Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Central Luzon

Marilao (Bulacan) is the most crowded of the 130 cities and municipalities in Central Luzon: 9,178 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 130 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 Central Luzon, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Marilao	Bulacan	263,507	254,453	+3.6%	9,178
2	Angeles City	Pampanga	483,452	462,928	+4.4%	7,622
3	Meycauayan City	Bulacan	228,023	225,673	+1.0%	6,937
4	Bocaue	Bulacan	147,755	141,412	+4.5%	5,509
5	San Fernando City	Pampanga	377,534	354,666	+6.5%	5,425
6	Guiguinto	Bulacan	118,173	113,415	+4.2%	5,350
7	Santa Maria	Bulacan	322,525	289,820	+11.3%	3,984
8	Obando	Bulacan	61,073	59,978	+1.8%	3,961
9	Balagtas	Bulacan	80,221	77,018	+4.2%	3,807
10	Malolos City	Bulacan	269,809	261,189	+3.3%	3,782
11	Baliwag City	Bulacan	174,194	168,470	+3.4%	3,702
12	Plaridel	Bulacan	120,939	114,432	+5.7%	3,311
13	Sto. Tomas	Pampanga	44,376	42,846	+3.6%	2,998
14	Pandi	Bulacan	162,725	155,115	+4.9%	2,837
15	Pulilan	Bulacan	111,384	108,836	+2.3%	2,784
16	Guagua	Pampanga	137,948	128,893	+7.0%	2,752
17	Calumpit	Bulacan	122,187	118,471	+3.1%	2,563
18	San Jose Del Monte City	Bulacan	685,688	651,813	+5.2%	2,433
19	Bustos	Bulacan	80,565	77,199	+4.4%	2,122
20	Santa Rita	Pampanga	42,915	48,209	−11.0%	1,921
21	Apalit	Pampanga	121,057	117,160	+3.3%	1,887
22	Mabalacat City	Pampanga	306,594	293,244	+4.6%	1,838
23	Cabanatuan City	Nueva Ecija	343,672	327,325	+5.0%	1,765
24	Olongapo City	Zambales	264,903	260,317	+1.8%	1,727
25	Santa Ana	Pampanga	63,431	61,537	+3.1%	1,588
26	Mexico	Pampanga	187,597	173,403	+8.2%	1,564
27	Tarlac City	Tarlac	401,892	385,398	+4.3%	1,521
28	Masantol	Pampanga	57,207	57,990	−1.4%	1,471
29	Magalang	Pampanga	133,883	124,188	+7.8%	1,347
30	Balanga City	Bataan	109,931	104,173	+5.5%	1,338
31	Dinalupihan	Bataan	124,188	118,209	+5.1%	1,309
32	San Leonardo	Nueva Ecija	69,180	68,536	+0.9%	1,296
33	Paombong	Bulacan	58,453	55,696	+5.0%	1,248
34	Lubao	Pampanga	190,355	173,502	+9.7%	1,235
35	Hagonoy	Bulacan	136,673	133,448	+2.4%	1,175
36	Orani	Bataan	72,941	70,342	+3.7%	1,140
37	Bulacan	Bulacan	83,101	81,232	+2.3%	1,133
38	San Luis	Pampanga	64,674	58,551	+10.5%	1,124
39	San Simon	Pampanga	65,760	59,182	+11.1%	1,101
40	Pilar	Bataan	47,107	46,239	+1.9%	1,042
41	Limay	Bataan	81,960	78,272	+4.7%	1,040
42	Orion	Bataan	63,044	60,771	+3.7%	1,037
43	San Rafael	Bulacan	108,256	103,097	+5.0%	1,032
44	Angat	Bulacan	67,862	65,617	+3.4%	1,017
45	Minalin	Pampanga	50,126	48,380	+3.6%	1,016
46	Paniqui	Tarlac	106,190	103,003	+3.1%	981
47	Ramos	Tarlac	23,808	22,879	+4.1%	953
