Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in SOCCSKSARGEN

General Santos City (South Cotabato) is the largest of the 49 cities and municipalities in SOCCSKSARGEN, with 722,059 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 49 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 SOCCSKSARGEN, top 49
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	General Santos City	South Cotabato	722,059	697,315	+3.6%
2	Koronadal City	South Cotabato	201,844	195,398	+3.3%
3	Polomolok	South Cotabato	176,671	172,605	+2.4%
4	Kidapawan City	Cotabato	160,864	160,791	+0.1%
5	Glan	Sarangani	117,017	109,547	+6.8%
6	Tacurong City	Sultan Kudarat	116,945	109,319	+7.0%
7	Midsayap	Cotabato	115,735	117,365	−1.4%
8	Malungon	Sarangani	108,429	105,465	+2.8%
9	T'Boli	South Cotabato	105,296	101,049	+4.2%
10	Isulan	Sultan Kudarat	101,455	97,490	+4.1%
11	M'Lang	Cotabato	98,646	98,195	+0.5%
12	Lebak	Sultan Kudarat	93,312	91,344	+2.2%
13	Banga	South Cotabato	91,536	89,164	+2.7%
14	Surallah	South Cotabato	91,412	89,340	+2.3%
15	Alabel	Sarangani	90,120	88,294	+2.1%
16	Makilala	Cotabato	88,522	87,927	+0.7%
17	Lake Sebu	South Cotabato	84,252	81,221	+3.7%
18	Palimbang	Sultan Kudarat	83,633	92,828	−9.9%
19	Malapatan	Sarangani	82,577	80,741	+2.3%
20	Matalam	Cotabato	81,610	81,355	+0.3%
21	Lambayong	Sultan Kudarat	81,288	79,739	+1.9%
22	Carmen	Cotabato	79,741	79,140	+0.8%
23	Tupi	South Cotabato	78,599	73,459	+7.0%
24	Kabacan	Cotabato	77,945	77,164	+1.0%
25	Esperanza	Sultan Kudarat	73,822	74,696	−1.2%
26	Alamada	Cotabato	71,523	68,659	+4.2%
27	Bagumbayan	Sultan Kudarat	69,830	68,947	+1.3%
28	Kiamba	Sarangani	68,745	65,774	+4.5%
29	Maasim	Sarangani	67,907	64,940	+4.6%
30	Pikit	Cotabato	67,220	67,024	+0.3%
31	Lutayan	Sultan Kudarat	65,425	65,644	−0.3%
32	Tulunan	Cotabato	61,901	60,978	+1.5%
33	Libungan	Cotabato	57,776	56,269	+2.7%
34	Magpet	Cotabato	55,255	53,800	+2.7%
35	Pigkawayan	Cotabato	53,593	52,744	+1.6%
36	Kalamansig	Sultan Kudarat	52,257	50,900	+2.7%
37	Arakan	Cotabato	51,584	50,558	+2.0%
38	President Roxas	Cotabato	51,245	52,512	−2.4%
39	Tantangan	South Cotabato	48,570	45,744	+6.2%
40	Norala	South Cotabato	48,499	46,682	+3.9%
41	Banisilan	Cotabato	48,013	46,995	+2.2%
42	Sen. Ninoy Aquino	Sultan Kudarat	48,003	47,374	+1.3%
43	Maitum	Sarangani	46,120	44,185	+4.4%
44	President Quirino	Sultan Kudarat	44,344	42,244	+5.0%
45	Tampakan	South Cotabato	42,304	41,018	+3.1%
46	Santo Niño	South Cotabato	41,026	39,796	+3.1%
47	Aleosan	Cotabato	38,023	36,892	+3.1%
48	Columbio	Sultan Kudarat	33,337	33,527	−0.6%
49	Antipas	Cotabato	26,946	26,817	+0.5%

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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