Highly urbanized city

Davao City

Davao City is a highly urbanized city in Davao del Sur, Davao Region, Philippines. Its population was 1,848,947 in the 2024 census, and it has 182 barangays.

Population: 2024 Census
Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
Page updated: October 9, 2026

PlacesPeopleDensityGrowth

People · 2024 Census

Under 690
690 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,800
1,800 to 3,100
3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

Under 160
160 to 340
340 to 700
700 to 2,600
2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

Fell by more than 1% a year
Fell, by up to 1% a year
Grew, by under 1% a year
Grew by 1 to 2% a year
Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary^[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

PeopleSources
1,848,947
people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
Up 27.6% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
1st
of the 11 cities and municipalities of Davao del Sur by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
Inside itSources
182
barangays
LandSources
2,799.54 km²
of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Davao City's land would fill a square about 52.9 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary
Average density, 2024: 660 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 7 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary
HomesSources
543,854
households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
3.4 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
91.8%
About 92 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary: 1130700000^[5]Formerly 112402000
ZIP code: 8000^{[14, 15, 16]}

People

Davao City had 1,848,947 people in the 2024 census, up 27.6% from 2010.

People at each census since 1970

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Davao City had the most people of the 11 cities and municipalities of Davao del Sur in 2024^[1]

1Davao City1,848,947
2Digos City192,063
3Santa Cruz104,793
4Bansalan64,816
5Matanao62,773
6Hagonoy58,689
7Magsaysay57,936

All 11 cities and municipalities of Davao del Sur

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 30 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Bucana83,1924 in 100
Buhangin70,9794 in 100
Talomo65,3794 in 100
Ma-a61,5653 in 100
Sasa52,7023 in 100
Tibungco50,4663 in 100
Cabantian48,8053 in 100
Catalunan Grande42,8682 in 100
Panacan42,2002 in 100
Matina Crossing39,7972 in 100

See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Corrected by Scene from the PSA's men and women counts. The PSA's age table prints a both-sexes count for 80 - 84 (15,490 printed against 9,558 men and women) and 85 and over (13,146 printed against 5,932 men and women) that is not the sum of its men and women, although its men and women columns add up exactly to the Davao City totals. Scene shows the sum of the two for these groups and keeps the printed values.^[4]

Age structure · 2024 Census^[4]People living in households, by age and sex

About 25 of every 100 are children under 15 (24.9%)
About 69 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (68.7%)
About 6 of every 100 are 65 or older (6.4%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
Under 5	133,269	68,927	64,342
5 - 9	156,711	80,733	75,978
10 - 14	168,451	86,854	81,597
15 - 19	178,680	90,453	88,227
20 - 24	175,585	88,088	87,497
25 - 29	162,771	82,161	80,610
30 - 34	150,477	76,205	74,272
35 - 39	137,273	71,079	66,194
40 - 44	122,476	63,336	59,140
45 - 49	108,393	55,926	52,467
50 - 54	92,566	46,805	45,761
55 - 59	73,254	35,560	37,694
60 - 64	63,829	29,900	33,929
65 - 69	50,100	22,731	27,369
70 - 74	34,335	14,906	19,429
75 - 79	18,215	7,182	11,033
80 - 84	9,558Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 15,490	3,261	6,297
85 and over	5,932Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 13,146	1,814	4,118

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 1,848,947^{[1, 2]}
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary: 543,854^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.4 on average^{[1, 2]}
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 91.8% (1,698,052 people)^[6]
Men and women, 2024: 925,921 men, 915,954 women^[4]People living in households

Population at each census, with its source
Census	Population	Growth since the census before	Households	People per household
2024as of July 1, 2024	1,848,947^{[1, 2]}	0.96% a year	543,854	3.4
2020as of May 1, 2020	1,776,949^[1]	1.79% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	1,632,991^[1]	2.30% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	1,449,296^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	1,366,153^[35]	2.44% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	1,147,116^{[35, 36]}	2.83% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	1,006,840^[35]	3.22% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	849,947^[35]	3.36% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	610,375^[35]	4.71% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	484,678^[35]	4.32% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	392,473^[35]	—	—	—

Barangays

Davao City is made up of 182 barangays.