48	Talavera	Nueva Ecija	137,444	132,338	+3.9%	940
49	Jaen	Nueva Ecija	83,895	79,189	+5.9%	917
50	San Isidro	Nueva Ecija	55,108	54,372	+1.4%	891
51	Mariveles	Bataan	156,200	149,879	+4.2%	885
52	Pura	Tarlac	27,017	25,781	+4.8%	861
53	Arayat	Pampanga	150,949	144,875	+4.2%	850
54	Santo Domingo	Nueva Ecija	63,750	61,092	+4.4%	847
55	San Jose City	Nueva Ecija	156,714	150,917	+3.8%	826
56	San Manuel	Tarlac	29,693	28,387	+4.6%	806
57	Aliaga	Nueva Ecija	72,134	70,363	+2.5%	802
58	Gerona	Tarlac	97,937	94,485	+3.7%	802
59	Bacolor	Pampanga	59,361	48,066	+23.5%	800
60	Samal	Bataan	40,843	38,302	+6.6%	793
61	Gapan City	Nueva Ecija	129,610	122,968	+5.4%	778
62	Macabebe	Pampanga	82,933	78,151	+6.1%	774
63	Moncada	Tarlac	66,925	62,819	+6.5%	770
64	Concepcion	Tarlac	178,549	169,953	+5.1%	769
65	Cabiao	Nueva Ecija	89,497	85,862	+4.2%	754
66	Castillejos	Zambales	70,105	67,889	+3.3%	751
67	San Miguel	Bulacan	179,792	172,073	+4.5%	749
68	Zaragoza	Nueva Ecija	55,657	53,090	+4.8%	742
69	San Ildefonso	Bulacan	123,140	115,713	+6.4%	718
70	Sasmuan	Pampanga	32,081	29,076	+10.3%	711
71	Floridablanca	Pampanga	146,095	135,542	+7.8%	639
72	Victoria	Tarlac	71,495	69,370	+3.1%	628
73	Quezon	Nueva Ecija	42,621	41,845	+1.9%	616
74	Camiling	Tarlac	91,400	87,319	+4.7%	616
75	Science City of Muñoz	Nueva Ecija	85,061	84,308	+0.9%	610
76	La Paz	Tarlac	71,978	68,952	+4.4%	606
77	Candaba	Pampanga	124,019	119,497	+3.8%	602
78	Guimba	Nueva Ecija	131,468	127,653	+3.0%	596
79	Rizal	Nueva Ecija	71,749	70,196	+2.2%	584
80	Hermosa	Bataan	80,557	77,443	+4.0%	566
81	San Antonio	Nueva Ecija	84,958	83,060	+2.3%	544
82	Abucay	Bataan	44,846	42,984	+4.3%	541
83	Anao	Tarlac	12,865	12,208	+5.4%	527
84	Santa Rosa	Nueva Ecija	80,258	75,649	+6.1%	511
85	Carranglan	Nueva Ecija	43,694	42,420	+3.0%	497
86	Licab	Nueva Ecija	29,590	29,269	+1.1%	494
87	Subic	Zambales	116,788	111,912	+4.4%	453
88	General Mamerto Natividad	Nueva Ecija	43,779	44,311	−1.2%	440
89	Porac	Pampanga	147,551	140,751	+4.8%	433
90	Baler	Aurora	44,684	43,785	+2.1%	423
91	Peñaranda	Nueva Ecija	33,043	32,269	+2.4%	417
92	Norzagaray	Bulacan	140,697	136,064	+3.4%	409
93	Lupao	Nueva Ecija	47,175	45,917	+2.7%	391
94	Cuyapo	Nueva Ecija	70,919	68,066	+4.2%	388
95	Santa Ignacia	Tarlac	53,620	51,626	+3.9%	388
96	Llanera	Nueva Ecija	44,620	42,281	+5.5%	386
97	San Narciso	Zambales	32,180	30,759	+4.6%	368
98	Capas	Tarlac	162,724	156,056	+4.3%	363
99	Nampicuan	Nueva Ecija	15,297	14,471	+5.7%	313
100	Iba	Zambales	59,580	55,581	+7.2%	274

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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