Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Central Visayas

Mandaue City (Cebu) is the most crowded of the 101 cities and municipalities in Central Visayas: 14,133 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 101 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 Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Mandaue City	Cebu	364,482	364,116	+0.1%	14,133
2	Lapu-Lapu City	Cebu	497,813	497,604	+0.0%	8,453
3	Cordova	Cebu	72,915	70,595	+3.3%	7,627
4	Talisay City	Cebu	263,832	263,048	+0.3%	6,156
5	Santa Fe	Cebu	34,834	34,471	+1.1%	4,976
6	Consolacion	Cebu	153,931	148,012	+4.0%	3,947
7	Liloan	Cebu	158,387	153,197	+3.4%	3,736
8	Cebu City	Cebu	965,332	964,169	+0.1%	3,293
9	Tagbilaran City	Bohol	106,120	104,976	+1.1%	3,263
10	Minglanilla	Cebu	155,934	151,002	+3.3%	3,028
11	Madridejos	Cebu	42,828	42,039	+1.9%	1,753
12	Naga City	Cebu	138,727	133,184	+4.2%	1,493
13	Dauis	Bohol	53,864	52,492	+2.6%	1,266
14	Compostela	Cebu	58,178	55,874	+4.1%	1,202
15	Carcar City	Cebu	140,308	136,453	+2.8%	1,199
16	Danao City	Cebu	161,307	156,321	+3.2%	1,132
17	Bantayan	Cebu	87,394	86,247	+1.3%	1,080
18	Bien Unido	Bohol	26,278	26,666	−1.5%	1,031
19	Toledo City	Cebu	206,692	207,314	−0.3%	1,028
20	Daanbantayan	Cebu	95,080	93,502	+1.7%	1,019
21	Bogo City	Cebu	90,187	88,867	+1.5%	914
22	San Fernando	Cebu	76,110	72,224	+5.4%	878
23	Panglao	Bohol	41,760	39,839	+4.8%	874
24	Medellin	Cebu	62,163	59,605	+4.3%	819
25	San Remigio	Cebu	67,850	65,744	+3.2%	810
26	Tubigon	Bohol	49,275	47,886	+2.9%	804
27	Dumanjug	Cebu	59,954	57,823	+3.7%	702
28	Carmen	Cebu	60,230	57,897	+4.0%	699
29	Pinamungajan	Cebu	76,568	75,131	+1.9%	699
30	Barili	Cebu	82,427	80,715	+2.1%	680
31	Alcantara	Cebu	17,490	16,910	+3.4%	677
32	San Francisco	Cebu	61,092	59,236	+3.1%	644
33	Santander	Cebu	18,669	18,527	+0.8%	643
34	Baclayon	Bohol	22,754	22,461	+1.3%	641
35	Cortes	Bohol	18,976	18,344	+3.5%	570
36	Aloguinsan	Cebu	34,990	34,466	+1.5%	569
37	Sibonga	Cebu	54,610	53,424	+2.2%	566
38	Moalboal	Cebu	37,993	36,930	+2.9%	536
39	Loay	Bohol	17,957	17,855	+0.6%	516
40	President Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol	23,858	23,625	+1.0%	511
41	Talibon	Bohol	71,450	71,272	+0.3%	497
42	Tabogon	Cebu	42,066	41,432	+1.5%	469
43	Dalaguete	Cebu	75,937	74,596	+1.8%	465
44	Clarin	Bohol	21,318	21,158	+0.8%	461
45	Borbon	Cebu	40,097	38,187	+5.0%	459
46	Balamban	Cebu	98,170	95,136	+3.2%	454
47	Ronda	Cebu	21,179	21,005	+0.8%	442
48	Loon	Bohol	43,857	44,224	−0.8%	434
49	Alburquerque	Bohol	11,489	11,246	+2.2%	426
50	Inabanga	Bohol	49,133	48,534	+1.2%	419
51	Badian	Cebu	44,626	43,735	+2.0%	418
52	Guindulman	Bohol	34,660	34,104	+1.6%	409
53	Poro	Cebu	26,908	26,232	+2.6%	401
54	Argao	Cebu	78,111	78,187	−0.1%	396
55	Samboan	Cebu	20,736	20,373	+1.8%	396
56	Calape	Bohol	33,022	33,079	−0.2%	391
57	Sagbayan	Bohol	25,329	24,335	+4.1%	391
58	Jagna	Bohol	36,674	35,832	+2.4%	385
59	Pilar	Cebu	12,454	12,506	−0.4%	373
60	Sogod	Cebu	40,746	39,447	+3.3%	365
61	Asturias	Cebu	54,777	55,397	−1.1%	359
62	Duero	Bohol	19,136	18,861	+1.5%	358
63	Ginatilan	Cebu	17,184	16,906	+1.6%	353
64	Tudela	Cebu	11,638	11,304	+3.0%	350
65	Getafe	Bohol	33,485	33,422	+0.2%	349
66	Alcoy	Cebu	19,207	19,186	+0.1%	325
67	Alegria	Cebu	26,520	25,620	+3.5%	321
68	Maribojoc	Bohol	22,268	22,178	+0.4%	320
69	Tabuelan	Cebu	29,662	28,907	+2.6%	319
70	Catmon	Cebu	34,608	33,745	+2.6%	316
71	Lila	Bohol	11,450	12,240	−6.5%	315
72	Ubay	Bohol	82,179	81,799	+0.5%	311
73	Malabuyoc	Cebu	20,378	19,770	+3.1%	308
74	Catigbian	Bohol	23,812	23,805	+0.0%	303
75	Buenavista	Bohol	31,095	29,711	+4.7%	297
76	Garcia Hernandez	Bohol	24,450	24,430	+0.1%	289
77	Candijay	Bohol	30,142	30,119	+0.1%	287
78	Tuburan	Cebu	68,307	68,167	+0.2%	277
79	Mabini	Bohol	28,224	28,701	−1.7%	270
80	Anda	Bohol	17,835	17,778	+0.3%	269
81	Oslob	Cebu	29,378	29,264	+0.4%	267
82	Alicia	Bohol	24,663	24,374	+1.2%	265
83	Trinidad	Bohol	37,191	35,119	+5.9%	264
84	Dimiao	Bohol	14,894	14,889	+0.0%	260
85	Corella	Bohol	9,889	9,479	+4.3%	258
86	Valencia	Bohol	28,535	28,392	+0.5%	257
87	Sierra Bullones	Bohol	26,154	26,095	+0.2%	251
88	Pilar	Bohol	28,860	28,693	+0.6%	241
89	Carmen	Bohol	50,249	49,191	+2.2%	231
90	Antequera	Bohol	14,881	14,990	−0.7%	223
91	Dagohoy	Bohol	20,068	19,874	+1.0%	216
92	Loboc	Bohol	17,338	17,418	−0.5%	203
93	San Miguel	Bohol	26,124	25,356	+3.0%	200
94	San Isidro	Bohol	10,228	9,909	+3.2%	191
95	Sikatuna	Bohol	7,031	6,906	+1.8%	190
96	Boljoon	Cebu	17,153	17,525	−2.1%	178
97	Batuan	Bohol	14,423	13,845	+4.2%	170
98	Sevilla	Bohol	11,425	11,376	+0.4%	148
99	Bilar	Bohol	18,877	18,512	+2.0%	147
100	Balilihan	Bohol	19,747	18,694	+5.6%	113

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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