Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Central Visayas

Cebu City (Cebu) is the largest of the 101 cities and municipalities in Central Visayas, with 965,332 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 101 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 Central Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Cebu City	Cebu	965,332	964,169	+0.1%
2	Lapu-Lapu City	Cebu	497,813	497,604	+0.0%
3	Mandaue City	Cebu	364,482	364,116	+0.1%
4	Talisay City	Cebu	263,832	263,048	+0.3%
5	Toledo City	Cebu	206,692	207,314	−0.3%
6	Danao City	Cebu	161,307	156,321	+3.2%
7	Liloan	Cebu	158,387	153,197	+3.4%
8	Minglanilla	Cebu	155,934	151,002	+3.3%
9	Consolacion	Cebu	153,931	148,012	+4.0%
10	Carcar City	Cebu	140,308	136,453	+2.8%
11	Naga City	Cebu	138,727	133,184	+4.2%
12	Tagbilaran City	Bohol	106,120	104,976	+1.1%
13	Balamban	Cebu	98,170	95,136	+3.2%
14	Daanbantayan	Cebu	95,080	93,502	+1.7%
15	Bogo City	Cebu	90,187	88,867	+1.5%
16	Bantayan	Cebu	87,394	86,247	+1.3%
17	Barili	Cebu	82,427	80,715	+2.1%
18	Ubay	Bohol	82,179	81,799	+0.5%
19	Argao	Cebu	78,111	78,187	−0.1%
20	Pinamungajan	Cebu	76,568	75,131	+1.9%
21	San Fernando	Cebu	76,110	72,224	+5.4%
22	Dalaguete	Cebu	75,937	74,596	+1.8%
23	Cordova	Cebu	72,915	70,595	+3.3%
24	Talibon	Bohol	71,450	71,272	+0.3%
25	Tuburan	Cebu	68,307	68,167	+0.2%
26	San Remigio	Cebu	67,850	65,744	+3.2%
27	Medellin	Cebu	62,163	59,605	+4.3%
28	San Francisco	Cebu	61,092	59,236	+3.1%
29	Carmen	Cebu	60,230	57,897	+4.0%
30	Dumanjug	Cebu	59,954	57,823	+3.7%
31	Compostela	Cebu	58,178	55,874	+4.1%
32	Asturias	Cebu	54,777	55,397	−1.1%
33	Sibonga	Cebu	54,610	53,424	+2.2%
34	Dauis	Bohol	53,864	52,492	+2.6%
35	Carmen	Bohol	50,249	49,191	+2.2%
36	Tubigon	Bohol	49,275	47,886	+2.9%
37	Inabanga	Bohol	49,133	48,534	+1.2%
38	Badian	Cebu	44,626	43,735	+2.0%
39	Loon	Bohol	43,857	44,224	−0.8%
40	Madridejos	Cebu	42,828	42,039	+1.9%
41	Tabogon	Cebu	42,066	41,432	+1.5%
42	Panglao	Bohol	41,760	39,839	+4.8%
43	Sogod	Cebu	40,746	39,447	+3.3%
44	Borbon	Cebu	40,097	38,187	+5.0%
45	Moalboal	Cebu	37,993	36,930	+2.9%
46	Trinidad	Bohol	37,191	35,119	+5.9%
47	Jagna	Bohol	36,674	35,832	+2.4%
48	Aloguinsan	Cebu	34,990	34,466	+1.5%
49	Santa Fe	Cebu	34,834	34,471	+1.1%
50	Guindulman	Bohol	34,660	34,104	+1.6%
51	Catmon	Cebu	34,608	33,745	+2.6%
52	Getafe	Bohol	33,485	33,422	+0.2%
53	Calape	Bohol	33,022	33,079	−0.2%
54	Buenavista	Bohol	31,095	29,711	+4.7%
55	Candijay	Bohol	30,142	30,119	+0.1%
56	Tabuelan	Cebu	29,662	28,907	+2.6%
57	Oslob	Cebu	29,378	29,264	+0.4%
58	Pilar	Bohol	28,860	28,693	+0.6%
59	Valencia	Bohol	28,535	28,392	+0.5%
60	Mabini	Bohol	28,224	28,701	−1.7%
61	Poro	Cebu	26,908	26,232	+2.6%
62	Alegria	Cebu	26,520	25,620	+3.5%
63	Bien Unido	Bohol	26,278	26,666	−1.5%
64	Sierra Bullones	Bohol	26,154	26,095	+0.2%
65	San Miguel	Bohol	26,124	25,356	+3.0%
66	Sagbayan	Bohol	25,329	24,335	+4.1%
67	Alicia	Bohol	24,663	24,374	+1.2%
68	Garcia Hernandez	Bohol	24,450	24,430	+0.1%
69	President Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol	23,858	23,625	+1.0%
70	Catigbian	Bohol	23,812	23,805	+0.0%
71	Baclayon	Bohol	22,754	22,461	+1.3%
72	Maribojoc	Bohol	22,268	22,178	+0.4%
73	Clarin	Bohol	21,318	21,158	+0.8%
74	Ronda	Cebu	21,179	21,005	+0.8%
75	Samboan	Cebu	20,736	20,373	+1.8%
76	Malabuyoc	Cebu	20,378	19,770	+3.1%
77	Danao	Bohol	20,299	20,245	+0.3%
78	Dagohoy	Bohol	20,068	19,874	+1.0%
79	Balilihan	Bohol	19,747	18,694	+5.6%
80	Alcoy	Cebu	19,207	19,186	+0.1%
81	Duero	Bohol	19,136	18,861	+1.5%
82	Cortes	Bohol	18,976	18,344	+3.5%
83	Bilar	Bohol	18,877	18,512	+2.0%
84	Santander	Cebu	18,669	18,527	+0.8%
85	Loay	Bohol	17,957	17,855	+0.6%
86	Anda	Bohol	17,835	17,778	+0.3%
87	Alcantara	Cebu	17,490	16,910	+3.4%
88	Loboc	Bohol	17,338	17,418	−0.5%
89	Ginatilan	Cebu	17,184	16,906	+1.6%
90	Boljoon	Cebu	17,153	17,525	−2.1%
91	Dimiao	Bohol	14,894	14,889	+0.0%
92	Antequera	Bohol	14,881	14,990	−0.7%
93	Batuan	Bohol	14,423	13,845	+4.2%
94	Pilar	Cebu	12,454	12,506	−0.4%
95	Tudela	Cebu	11,638	11,304	+3.0%
96	Alburquerque	Bohol	11,489	11,246	+2.2%
97	Lila	Bohol	11,450	12,240	−6.5%
98	Sevilla	Bohol	11,425	11,376	+0.4%
99	San Isidro	Bohol	10,228	9,909	+3.2%
100	Corella	Bohol	9,889	9,479	+4.3%

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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