,949	21,849	+5.0%
46	Magallanes	Agusan del Norte	22,780	22,293	+2.2%
47	Kitcharao	Agusan del Norte	22,671	21,278	+6.6%
48	Cagwait	Surigao del Sur	22,305	21,747	+2.6%
49	Del Carmen	Surigao del Norte	20,786	20,127	+3.3%
50	Marihatag	Surigao del Sur	19,730	19,441	+1.5%
51	Malimono	Surigao del Norte	19,442	18,852	+3.1%
52	Cagdianao	Dinagat Islands	18,679	18,350	+1.8%
53	Tagana-An	Surigao del Norte	18,158	17,323	+4.8%
54	Libjo	Dinagat Islands	18,157	18,051	+0.6%
55	Cortes	Surigao del Sur	18,023	17,924	+0.6%
56	Alegria	Surigao del Norte	17,846	16,184	+10.3%
57	Remedios T. Romualdez	Agusan del Norte	17,250	17,155	+0.6%
58	Bacuag	Surigao del Norte	17,076	14,881	+14.8%
59	Madrid	Surigao del Sur	16,872	16,653	+1.3%
60	Tubod	Surigao del Norte	16,675	15,043	+10.9%
61	San Francisco	Surigao del Norte	16,004	15,347	+4.3%
62	Sison	Surigao del Norte	14,826	14,290	+3.8%
63	Lanuza	Surigao del Sur	13,750	13,642	+0.8%
64	Carmen	Surigao del Sur	11,859	11,720	+1.2%
65	Pilar	Surigao del Norte	11,135	10,374	+7.3%
66	Dinagat	Dinagat Islands	10,820	10,621	+1.9%
67	Loreto	Dinagat Islands	9,940	9,690	+2.6%
68	Santa Monica	Surigao del Norte	9,757	9,423	+3.5%
69	Bayabas	Surigao del Sur	9,016	8,979	+0.4%
70	Tubajon	Dinagat Islands	8,964	8,119	+10.4%
71	San Isidro	Surigao del Norte	8,813	8,519	+3.5%
72	San Benito	Surigao del Norte	5,880	5,663	+3.8%
73	Burgos	Surigao del Norte	4,399	4,185	+5.1%

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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