Ranking

Densest provinces in the Philippines

Cavite (CALABARZON) is the most crowded of the 82 provinces in the Philippines: 3,599 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 82 provinces, 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 provinces in the Philippines, top 82
Rank	Name	Region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Cavite	CALABARZON	4,573,884	4,344,829	+5.3%	3,599
2	Rizal	CALABARZON	3,416,541	3,330,143	+2.6%	3,459
3	Laguna	CALABARZON	3,687,345	3,382,193	+9.0%	2,177
4	Bulacan	Central Luzon	3,876,806	3,708,890	+4.5%	1,318
5	Pampanga	Central Luzon	2,586,446	2,437,709	+6.1%	1,183
6	Batangas	CALABARZON	2,994,795	2,908,494	+3.0%	1,099
7	Cebu	Central Visayas	3,400,522	3,325,385	+2.3%	775
8	Bataan	Central Luzon	891,440	853,373	+4.5%	660
9	Pangasinan	Ilocos Region	3,188,540	3,163,190	+0.8%	601
10	Albay	Bicol Region	1,379,398	1,374,768	+0.3%	549
11	La Union	Ilocos Region	825,072	822,352	+0.3%	528
12	Sulu	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,146,097	1,000,108	+14.6%	518
13	Tarlac	Central Luzon	1,568,162	1,503,456	+4.3%	486
14	Nueva Ecija	Central Luzon	2,395,816	2,310,134	+3.7%	476
15	Iloilo	Western Visayas	2,082,616	2,051,899	+1.5%	442
16	Basilan	Bangsamoro (BARMM)	541,947	426,207	+27.2%	437
17	Camiguin	Northern Mindanao	94,892	92,808	+2.3%	437
18	Sorsogon	Bicol Region	845,066	828,655	+2.0%	424
19	Maguindanao del Norte	Bangsamoro (BARMM)	1,124,811	943,500	+19.2%	376
20	Aklan	Western Visayas	634,422	615,475	+3.1%	371
21	Leyte	Eastern Visayas	1,823,458	1,776,847	+2.6%	367
22	Camarines Sur	Bicol Region	2,063,314	2,068,244	−0.2%	361
23	Tawi-Tawi	Bangsamoro (BARMM)	482,645	440,276	+9.6%	361
24	Biliran	Eastern Visayas	184,095	179,312	+2.7%	349
25	Negros Occidental	Negros Island Region	2,680,477	2,623,172	+2.2%	347
26	Bohol	Central Visayas	1,412,726	1,394,329	+1.3%	336
27	Siquijor	Negros Island Region	107,642	103,395	+4.1%	335
28	Guimaras	Western Visayas	192,874	187,842	+2.7%	325
29	Davao del Sur	Davao Region	705,129	680,481	+3.6%	317
30	Capiz	Western Visayas	835,098	804,952	+3.8%	316
31	Davao del Norte	Davao Region	1,143,931	1,125,057	+1.7%	311
32	Misamis Occidental	Northern Mindanao	621,993	617,333	+0.8%	308
33	Lanao del Norte	Northern Mindanao	761,725	722,902	+5.4%	306
34	Misamis Oriental	Northern Mindanao	988,065	956,900	+3.3%	296
35	Southern Leyte	Eastern Visayas	434,372	429,573	+1.1%	286
36	Maguindanao del Sur	Bangsamoro (BARMM)	813,243	723,758	+12.4%	283
37	Negros Oriental	Negros Island Region	1,492,038	1,432,990	+4.1%	279
38	Surigao del Norte	Caraga	565,644	534,636	+5.8%	275
39	Camarines Norte	Bicol Region	604,666	629,699	−4.0%	273
40	Ilocos Sur	Ilocos Region	709,991	706,009	+0.6%	268
41	Marinduque	MIMAROPA	226,522	239,207	−5.3%	266
42	Lanao del Sur	Bangsamoro (BARMM)	1,368,137	1,195,518	+14.4%	250
43	South Cotabato	SOCCSKSARGEN	1,010,009	975,476	+3.5%	249
44	Zamboanga del Sur	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,045,126	1,050,668	−0.5%	244
45	Quezon	CALABARZON	1,980,338	1,950,459	+1.5%	227
46	Masbate	Bicol Region	910,813	908,920	+0.2%	222
47	Antique	Western Visayas	643,173	612,974	+4.9%	221
48	Romblon	MIMAROPA	302,824	308,985	−2.0%	219
49	Zamboanga Sibugay	Zamboanga Peninsula	661,498	669,840	−1.3%	218
50	Cotabato	SOCCSKSARGEN	1,286,142	1,275,185	+0.9%	209
51	Oriental Mindoro	MIMAROPA	919,504	908,339	+1.2%	209
52	Northern Samar	Eastern Visayas	645,789	639,186	+1.0%	195
53	Ilocos Norte	Ilocos Region	618,850	609,588	+1.5%	187
54	Catanduanes	Bicol Region	261,169	271,879	−3.9%	178
55	Zambales	Central Luzon	681,225	649,615	+4.9%	178
56	Bukidnon	Northern Mindanao	1,601,902	1,541,308	+3.9%	171
57	Davao Occidental	Davao Region	317,598	317,159	+0.1%	155
58	Zamboanga del Norte	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,067,067	1,047,455	+1.9%	153
59	Sultan Kudarat	SOCCSKSARGEN	863,651	854,052	+1.1%	152
60	Agusan del Norte	Caraga	404,100	387,503	+4.3%	151
61	Sarangani	SOCCSKSARGEN	580,915	558,946	+3.9%	150
62	Davao de Oro	Davao Region	783,775	767,547	+2.1%	149
63	Samar	Eastern Visayas	806,179	793,183	+1.6%	149
64	Benguet	Cordillera Administrative Region	473,190	460,683	+2.7%	148
65	Dinagat Islands	Caraga	120,533	128,117	−5.9%	146
66	Isabela	Cagayan Valley	1,733,048	1,697,050	+2.1%	138
67	Cagayan	Cagayan Valley	1,284,676	1,268,603	+1.3%	134
68	Surigao del Sur	Caraga	648,858	642,255	+1.0%	114
69	Davao Oriental	Davao Region	590,042	576,343	+2.4%	103
70	Nueva Vizcaya	Cagayan Valley	530,106	497,432	+6.6%	97
71	Batanes	Cagayan Valley	18,937	18,831	+0.6%	91
72	Eastern Samar	Eastern Visayas	472,683	477,168	−0.9%	91
73	Ifugao	Cordillera Administrative Region	208,668	207,498	+0.6%	76
74	Agusan del Sur	Caraga	740,531	739,367	+0.2%	75
75	Occidental Mindoro	MIMAROPA	511,417	525,354	−2.7%	75
76	Kalinga	Cordillera Administrative Region	235,391	229,570	+2.5%	73
77	Palawan	MIMAROPA	968,795	939,594	+3.1%	72
78	Quirino	Cagayan Valley	210,841	203,828	+3.4%	67
79	Aurora	Central Luzon	240,824	235,750	+2.2%	62
80	Abra	Cordillera Administrative Region	246,948	250,985	−1.6%	57
81	Mountain Province	Cordillera Administrative Region	149,775	158,200	−5.3%	54
82	Apayao	Cordillera Administrative Region	126,587	124,366	+1.8%	27

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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