Barangays of Davao City. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 6, 7, 8]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Bucana	83,192	4.5%	0.78% a year	about 4.56 km²	Urban
Buhangin	70,979	3.84%	1.21% a year	about 5.54 km²	Urban
Talomo	65,379	3.54%	1.40% a year	about 6.59 km²	Urban
Ma-a	61,565	3.33%	1.08% a year	about 10.92 km²	Urban
Sasa	52,702	2.85%	−0.96% a year	about 7.49 km²	Urban
Tibungco	50,466	2.73%	0.40% a year	about 7.81 km²	Urban
Cabantian	48,805	2.64%	−0.63% a year	about 9.96 km²	Urban
Catalunan Grande	42,868	2.32%	0.97% a year	about 16.13 km²	Urban
Panacan	42,200	2.28%	0.78% a year	about 10.18 km²	Urban
Matina Crossing	39,797	2.15%	−0.95% a year	about 5.02 km²	Urban
Matina Aplaya	33,531	1.81%	0.83% a year	about 3.25 km²	Urban
Barangay 19-B	32,836	1.78%	1.58% a year	about 3.07 km²	Urban
Catalunan Pequeño	29,445	1.59%	3.26% a year	about 5.83 km²	Urban
Indangan	26,521	1.43%	1.54% a year	about 13.57 km²	Urban
Ilang	25,990	1.41%	−0.15% a year	about 4.95 km²	Urban
Tugbok	25,244	1.37%	3.44% a year	about 10.21 km²	Urban
Calinan	24,780	1.34%	0.55% a year	about 9.10 km²	Urban
Lizada	24,701	1.34%	0.98% a year	about 4.55 km²	Urban
Tigatto	23,973	1.3%	−0.81% a year	about 7.83 km²	Urban
Bunawan	23,111	1.25%	−0.97% a year	about 7.13 km²	Urban
Matina Pangi	22,277	1.2%	4.00% a year	about 5.45 km²	Urban
Santo Niño	22,080	1.19%	1.29% a year	about 1.52 km²	Urban
Dumoy	21,900	1.18%	2.65% a year	about 5.53 km²	Urban
Bago Gallera	21,409	1.16%	2.64% a year	about 6.63 km²	Urban
Daliao	21,365	1.16%	−0.13% a year	about 1.91 km²	Urban
Marilog	20,852	1.13%	1.70% a year	about 174.04 km²	Urban
Bago Oshiro	19,169	1.04%	1.91% a year	about 8.38 km²	Urban
Bago Aplaya	18,515	1%	−0.53% a year	about 2.61 km²	Urban
Baliok	18,118	0.98%	1.30% a year	about 2.46 km²	Urban
Barangay 23-C	17,876	0.97%	1.17% a year	about 0.201 km²	Urban
Mintal	17,546	0.95%	−1.49% a year	about 6.49 km²	Urban
Centro	17,024	0.92%	0.99% a year	about 0.521 km²	Urban
Communal	16,894	0.91%	0.72% a year	about 5.51 km²	Urban
Pampanga	16,786	0.91%	1.75% a year	about 1.19 km²	Urban
Barangay 8-A	16,460	0.89%	1.83% a year	about 0.944 km²	Urban
Mandug	16,284	0.88%	1.51% a year	about 10.24 km²	Urban
Alfonso Angliongto Sr.	15,611	0.84%	1.02% a year	about 2.49 km²	Urban
Lubogan	14,315	0.77%	0.80% a year	about 2.24 km²	Urban
Malabog	14,221	0.77%	0.91% a year	about 86.95 km²	Urban
Tacunan	14,005	0.76%	1.04% a year	about 8.07 km²	Urban
Leon Garcia, Sr.	13,053	0.71%	0.19% a year	about 0.195 km²	Urban
Lapu-lapu	13,046	0.71%	−0.29% a year	about 0.646 km²	Urban
San Antonio	12,801	0.69%	1.18% a year	about 0.972 km²	Urban
Bato	12,669	0.69%	1.45% a year	about 9.89 km²	Urban
Toril	12,600	0.68%	0.40% a year	about 1.54 km²	Urban
Los Amigos	12,338	0.67%	1.29% a year	about 4.82 km²	Urban
Crossing Bayabas	12,021	0.65%	−0.75% a year	about 0.849 km²	Urban
Alejandra Navarro	11,893	0.64%	0.24% a year	about 7.06 km²	Urban
Barangay 5-A	11,321	0.61%	0.34% a year	about 0.356 km²	Urban
Vicente Hizon Sr.	11,179	0.6%	−0.09% a year	about 2.22 km²	Urban

The 50 with the most people, of 182. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Davao City covers 2,799.54 km² of land, 660 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 1,703 m above the sea and it has 67.8 km of coast.

Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: 2,799.54 km²^[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary: 660 people per km²^[7]
Coordinates: 7.31529° N, 125.40368° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[31]

Lowest: Sea level
Average: 427 m
Highest: 1,703 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

67.8 km of coastline^[32]

Rivers^[32]

Talomo River59.9 km
Lasang River37.9 km
Siao River26.7 km
Locutan River26.1 of 47.5 km
Panaga River24.0 of 48.7 km
Matina River23.2 of 23.3 km
Kulafu River21.5 of 25.5 km
Tuli River18.5 km

The longest inside it: 58 in all.

Peaks^[32]

Mount Apovolcano2,954 m
Mount Talomovolcano2,674 m
Mount Lipadas2,620 m
Mount Tipolog1,380 m
Mount Malambo1,360 m
Mount Merui1,270 m

The highest: 37 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type IV^[33]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Davao City, the nearest PAGASA station, 35 km away^[34]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,836 mm of rain on 136 days a year; 28.2 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Davao City, 1991 to 2020, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	167 mm	11	27.3 °C	30.9 °C	23.7 °C
February	114 mm	9	27.5 °C	31.3 °C	23.7 °C
March	107 mm	9	28.2 °C	32.3 °C	24.1 °C
April	115 mm	9	28.9 °C	33.1 °C	24.7 °C
May	166 mm	13	28.9 °C	32.7 °C	25.0 °C
June	193 mm	14	28.4 °C	32.0 °C	24.7 °C
July	169 mm	13	28.1 °C	31.7 °C	24.5 °C
August	167 mm	12	28.2 °C	31.8 °C	24.5 °C
September	162 mm	11	28.3 °C	32.2 °C	24.4 °C
October	195 mm	12	28.5 °C	32.6 °C	24.4 °C
November	140 mm	12	28.3 °C	32.2 °C	24.4 °C
December	142 mm	11	27.9 °C	31.6 °C	24.2 °C
The year	1,836 mm	136	28.2 °C	32.0 °C	24.4 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 17 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Davao City's economy made ₱753.1 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱395,023 for each person. About 12 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.

Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary: ₱753.1 billion^[18]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱601.7 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025: 4.8%^[19]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025: ₱395,023^[20]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary: 12.3% of people^[21]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary: 1st class^[5]

About 12 of every 100 people in Davao City lived below the poverty line in 2023 (12.3%)^[21]

The PSA's survey puts it between 5.7% and 18.9%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱31,535 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

443government offices
123hospitals and health centres
639schools
469places of worship
25markets
25stations and terminals
26parks
17monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap^{[3, 9]}. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Davao” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices268

262 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Hospitals and health centres119

113 more hospitals and health centres are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Markets25

19 more markets are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Stations and terminals25

19 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Parks26

20 more parks are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

Monuments and memorials17

11 more monuments and memorials are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See all 182 barangays of Davao City

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Davao City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.^{[12, 13]}

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary: Highly urbanized city: it governs itself apart from the province of Davao del Sur^[5]

3 legislative districtsLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary^[17]

Each district elects one member of the House of Representatives. These are the districts as the laws drew them for the 2025 elections.

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

2025–2028In office as of February 2026
Mayor
Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[22]
Vice mayor
Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[22]
2022–2025
Mayor
Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[23]
Vice mayor
J. Melchor Bumpus Quitain Jr.^[23]
2019–2022
Mayor
Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[24]
Vice mayor
Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[24]
2016–2019
Mayor
Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[25]
Vice mayor
Paolo Zimmerman Duterte^[25]
2013–2016
Mayor
Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[26]
Vice mayor
Paolo Zimmerman Duterte^[26]
2010–2013
Mayor
Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[27]
Vice mayor
Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[27]
2007–2010
Mayor
Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[28]
Vice mayor
Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[28]
2004–2007
Mayor
Rodrigo Duterte^[29]
Vice mayor
Luis Bonguyan^[29]
2001–2004
Mayor
Rodrigo R. Duterte^[30]
Vice mayor
Luis C. Bonguyan^[30]

Mayors and vice mayors of Davao City, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[22]	Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[22]
2022–2025	Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[23]	J. Melchor Bumpus Quitain Jr.^[23]
2019–2022	Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[24]	Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte^[24]
2016–2019	Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[25]	Paolo Zimmerman Duterte^[25]
2013–2016	Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[26]	Paolo Zimmerman Duterte^[26]
2010–2013	Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[27]	Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[27]
2007–2010	Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[28]	Sara Zimmerman Duterte^[28]
2004–2007	Rodrigo Duterte^[29]	Luis Bonguyan^[29]
2001–2004	Rodrigo R. Duterte^[30]	Luis C. Bonguyan^[30]

History & Identity

Stories that tell of Davao City

Davao City is part of this Story, told from its own place.

