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Densest cities and municipalities in Metro Manila

Manila (Metro Manila) is the most crowded of the 17 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila: 45,430 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 17 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 Metro Manila, top 17
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1ManilaMetro Manila1,902,5901,846,513+3.0%45,430
2Mandaluyong CityMetro Manila465,902425,758+9.4%40,690
3Caloocan CityMetro Manila1,712,9451,661,584+3.1%30,269
4Taguig CityMetro Manila1,308,0851,223,595+6.9%30,224
5PaterosMetro Manila67,31965,227+3.2%26,400
6Pasay CityMetro Manila453,186440,656+2.8%25,024
7Pasig CityMetro Manila853,050803,159+6.2%24,513
8Malabon CityMetro Manila389,929380,522+2.5%23,419
9San Juan CityMetro Manila134,312126,347+6.3%23,399
10Navotas CityMetro Manila252,878247,543+2.2%23,157
11Marikina CityMetro Manila471,323456,059+3.4%20,368
12Las Piñas CityMetro Manila615,549606,293+1.5%18,687
13Quezon CityMetro Manila3,084,2702,960,048+4.2%18,431
14Valenzuela CityMetro Manila725,173714,978+1.4%15,984
15Parañaque CityMetro Manila703,245689,992+1.9%14,636
16Muntinlupa CityMetro Manila552,225543,445+1.6%14,023
17Makati CityMetro Manila309,770292,743+5.8%13,817

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. 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. 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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