Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in the Philippines

Manila (Metro Manila) is the most crowded of the 1,642 cities and municipalities in the Philippines: 45,430 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 1,642 cities and municipalities, 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 cities and municipalities in the Philippines, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Manila	Metro Manila	1,902,590	1,846,513	+3.0%	45,430
2	Mandaluyong City	Metro Manila	465,902	425,758	+9.4%	40,690
3	Caloocan City	Metro Manila	1,712,945	1,661,584	+3.1%	30,269
4	Taguig City	Metro Manila	1,308,085	1,223,595	+6.9%	30,224
5	Pateros	Metro Manila	67,319	65,227	+3.2%	26,400
6	Pasay City	Metro Manila	453,186	440,656	+2.8%	25,024
7	Pasig City	Metro Manila	853,050	803,159	+6.2%	24,513
8	Malabon City	Metro Manila	389,929	380,522	+2.5%	23,419
9	San Juan City	Metro Manila	134,312	126,347	+6.3%	23,399
10	Navotas City	Metro Manila	252,878	247,543	+2.2%	23,157
11	Cainta	Rizal	386,321	376,933	+2.5%	21,285
12	Marikina City	Metro Manila	471,323	456,059	+3.4%	20,368
13	Las Piñas City	Metro Manila	615,549	606,293	+1.5%	18,687
14	Quezon City	Metro Manila	3,084,270	2,960,048	+4.2%	18,431
15	Gen. Mariano Alvarez	Cavite	176,927	172,433	+2.6%	18,165
16	Tanauan City	Batangas	209,697	193,936	+8.1%	18,062
17	Cavite City	Cavite	98,673	100,674	−2.0%	17,843
18	Valenzuela City	Metro Manila	725,173	714,978	+1.4%	15,984
19	Taytay	Rizal	397,111	386,451	+2.8%	15,980
20	Biñan City	Laguna	584,479	407,437	+43.5%	14,868
21	San Pedro City	Laguna	348,968	326,001	+7.1%	14,856
22	Parañaque City	Metro Manila	703,245	689,992	+1.9%	14,636
23	Rosario	Cavite	112,572	110,807	+1.6%	14,563
24	Bacoor City	Cavite	661,381	664,625	−0.5%	14,422
25	Mandaue City	Cebu	364,482	364,116	+0.1%	14,133
26	Muntinlupa City	Metro Manila	552,225	543,445	+1.6%	14,023
27	Makati City	Metro Manila	309,770	292,743	+5.8%	13,817
28	Currimao	Ilocos Norte	12,256	12,215	+0.3%	11,672
29	Angono	Rizal	134,975	130,494	+3.4%	10,133
30	Marilao	Bulacan	263,507	254,453	+3.6%	9,178
31	Imus City	Cavite	481,949	496,794	−3.0%	8,975
32	Calaca City	Batangas	92,281	87,361	+5.6%	8,755
33	Cabuyao City	Laguna	365,202	355,330	+2.8%	8,634
34	Lapu-Lapu City	Cebu	497,813	497,604	+0.0%	8,453
35	Dasmariñas City	Cavite	744,511	703,141	+5.9%	8,258
36	Noveleta	Cavite	46,172	49,452	−6.6%	7,988
37	Santa Rosa City	Laguna	430,920	414,812	+3.9%	7,698
38	Cordova	Cebu	72,915	70,595	+3.3%	7,627
39	Angeles City	Pampanga	483,452	462,928	+4.4%	7,622
40	Antipolo City	Rizal	913,712	887,399	+3.0%	7,502
41	Meycauayan City	Bulacan	228,023	225,673	+1.0%	6,937
42	Jolo	Sulu	152,067	137,266	+10.8%	6,711
43	Kawit	Cavite	123,631	107,535	+15.0%	6,647
44	Baguio City	Benguet	368,426	366,358	+0.6%	6,405
45	Talisay City	Cebu	263,832	263,048	+0.3%	6,156
