Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Negros Island Region

Bacolod City (Negros Occidental) is the largest of the 63 cities and municipalities in Negros Island Region, with 624,787 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

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

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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