Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Cordillera Administrative Region

Baguio City (Benguet) is the largest of the 77 cities and municipalities in Cordillera Administrative Region, with 368,426 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 77 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 Cordillera Administrative Region, top 77
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Baguio City	Benguet	368,426	366,358	+0.6%
2	La Trinidad	Benguet	142,925	137,404	+4.0%
3	Tabuk City	Kalinga	122,771	121,033	+1.4%
4	Itogon	Benguet	59,736	61,498	−2.9%
5	Tuba	Benguet	49,268	48,312	+2.0%
6	Bangued	Abra	48,331	50,382	−4.1%
7	Buguias	Benguet	45,703	44,877	+1.8%
8	Mankayan	Benguet	38,647	37,233	+3.8%
9	Pinukpuk	Kalinga	35,033	34,275	+2.2%
10	Alfonso Lista	Ifugao	34,810	34,061	+2.2%
11	Bauko	Mountain Province	31,470	32,021	−1.7%
12	Paracelis	Mountain Province	30,143	31,168	−3.3%
13	Conner	Apayao	28,360	27,552	+2.9%
14	Lamut	Ifugao	26,520	26,235	+1.1%
15	Bontoc	Mountain Province	23,466	24,104	−2.7%
16	Luna	Apayao	21,630	21,297	+1.6%
17	Aguinaldo	Ifugao	20,924	21,128	−1.0%
18	Tublay	Benguet	20,886	19,429	+7.5%
19	Rizal	Kalinga	20,491	19,554	+4.8%
20	Banaue	Ifugao	20,143	20,652	−2.5%
21	Kapangan	Benguet	20,048	19,297	+3.9%
22	Atok	Benguet	19,346	19,218	+0.7%
23	Lagawe	Ifugao	19,124	18,876	+1.3%
24	Tinoc	Ifugao	18,749	18,475	+1.5%
25	Flora	Apayao	18,271	17,944	+1.8%
26	Tadian	Mountain Province	18,073	19,341	−6.6%
27	Kiangan	Ifugao	17,849	17,691	+0.9%
28	Bucay	Abra	17,775	17,953	−1.0%
29	Kibungan	Benguet	16,884	17,051	−1.0%
30	Kabugao	Apayao	16,425	16,215	+1.3%
31	Asipulo	Ifugao	16,088	15,963	+0.8%
32	Bokod	Benguet	16,071	14,435	+11.3%
33	La Paz	Abra	16,014	16,493	−2.9%
34	Kabayan	Benguet	15,841	15,806	+0.2%
35	Pudtol	Apayao	15,676	15,491	+1.2%
36	Mayoyao	Ifugao	15,525	15,621	−0.6%
37	Bakun	Benguet	15,399	14,535	+5.9%
38	Tayum	Abra	14,808	14,869	−0.4%
39	Lagangilang	Abra	14,577	14,914	−2.3%
40	Santa Marcela	Apayao	14,049	13,317	+5.5%
41	Balbalan	Kalinga	13,332	12,914	+3.2%
42	Tinglayan	Kalinga	13,311	13,148	+1.2%
43	Sablan	Benguet	12,436	11,588	+7.3%
44	Calanasan	Apayao	12,176	12,550	−3.0%
45	Pidigan	Abra	12,058	12,475	−3.3%
46	Dolores	Abra	11,967	11,512	+4.0%
47	Tanudan	Kalinga	11,103	8,746	+27.0%
48	Manabo	Abra	11,087	11,611	−4.5%
49	San Juan	Abra	10,777	10,688	+0.8%
50	Sagada	Mountain Province	10,702	11,510	−7.0%
51	Pasil	Kalinga	10,690	10,577	+1.1%
52	Pilar	Abra	10,498	10,146	+3.5%
53	Hingyon	Ifugao	9,966	9,930	+0.4%
54	Hungduan	Ifugao	8,970	8,866	+1.2%
55	Natonin	Mountain Province	8,906	10,339	−13.9%
56	Lubuagan	Kalinga	8,660	9,323	−7.1%
57	Sabangan	Mountain Province	8,556	9,621	−11.1%
58	Sadanga	Mountain Province	7,781	8,427	−7.7%
59	Peñarrubia	Abra	7,003	6,951	+0.8%
60	Luba	Abra	6,402	6,518	−1.8%
61	Sallapadan	Abra	6,328	6,389	−1.0%
62	Besao	Mountain Province	6,315	6,873	−8.1%
63	San Quintin	Abra	5,963	5,705	+4.5%
64	Villaviciosa	Abra	5,674	5,675	−0.0%
65	Lagayan	Abra	5,154	4,488	+14.8%
66	Tineg	Abra	5,059	4,977	+1.7%
67	Tubo	Abra	4,941	5,674	−12.9%
68	San Isidro	Abra	4,771	4,745	+0.6%
69	Danglas	Abra	4,372	4,074	+7.3%
70	Barlig	Mountain Province	4,363	4,796	−9.0%
71	Licuan-Baay	Abra	4,301	4,566	−5.8%
72	Malibcong	Abra	4,167	4,027	+3.5%
73	Boliney	Abra	3,778	4,551	−17.0%
74	Lacub	Abra	3,649	3,612	+1.0%
75	Langiden	Abra	3,457	3,576	−3.3%
76	Bucloc	Abra	2,264	2,395	−5.5%
77	Daguioman	Abra	1,773	2,019	−12.2%

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

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