Ranking

Largest provinces in the Philippines

Cavite (CALABARZON) is the largest of the 82 provinces in the Philippines, with 4,573,884 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

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

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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