46	Iloilo City	Iloilo	473,728	457,626	+3.5%	6,047
47	Binangonan	Rizal	321,281	313,631	+2.4%	5,877
48	Calatagan	Batangas	60,420	58,719	+2.9%	5,754
49	Trece Martires City	Cavite	227,892	210,503	+8.3%	5,686
50	General Trias City	Cavite	482,453	450,583	+7.1%	5,620
51	San Mateo	Rizal	276,449	273,306	+1.2%	5,588
52	Bocaue	Bulacan	147,755	141,412	+4.5%	5,509
53	San Fernando City	Pampanga	377,534	354,666	+6.5%	5,425
54	Guiguinto	Bulacan	118,173	113,415	+4.2%	5,350
55	Camaligan	Camarines Sur	25,218	25,036	+0.7%	5,178
56	Santa Fe	Cebu	34,834	34,471	+1.1%	4,976
57	Tamparan	Lanao del Sur	37,190	32,074	+16.0%	4,355
58	Tanza	Cavite	339,308	312,116	+8.7%	4,332
59	Dumaguete City	Negros Oriental	142,171	134,103	+6.0%	4,130
60	Santa Maria	Bulacan	322,525	289,820	+11.3%	3,984
61	Obando	Bulacan	61,073	59,978	+1.8%	3,961
62	Consolacion	Cebu	153,931	148,012	+4.0%	3,947
63	Dagupan City	Pangasinan	174,777	174,302	+0.3%	3,923
64	Bacolod City	Negros Occidental	624,787	600,783	+4.0%	3,888
65	Calamba City	Laguna	575,046	539,671	+6.6%	3,858
66	Carmona City	Cavite	112,140	106,256	+5.5%	3,827
67	Balagtas	Bulacan	80,221	77,018	+4.2%	3,807
68	Malolos City	Bulacan	269,809	261,189	+3.3%	3,782
69	Liloan	Cebu	158,387	153,197	+3.4%	3,736
70	Baliwag City	Bulacan	174,194	168,470	+3.4%	3,702
71	Teresa	Rizal	67,454	64,072	+5.3%	3,546
72	Lucena City	Quezon	280,331	278,924	+0.5%	3,411
73	Rodriguez	Rizal	451,383	443,954	+1.7%	3,314
74	Plaridel	Bulacan	120,939	114,432	+5.7%	3,311
75	Cebu City	Cebu	965,332	964,169	+0.1%	3,293
76	Tagbilaran City	Bohol	106,120	104,976	+1.1%	3,263
77	Naic	Cavite	236,978	160,987	+47.2%	3,126
78	Santa Cruz	Laguna	126,844	123,574	+2.7%	3,119
79	Marawi City	Lanao del Sur	259,993	207,010	+25.6%	3,093
80	Malvar	Batangas	74,565	64,379	+15.8%	3,035
81	Minglanilla	Cebu	155,934	151,002	+3.3%	3,028
82	Sto. Tomas	Pampanga	44,376	42,846	+3.6%	2,998
83	Pandi	Bulacan	162,725	155,115	+4.9%	2,837
84	Pulilan	Bulacan	111,384	108,836	+2.3%	2,784
85	Pavia	Iloilo	74,594	70,388	+6.0%	2,752
86	Guagua	Pampanga	137,948	128,893	+7.0%	2,752
87	Naga City	Camarines Sur	210,545	209,170	+0.7%	2,676
88	Mendez	Cavite	36,518	34,879	+4.7%	2,664
89	Cardona	Rizal	51,493	50,143	+2.7%	2,643
90	Marcos	Ilocos Norte	18,105	18,010	+0.5%	2,586
91	Calumpit	Bulacan	122,187	118,471	+3.1%	2,563
92	Los Baños	Laguna	117,030	115,353	+1.5%	2,542
93	Tacloban City	Leyte	259,353	251,881	+3.0%	2,514
94	Taal	Batangas	61,559	61,460	+0.2%	2,496
95	San Jose Del Monte City	Bulacan	685,688	651,813	+5.2%	2,433
96	Kalibo	Aklan	93,218	89,127	+4.6%	2,372
97	Mangaldan	Pangasinan	113,302	113,185	+0.1%	2,370
98	Pila	Laguna	57,776	54,613	+5.8%	2,287
99	Vigan City	Ilocos Sur	54,498	53,935	+1.0%	2,275
100	Turtle Islands	Tawi-Tawi	7,665	5,683	+34.9%	2,248

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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