Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Eastern Visayas

Tacloban City (Leyte) is the largest of the 143 cities and municipalities in Eastern Visayas, with 259,353 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 143 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 Eastern Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Tacloban City	Leyte	259,353	251,881	+3.0%
2	Ormoc City	Leyte	238,545	230,998	+3.3%
3	Calbayog City	Samar	187,848	186,960	+0.5%
4	Baybay City	Leyte	114,708	111,848	+2.6%
5	Catbalogan City	Samar	107,896	106,440	+1.4%
6	Catarman	Northern Samar	97,738	97,879	−0.1%
7	Maasin City	Southern Leyte	85,486	87,446	−2.2%
8	Palo	Leyte	80,291	76,213	+5.4%
9	Borongan City	Eastern Samar	71,431	71,961	−0.7%
10	Hilongos	Leyte	66,774	64,514	+3.5%
11	Abuyog	Leyte	61,854	61,216	+1.0%
12	Laoang	Northern Samar	60,980	60,607	+0.6%
13	Kananga	Leyte	60,885	59,696	+2.0%
14	Tanauan	Leyte	60,212	57,455	+4.8%
15	Palompon	Leyte	59,486	58,313	+2.0%
16	Naval	Biliran	59,236	58,187	+1.8%
17	Alangalang	Leyte	59,063	57,185	+3.3%
18	Basey	Samar	57,645	56,685	+1.7%
19	Carigara	Leyte	56,060	54,656	+2.6%
20	Burauen	Leyte	54,635	52,511	+4.0%
21	Guiuan	Eastern Samar	52,749	53,361	−1.2%
22	Dulag	Leyte	50,728	48,992	+3.5%
23	Sogod	Southern Leyte	48,815	47,552	+2.7%
24	Albuera	Leyte	47,333	47,151	+0.4%
25	Isabel	Leyte	46,858	46,781	+0.2%
26	Dolores	Eastern Samar	45,314	44,626	+1.5%
27	Jaro	Leyte	44,643	43,758	+2.0%
28	Mondragon	Northern Samar	43,116	41,415	+4.1%
29	Villaba	Leyte	42,981	42,859	+0.3%
30	Santa Rita	Samar	42,397	42,384	+0.0%
31	Daram	Samar	41,932	41,608	+0.8%
32	Leyte	Leyte	40,622	40,397	+0.6%
33	Bato	Leyte	39,275	38,505	+2.0%
34	Las Navas	Northern Samar	37,425	36,621	+2.2%
35	Gandara	Samar	36,826	35,242	+4.5%
36	Dagami	Leyte	36,700	36,178	+1.4%
37	Oras	Eastern Samar	35,997	37,451	−3.9%
38	Barugo	Leyte	35,402	34,497	+2.6%
39	Paranas	Samar	35,281	32,374	+9.0%
40	Palapag	Northern Samar	34,954	34,034	+2.7%
41	Capoocan	Leyte	34,388	33,721	+2.0%
42	Pambujan	Northern Samar	34,174	35,532	−3.8%
43	Tabango	Leyte	33,888	33,868	+0.1%
44	Catubig	Northern Samar	32,688	32,174	+1.6%
45	Matalom	Leyte	32,604	32,586	+0.1%
46	Merida	Leyte	32,373	31,574	+2.5%
47	Bontoc	Southern Leyte	32,082	29,799	+7.7%
48	Calubian	Leyte	31,990	31,646	+1.1%
49	San Isidro	Leyte	30,792	30,722	+0.2%
50	Hinunangan	Southern Leyte	30,384	29,149	+4.2%
51	San Roque	Northern Samar	29,993	29,882	+0.4%
52	Lavezares	Northern Samar	29,801	29,390	+1.4%
53	Babatngon	Leyte	29,587	28,823	+2.7%
54	Mahaplag	Leyte	28,424	27,865	+2.0%
55	Saint Bernard	Southern Leyte	28,131	28,414	−1.0%
56	Villareal	Samar	27,909	27,394	+1.9%
57	Javier	Leyte	27,759	26,658	+4.1%
58	Macrohon	Southern Leyte	27,276	26,580	+2.6%
59	Bobon	Northern Samar	27,266	25,964	+5.0%
60	Santa Margarita	Samar	27,012	26,816	+0.7%
61	Allen	Northern Samar	26,527	25,228	+5.2%
62	San Isidro	Northern Samar	26,068	27,867	−6.5%
63	Tarangnan	Samar	26,013	25,713	+1.2%
64	Caibiran	Biliran	24,444	24,167	+1.2%
65	Liloan	Southern Leyte	23,787	24,800	−4.1%
66	Calbiga	Samar	23,309	23,310	0.0%
67	Santa Fe	Leyte	22,889	22,102	+3.6%
68	Macarthur	Leyte	22,256	21,578	+3.1%
69	Tolosa	Leyte	22,016	20,708	+6.3%
70	Can-Avid	Eastern Samar	21,942	21,682	+1.2%
71	Cabucgayan	Biliran	21,923	21,542	+1.8%
72	Malitbog	Southern Leyte	21,691	23,256	−6.7%
73	Inopacan	Leyte	21,629	21,389	+1.1%
74	Gamay	Northern Samar	21,546	23,367	−7.8%
75	Hindang	Leyte	21,520	20,849	+3.2%
76	Kawayan	Biliran	21,422	20,455	+4.7%
77	Salcedo	Eastern Samar	21,335	22,136	−3.6%
78	Pastrana	Leyte	20,327	19,359	+5.0%
79	San Miguel	Leyte	20,322	19,753	+2.9%
80	La Paz	Leyte	19,797	19,174	+3.3%
81	Jiabong	Samar	19,482	19,205	+1.4%
82	Llorente	Eastern Samar	18,909	21,459	−11.9%
83	Biliran	Biliran	18,721	17,662	+6.0%
84	Almeria	Biliran	18,716	17,954	+4.2%
85	Mayorga	Leyte	18,713	18,071	+3.6%
86	Taft	Eastern Samar	18,692	18,786	−0.5%
87	Pinabacdao	Samar	18,639	18,136	+2.8%
88	Matag-Ob	Leyte	18,618	17,522	+6.3%
89	San Jose	Northern Samar	18,301	17,641	+3.7%
90	Marabut	Samar	18,168	17,842	+1.8%
91	San Jorge	Samar	17,863	17,579	+1.6%
92	Tomas Oppus	Southern Leyte	16,846	16,990	−0.9%
93	Arteche	Eastern Samar	16,648	16,360	+1.8%
94	Libagon	Southern Leyte	16,146	15,244	+5.9%
95	Victoria	Northern Samar	16,085	15,361	+4.7%
96	Julita	Leyte	16,053	15,598	+2.9%
97	Zumarraga	Samar	16,051	16,279	−1.4%
98	Motiong	Samar	15,887	15,276	+4.0%
99	Lope De Vega	Northern Samar	15,779	14,690	+7.4%
100	Sulat	Eastern Samar	15,776	15,758	+0.1%

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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