Film, 0:59
Davao Region
Davao Region: the name the river gave back
Davao was once Nueva Vergara. Its people asked for the river's name, which the city's history traces to Bagobo words. Davao became official in 1868 and names the whole region today.
Why It's Called That

And from Mindanao, which Davao City is part of:

Film, 0:59
Mindanao
Before it was Mindanao, it had at least three other names
Cesarea Karoli, the Filipina Island, Bindanao: Europeans tried several names before the local one won. Magindanao, Saleeby wrote in 1905, is the place that floods.
Why It's Called That

All Stories

Old photographs of Davao City

Each with the archive that holds it, its date and its rights, on its own page.

In the Archive

Davao City's fiesta and days

Feast of San Pedro, patron of Davao CityTown fiesta · San Pedro (Saint Peter) · Every 29 June · next Tuesday, 29 June 2027
Kadayawan FestivalFestival
Local special working holiday in the City of DavaoLocal special day · The third Friday of August · next Friday, 20 August 2027
Araw ng DabawLocal special day · Every 1 March · next Monday, 1 March 2027

Everything listed for Davao City in Now

Official name: City of Davao^[5]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe city's brief history (from historian Ernesto Corcino) says the name comes from Bagobo words for the river: Tagabawa 'Dabo', Giangan 'Dawaw' and Obo 'Davah'. It adds that the Spanish settlement, first called Nueva Vergara, was renamed Davao, and the name was officially adopted in 1868.^[10]

Local traditionThe provincial government's history repeats a local historians' account in which the Obo word davoh meant a place 'beyond the high grounds', the usual reply when asked where they were going toward the river settlement.^[11]

Its story

Oyanguren found an ally in Datu Daupan of the Samal Mandayas against the Muslim chief Datu Bago; with help from Zamboanga, Bago's out-gunned defenders finally fled at night from their settlement at the river mouth.^[10]

In 1867 the original settlement beside the Davao River was moved to its present site, with the church of St. Peter at the centre, and Jesuit missionaries arrived in 1868.^[10]

American rule began in late December 1898; American settlers, mostly retired soldiers and investors, opened large plantations of rubber, abaca and coconut, and Japanese immigration rose between 1903 and 1925.^[10]

The municipality became a city under Commonwealth Act No. 51 on October 16, 1936, sponsored by Assemblyman Romualdo C. Quimpo, and the city was inaugurated on March 1, 1937 with Interior Secretary Elpidio Quirino representing President Quezon.^[10]

Timeline

1867
The settlement is moved from the river bend to its present site around San Pedro and Claveria Streets.^[10]
1868
The name Davao is officially adopted, and the first three Jesuit missionaries arrive.^[10]
December 1898
American rule begins in Davao.^[10]
March 1, 1937
The City of Davao is inaugurated.^[10]
May 8, 1967
Republic Act No. 4867 divides the old Province of Davao into Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur.^[11]

Nearby

Davao City shares a border with 7 places.

How it compares

Davao City beside Davao del Sur, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Davao del Sur.

Davao City beside Davao del Sur
Figure	Davao City	Davao del Sur	Rank among the cities and municipalities of Davao del Sur
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary	1,848,947^{[1, 2]}	705,129	1st of 11
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary	0.96% a year^{[1, 2]}faster	0.86% a year	3rd of 11
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary	660^[7]more crowded	317	1st of 11
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary	2,799.54 km²^[7]	2,221.11 km²	1st of 11
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary	3.4^{[1, 2]}about the same	3.4	not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary	91.8%^[6]higher	54.1%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Digos City, the capital of Davao del Sur: 52.7 km south
Manila: 942.2 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities^[3]

Panabo CityDavao del Norte22.8 km east
ArakanCotabato26.3 km west
Santo TomasDavao del Norte30.7 km northeast
MagpetCotabato32.1 km southwest
KitaotaoBukidnon32.9 km northwest
CarmenDavao del Norte33.8 km east

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