Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Northern Mindanao

Cagayan De Oro City (Misamis Oriental) is the largest of the 93 cities and municipalities in Northern Mindanao, with 741,617 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 93 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 Northern Mindanao, top 93
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Cagayan De Oro City	Misamis Oriental	741,617	728,402	+1.8%
2	Iligan City	Lanao del Norte	368,132	363,115	+1.4%
3	Valencia City	Bukidnon	223,620	216,546	+3.3%
4	Malaybalay City	Bukidnon	195,046	190,712	+2.3%
5	Ozamiz City	Misamis Occidental	143,620	140,334	+2.3%
6	Gingoog City	Misamis Oriental	138,895	136,698	+1.6%
7	Manolo Fortich	Bukidnon	118,075	113,200	+4.3%
8	Quezon	Bukidnon	114,521	109,624	+4.5%
9	Maramag	Bukidnon	109,864	108,293	+1.5%
10	Talakag	Bukidnon	81,932	77,027	+6.4%
11	Tagoloan	Misamis Oriental	80,424	80,319	+0.1%
12	Balingasag	Misamis Oriental	76,877	74,385	+3.4%
13	Lala	Lanao del Norte	75,015	73,425	+2.2%
14	Baloi	Lanao del Norte	74,003	68,465	+8.1%
15	Don Carlos	Bukidnon	73,592	69,273	+6.2%
16	Kapatagan	Lanao del Norte	72,762	62,571	+16.3%
17	Oroquieta City	Misamis Occidental	71,373	72,301	−1.3%
18	Lantapan	Bukidnon	68,777	65,974	+4.3%
19	Tangub City	Misamis Occidental	68,419	68,389	+0.0%
20	Opol	Misamis Oriental	66,836	66,327	+0.8%
21	Sultan Naga Dimaporo	Lanao del Norte	65,656	60,904	+7.8%
22	San Fernando	Bukidnon	65,494	63,045	+3.9%
23	El Salvador City	Misamis Oriental	62,126	58,771	+5.7%
24	Pangantucan	Bukidnon	60,162	56,580	+6.3%
25	Jasaan	Misamis Oriental	58,098	57,055	+1.8%
26	Kitaotao	Bukidnon	57,364	53,796	+6.6%
27	Impasug-ong	Bukidnon	55,901	53,863	+3.8%
28	Claveria	Misamis Oriental	52,718	52,478	+0.5%
29	Libona	Bukidnon	51,555	48,965	+5.3%
30	Tubod	Lanao del Norte	50,395	50,073	+0.6%
31	Kalilangan	Bukidnon	44,108	43,711	+0.9%
32	Kibawe	Bukidnon	43,491	41,897	+3.8%
33	Villanueva	Misamis Oriental	42,456	40,419	+5.0%
34	Mambajao	Camiguin	41,782	41,094	+1.7%
35	Plaridel	Misamis Occidental	40,321	39,840	+1.2%
36	Clarin	Misamis Occidental	39,867	39,356	+1.3%
37	Baungon	Bukidnon	39,151	37,111	+5.5%
38	Damulog	Bukidnon	38,564	39,322	−1.9%
39	Cabanglasan	Bukidnon	38,365	36,286	+5.7%
40	Magsaysay	Misamis Oriental	37,084	36,803	+0.8%
41	Medina	Misamis Oriental	36,692	35,612	+3.0%
42	Munai	Lanao del Norte	36,449	35,020	+4.1%
43	Kadingilan	Bukidnon	35,432	33,735	+5.0%
44	Alubijid	Misamis Oriental	35,411	32,163	+10.1%
45	Bonifacio	Misamis Occidental	34,942	34,558	+1.1%
46	Initao	Misamis Oriental	34,445	33,902	+1.6%
47	Salvador	Lanao del Norte	34,053	32,115	+6.0%
48	Pantao Ragat	Lanao del Norte	32,557	30,247	+7.6%
49	Salay	Misamis Oriental	31,128	29,998	+3.8%
50	Sumilao	Bukidnon	31,094	29,531	+5.3%
51	Manticao	Misamis Oriental	30,968	29,469	+5.1%
52	Poona Piagapo	Lanao del Norte	30,666	29,183	+5.1%
53	Jimenez	Misamis Occidental	29,265	28,909	+1.2%
54	Tudela	Misamis Occidental	29,082	28,599	+1.7%
55	Malitbog	Bukidnon	28,666	26,741	+7.2%
56	Kolambugan	Lanao del Norte	28,545	28,265	+1.0%
57	Aloran	Misamis Occidental	28,095	27,934	+0.6%
58	Laguindingan	Misamis Oriental	27,688	26,363	+5.0%
59	Pantar	Lanao del Norte	27,300	26,599	+2.6%
60	Dangcagan	Bukidnon	27,128	26,076	+4.0%
61	Talisayan	Misamis Oriental	26,801	25,761	+4.0%
62	Lopez Jaena	Misamis Occidental	25,806	25,507	+1.2%
63	Kauswagan	Lanao del Norte	25,515	24,193	+5.5%
64	Lagonglong	Misamis Oriental	25,072	24,190	+3.7%
65	Bacolod	Lanao del Norte	24,963	24,367	+2.5%
66	Sapad	Lanao del Norte	24,826	22,974	+8.1%
67	Baroy	Lanao del Norte	24,763	24,683	+0.3%
68	Calamba	Misamis Occidental	23,808	23,227	+2.5%
69	Naawan	Misamis Oriental	23,562	22,444	+5.0%
70	Maigo	Lanao del Norte	23,400	23,337	+0.3%
71	Linamon	Lanao del Norte	21,385	21,269	+0.6%
72	Sapang Dalaga	Misamis Occidental	21,006	20,490	+2.5%
73	Lugait	Misamis Oriental	20,946	20,559	+1.9%
74	Magsaysay	Lanao del Norte	20,581	20,463	+0.6%
75	Sinacaban	Misamis Occidental	20,176	19,671	+2.6%
76	Gitagum	Misamis Oriental	19,269	17,920	+7.5%
77	Nunungan	Lanao del Norte	19,036	18,827	+1.1%
78	Baliangao	Misamis Occidental	18,500	18,433	+0.4%
79	Catarman	Camiguin	18,186	17,569	+3.5%
80	Tangcal	Lanao del Norte	17,247	16,075	+7.3%
81	Matungao	Lanao del Norte	16,404	14,756	+11.2%
82	Tagoloan	Lanao del Norte	16,204	15,091	+7.4%
83	Kinoguitan	Misamis Oriental	15,763	14,091	+11.9%
84	Mahinog	Camiguin	14,905	14,634	+1.9%
85	Libertad	Misamis Oriental	13,461	12,948	+4.0%
86	Sagay	Camiguin	13,192	12,826	+2.9%
87	Balingoan	Misamis Oriental	11,896	11,020	+8.0%
88	Sugbongcogon	Misamis Oriental	11,156	9,764	+14.3%
89	Panaon	Misamis Occidental	10,891	10,797	+0.9%
90	Don Victoriano	Misamis Occidental	10,214	9,664	+5.7%
91	Binuangan	Misamis Oriental	8,293	7,441	+11.5%
92	Guinsiliban	Camiguin	6,827	6,685	+2.1%
93	Concepcion	Misamis Occidental	6,608	9,324	−29.1%

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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