Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Davao Region

Davao City (Davao del Sur) is the largest of the 49 cities and municipalities in Davao Region, with 1,848,947 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 49 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 Davao Region, top 49
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Davao City	Davao del Sur	1,848,947	1,776,949	+4.1%
2	Tagum City	Davao del Norte	300,042	296,202	+1.3%
3	Panabo City	Davao del Norte	211,242	209,230	+1.0%
4	Digos City	Davao del Sur	192,063	188,376	+2.0%
5	Mati City	Davao Oriental	148,672	147,547	+0.8%
6	Santo Tomas	Davao del Norte	131,100	128,667	+1.9%
7	Island Garden City of Samal	Davao del Norte	119,701	116,771	+2.5%
8	Malita	Davao Occidental	118,438	118,197	+0.2%
9	Santa Cruz	Davao del Sur	104,793	101,125	+3.6%
10	Monkayo	Davao de Oro	96,405	93,937	+2.6%
11	Pantukan	Davao de Oro	91,312	90,786	+0.6%
12	Compostela	Davao de Oro	89,224	89,884	−0.7%
13	Maco	Davao de Oro	87,680	83,237	+5.3%
14	Nabunturan	Davao de Oro	85,949	84,340	+1.9%
15	Carmen	Davao del Norte	85,423	82,018	+4.2%
16	Laak	Davao de Oro	83,632	79,744	+4.9%
17	Kapalong	Davao del Norte	80,731	81,068	−0.4%
18	Jose Abad Santos	Davao Occidental	72,552	73,381	−1.1%
19	Lupon	Davao Oriental	68,717	66,979	+2.6%
20	Maragusan	Davao de Oro	67,759	64,412	+5.2%
21	Bansalan	Davao del Sur	64,816	62,737	+3.3%
22	Governor Generoso	Davao Oriental	63,695	59,891	+6.4%
23	Asuncion	Davao del Norte	62,929	61,893	+1.7%
24	Matanao	Davao del Sur	62,773	60,493	+3.8%
25	New Corella	Davao del Norte	60,454	57,913	+4.4%
26	Baganga	Davao Oriental	59,796	58,714	+1.8%
27	Santa Maria	Davao Occidental	58,886	57,526	+2.4%
28	Hagonoy	Davao del Sur	58,689	56,919	+3.1%
29	Magsaysay	Davao del Sur	57,936	56,263	+3.0%
30	Kiblawan	Davao del Sur	53,757	49,381	+8.9%
31	New Bataan	Davao de Oro	50,212	51,466	−2.4%
32	Montevista	Davao de Oro	46,581	46,558	+0.1%
33	Banaybanay	Davao Oriental	46,231	44,451	+4.0%
34	Don Marcelino	Davao Occidental	45,681	45,540	+0.3%
35	Cateel	Davao Oriental	45,623	44,207	+3.2%
36	Mabini	Davao de Oro	43,971	43,552	+1.0%
37	Mawab	Davao de Oro	41,050	39,631	+3.6%
38	Malalag	Davao del Sur	40,280	40,158	+0.3%
39	Sulop	Davao del Sur	40,134	35,151	+14.2%
40	Caraga	Davao Oriental	39,630	39,704	−0.2%
41	Manay	Davao Oriental	39,271	39,572	−0.8%
42	Braulio E. Dujali	Davao del Norte	36,092	35,729	+1.0%
43	San Isidro	Davao Oriental	35,984	33,664	+6.9%
44	Padada	Davao del Sur	29,888	29,878	+0.0%
45	Talaingod	Davao del Norte	28,665	28,333	+1.2%
46	Sawata	Davao del Norte	27,552	27,233	+1.2%
47	Tarragona	Davao Oriental	27,349	26,996	+1.3%
48	Sarangani	Davao Occidental	22,041	22,515	−2.1%
49	Boston	Davao Oriental	15,074	14,618	+3.1%

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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