Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Negros Island Region

Dumaguete City (Negros Oriental) is the most crowded of the 63 cities and municipalities in Negros Island Region: 4,130 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 63 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 Negros Island Region, top 63
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Dumaguete City	Negros Oriental	142,171	134,103	+6.0%	4,130
2	Bacolod City	Negros Occidental	624,787	600,783	+4.0%	3,888
3	Pulupandan	Negros Occidental	31,942	30,117	+6.1%	1,728
4	Bacong	Negros Oriental	43,889	41,207	+6.5%	1,093
5	Valladolid	Negros Occidental	40,487	39,996	+1.2%	1,012
6	San Enrique	Negros Occidental	24,424	24,177	+1.0%	873
7	Victorias City	Negros Occidental	90,290	90,101	+0.2%	739
8	Hinigaran	Negros Occidental	90,403	88,909	+1.7%	585
9	Manapla	Negros Occidental	55,882	55,083	+1.5%	576
10	Silay City	Negros Occidental	136,802	130,478	+4.9%	523
11	Talisay City	Negros Occidental	109,204	108,909	+0.3%	521
12	La Carlota City	Negros Occidental	67,740	66,664	+1.6%	520
13	Bago City	Negros Occidental	192,993	191,210	+0.9%	519
14	Escalante City	Negros Occidental	97,050	96,159	+0.9%	515
15	Sagay City	Negros Occidental	152,543	148,894	+2.5%	501
16	Pontevedra	Negros Occidental	54,941	54,502	+0.8%	495
17	Sibulan	Negros Oriental	69,092	64,343	+7.4%	457
18	San Jose	Negros Oriental	22,870	21,956	+4.2%	451
19	Enrique B. Magalona	Negros Occidental	65,730	64,290	+2.2%	448
20	Amlan	Negros Oriental	26,566	25,513	+4.1%	407
21	San Juan	Siquijor	17,291	16,363	+5.7%	404
22	Vallehermoso	Negros Oriental	42,421	40,779	+4.0%	394
23	La Castellana	Negros Occidental	82,500	79,492	+3.8%	392
24	Toboso	Negros Occidental	44,973	43,445	+3.5%	371
25	Larena	Siquijor	14,933	14,454	+3.3%	362
26	Manjuyod	Negros Oriental	46,461	44,799	+3.7%	356
27	Binalbagan	Negros Occidental	72,594	71,407	+1.7%	350
28	Siquijor	Siquijor	30,215	28,915	+4.5%	346
29	Isabela	Negros Occidental	65,399	64,516	+1.4%	343
30	Lazi	Siquijor	23,092	22,488	+2.7%	340
31	Bais City	Negros Oriental	88,050	84,317	+4.4%	336
32	Moises Padilla	Negros Occidental	44,864	43,462	+3.2%	321
33	Guihulngan City	Negros Oriental	106,576	102,656	+3.8%	315
34	San Carlos City	Negros Occidental	133,175	132,650	+0.4%	313
35	Tanjay City	Negros Oriental	84,593	82,642	+2.4%	313
36	Cadiz City	Negros Occidental	161,558	158,544	+1.9%	312
37	Himamaylan City	Negros Occidental	117,286	116,240	+0.9%	306
38	Kabankalan City	Negros Occidental	210,893	200,198	+5.3%	302
39	Canlaon City	Negros Oriental	62,785	58,822	+6.7%	295
40	Murcia	Negros Occidental	90,123	88,868	+1.4%	276
41	Enrique Villanueva	Siquijor	6,965	6,790	+2.6%	274
42	Dauin	Negros Oriental	30,921	30,018	+3.0%	273
43	Maria	Siquijor	15,146	14,385	+5.3%	269
44	Calatrava	Negros Occidental	83,813	82,540	+1.5%	260
45	Bindoy	Negros Oriental	41,543	40,308	+3.1%	246
46	La Libertad	Negros Oriental	42,721	41,089	+4.0%	245
47	Jimalalud	Negros Oriental	32,996	32,256	+2.3%	229
48	Zamboanguita	Negros Oriental	30,412	29,569	+2.9%	229
49	Cauayan	Negros Occidental	110,899	108,480	+2.2%	226
50	Tayasan	Negros Oriental	39,005	38,159	+2.2%	216
51	Mabinay	Negros Oriental	85,770	82,953	+3.4%	211
52	Siaton	Negros Oriental	84,169	83,082	+1.3%	206
53	Valencia	Negros Oriental	39,986	38,733	+3.2%	202
54	Pamplona	Negros Oriental	41,209	39,805	+3.5%	198
55	Ilog	Negros Occidental	63,444	59,855	+6.0%	197
56	Ayungon	Negros Oriental	50,688	47,102	+7.6%	195
57	Sipalay City	Negros Occidental	73,847	72,448	+1.9%	190
58	Santa Catalina	Negros Oriental	80,382	77,501	+3.7%	190
59	Bayawan City	Negros Oriental	126,744	122,747	+3.3%	187
60	Salvador Benedicto	Negros Occidental	28,231	26,922	+4.9%	166
61	Basay	Negros Oriental	30,018	28,531	+5.2%	160
62	Hinoba-an	Negros Occidental	64,364	60,865	+5.8%	159
63	Candoni	Negros Occidental	22,083	23,751	−7.0%	100

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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