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Municipalities in Luzon

A municipality is a local government made up of barangays, led by a mayor, a vice mayor and the Sangguniang Bayan, the municipal council.^[1] Only Congress can create one, by law, approved in a plebiscite. The law asks for an income of ₱2.5 million a year, 25,000 people and 50 km² of land.^[1]

A municipality that grows can become a component city by law, once it earns ₱100 million a year and has 100 km² of land or 150,000 people.^{[1, 2]}

LuzonVisayasMindanao

Municipalities in Luzon, at a glance

Municipalities: 694^[3]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 34,369,218^[4]
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: 139,474.02 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Rodriguez^[4]; Rizal; 451,383 people
Fewest people: Kalayaan^[4]; Palawan; 406 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Sablayan^[5]; Occidental Mindoro; 2,640.39 km²
Most crowdedPopulation densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary: Pateros^[5]; Metro Manila; 26,400 people per km²
Fastest growing, 10,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Naic^[4]; Cavite; 9.72% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 161 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tingloy, −4.49% a year.

Island group: Luzon

Region: All

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694 municipalities, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
51	San JuanBatangas	115,118	421	273.40 km²	0.22% a year
52	MangaldanPangasinan	113,302	2,370	47.80 km²	0.02% a year
53	LibmananCamarines Sur	113,254	309	367.11 km²	0.06% a year
54	RosarioCavite	112,572	14,563	7.73 km²	0.38% a year
55	PulilanBulacan	111,384	2,784	40.01 km²	0.56% a year
56	NaujanOriental Mindoro	109,122	216	505.70 km²	−0.10% a year
57	LingayenPangasinan	108,510	1,717	63.20 km²	0.17% a year
58	LaboCamarines Norte	108,319	168	646.45 km²	−0.20% a year
59	San RafaelBulacan	108,256	1,032	104.87 km²	1.18% a year
60	TiaongQuezon	107,666	941	114.39 km²	0.31% a year
61	BulanSorsogon	106,919	513	208.25 km²	0.39% a year
62	DaetCamarines Norte	106,465	2,025	52.57 km²	−1.14% a year
63	PaniquiTarlac	106,190	981	108.20 km²	0.73% a year
64	PiliCamarines Sur	101,668	716	142.05 km²	0.59% a year
65	CalasiaoPangasinan	100,686	2,067	48.70 km²	0.05% a year
66	GeronaTarlac	97,937	802	122.08 km²	0.86% a year
67	BalayanBatangas	96,939	931	104.17 km²	0.26% a year
68	LopezQuezon	96,006	274	350.05 km²	0.34% a year
69	LemeryBatangas	94,736	1,397	67.80 km²	0.40% a year
70	BauanBatangas	94,016	1,826	51.49 km²	0.83% a year
71	Santa BarbaraPangasinan	92,420	1,340	68.95 km²	0.06% a year
72	SablayanOccidental Mindoro	91,406	35	2,640.39 km²	−0.31% a year
73	CamilingTarlac	91,400	616	148.47 km²	1.10% a year
74	EchagueIsabela	91,320	141	648.38 km²	0.78% a year
75	BarasRizal	91,099	1,073	84.92 km²	0.93% a year
76	BaggaoCagayan	90,723	91	995.49 km²	0.80% a year
77	PinamalayanOriental Mindoro	90,420	354	255.75 km²	0.01% a year
78	SolanaCagayan	89,840	447	200.80 km²	0.38% a year
79	CalauanLaguna	89,670	1,152	77.85 km²	0.54% a year
80	CabiaoNueva Ecija	89,497	754	118.67 km²	1.00% a year
81	PolanguiAlbay	89,344	711	125.65 km²	0.05% a year
82	AroroyMasbate	89,154	193	461.38 km²	0.22% a year
83	CalabangaCamarines Sur	88,918	665	133.72 km²	0.00% a year
84	BinmaleyPangasinan	88,006	1,431	61.48 km²	0.31% a year
85	San FabianPangasinan	87,714	1,124	78.03 km²	0.08% a year
86	BatarazaPalawan	87,384	97	905.16 km²	0.54% a year
87	NabuaCamarines Sur	86,458	968	89.30 km²	−0.01% a year
88	TaytayPalawan	85,258	57	1,497.79 km²	0.54% a year
89	San AntonioNueva Ecija	84,958	544	156.07 km²	0.54% a year
90	BolinaoPangasinan	84,658	432	196.11 km²	0.19% a year
91	GuinobatanAlbay	84,420	473	178.35 km²	−0.38% a year
92	JaenNueva Ecija	83,895	917	91.49 km²	1.39% a year
93	BulacanBulacan	83,101	1,133	73.33 km²	0.55% a year
94	MacabebePampanga	82,933	774	107.14 km²	1.43% a year
95	PagbilaoQuezon	82,132	476	172.57 km²	1.03% a year
96	LimayBataan	81,960	1,040	78.80 km²	1.11% a year
97	San JoseBatangas	81,170	1,399	58.04 km²	0.39% a year
98	BambanTarlac	81,012	235	344.14 km²	0.83% a year
99	NarraPalawan	80,572	96	839.49 km²	0.80% a year
100	BustosBulacan	80,565	2,122	37.96 km²	1.03% a year

How it fits

Cities and municipalities are the local governments of the towns, each led by a mayor, a vice mayor and a council, and each made up of barangays. A municipality becomes a city by a law of Congress, once it earns enough and has enough people or land.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 9009: amending Section 450 of the Local Government Code, raising the income a municipality needs to become a component city. Published February 24, 2001. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.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
5.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 adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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