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Densest cities and municipalities in Cebu

Mandaue City (Cebu) is the most crowded of the 53 cities and municipalities in Cebu: 14,133 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 53 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 Cebu, top 53
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Mandaue CityCebu364,482364,116+0.1%14,133
2Lapu-Lapu CityCebu497,813497,604+0.0%8,453
3CordovaCebu72,91570,595+3.3%7,627
4Talisay CityCebu263,832263,048+0.3%6,156
5Santa FeCebu34,83434,471+1.1%4,976
6ConsolacionCebu153,931148,012+4.0%3,947
7LiloanCebu158,387153,197+3.4%3,736
8Cebu CityCebu965,332964,169+0.1%3,293
9MinglanillaCebu155,934151,002+3.3%3,028
10MadridejosCebu42,82842,039+1.9%1,753
11Naga CityCebu138,727133,184+4.2%1,493
12CompostelaCebu58,17855,874+4.1%1,202
13Carcar CityCebu140,308136,453+2.8%1,199
14Danao CityCebu161,307156,321+3.2%1,132
15BantayanCebu87,39486,247+1.3%1,080
16Toledo CityCebu206,692207,314−0.3%1,028
17DaanbantayanCebu95,08093,502+1.7%1,019
18Bogo CityCebu90,18788,867+1.5%914
19San FernandoCebu76,11072,224+5.4%878
20MedellinCebu62,16359,605+4.3%819
21San RemigioCebu67,85065,744+3.2%810
22DumanjugCebu59,95457,823+3.7%702
23CarmenCebu60,23057,897+4.0%699
24PinamungajanCebu76,56875,131+1.9%699
25BariliCebu82,42780,715+2.1%680
26AlcantaraCebu17,49016,910+3.4%677
27San FranciscoCebu61,09259,236+3.1%644
28SantanderCebu18,66918,527+0.8%643
29AloguinsanCebu34,99034,466+1.5%569
30SibongaCebu54,61053,424+2.2%566
31MoalboalCebu37,99336,930+2.9%536
32TabogonCebu42,06641,432+1.5%469
33DalagueteCebu75,93774,596+1.8%465
34BorbonCebu40,09738,187+5.0%459
35BalambanCebu98,17095,136+3.2%454
36RondaCebu21,17921,005+0.8%442
37BadianCebu44,62643,735+2.0%418
38PoroCebu26,90826,232+2.6%401
39ArgaoCebu78,11178,187−0.1%396
40SamboanCebu20,73620,373+1.8%396
41PilarCebu12,45412,506−0.4%373
42SogodCebu40,74639,447+3.3%365
43AsturiasCebu54,77755,397−1.1%359
44GinatilanCebu17,18416,906+1.6%353
45TudelaCebu11,63811,304+3.0%350
46AlcoyCebu19,20719,186+0.1%325
47AlegriaCebu26,52025,620+3.5%321
48TabuelanCebu29,66228,907+2.6%319
49CatmonCebu34,60833,745+2.6%316
50MalabuyocCebu20,37819,770+3.1%308
51TuburanCebu68,30768,167+0.2%277
52OslobCebu29,37829,264+0.4%267
53BoljoonCebu17,15317,525−2.1%178

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. 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. 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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