Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Quezon

Lucena City (Quezon) is the most crowded of the 41 cities and municipalities in Quezon: 3,411 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 41 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 Quezon, top 41
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Lucena City	Quezon	280,331	278,924	+0.5%	3,411
2	Candelaria	Quezon	137,933	137,881	+0.0%	970
3	Tiaong	Quezon	107,666	106,265	+1.3%	941
4	Sariaya	Quezon	172,018	161,868	+6.3%	887
5	San Antonio	Quezon	36,451	35,891	+1.6%	640
6	Plaridel	Quezon	10,866	10,129	+7.3%	597
7	Tayabas City	Quezon	115,318	112,658	+2.4%	492
8	Pagbilao	Quezon	82,132	78,700	+4.4%	476
9	Dolores	Quezon	32,645	32,514	+0.4%	464
10	Lucban	Quezon	54,134	53,091	+2.0%	423
11	Infanta	Quezon	77,676	76,186	+2.0%	410
12	Agdangan	Quezon	13,316	12,764	+4.3%	390
13	Gumaca	Quezon	72,454	71,942	+0.7%	364
14	Padre Burgos	Quezon	23,392	23,488	−0.4%	314
15	Catanauan	Quezon	76,250	72,752	+4.8%	306
16	Quezon	Quezon	15,869	15,886	−0.1%	294
17	Pitogo	Quezon	22,499	22,798	−1.3%	282
18	Lopez	Quezon	96,006	94,657	+1.4%	274
19	Alabat	Quezon	15,744	15,936	−1.2%	273
20	Macalelon	Quezon	25,266	27,312	−7.5%	264
21	Atimonan	Quezon	65,552	64,260	+2.0%	251
22	General Luna	Quezon	25,110	24,804	+1.2%	249
23	San Francisco	Quezon	63,789	62,097	+2.7%	232
24	Guinayangan	Quezon	45,375	44,045	+3.0%	212
25	San Narciso	Quezon	53,375	51,058	+4.5%	212
26	Perez	Quezon	13,052	12,767	+2.2%	211
27	Unisan	Quezon	25,357	25,448	−0.4%	209
28	Mulanay	Quezon	53,976	55,576	−2.9%	198
29	Patnanungan	Quezon	15,554	15,052	+3.3%	190
30	San Andres	Quezon	38,407	37,454	+2.5%	186
31	Buenavista	Quezon	31,550	31,160	+1.3%	185
32	Calauag	Quezon	68,999	71,809	−3.9%	167
33	Sampaloc	Quezon	13,331	13,629	−2.2%	166
34	Jomalig	Quezon	7,884	7,667	+2.8%	146
35	Mauban	Quezon	70,135	71,081	−1.3%	142
36	Polillo	Quezon	31,737	31,908	−0.5%	132
37	Burdeos	Quezon	22,742	24,644	−7.7%	119
38	Real	Quezon	39,969	38,678	+3.3%	118
39	Tagkawayan	Quezon	54,709	54,003	+1.3%	103
40	Panukulan	Quezon	17,118	16,376	+4.5%	80
41	General Nakar	Quezon	34,982	34,225	+2.2%	22

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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