Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula

Zamboanga City (Zamboanga del Sur) is the largest of the 91 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula, with 1,018,849 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are all 91 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 Zamboanga Peninsula, top 91
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Zamboanga City	Zamboanga del Sur	1,018,849	977,234	+4.3%
2	Pagadian City	Zamboanga del Sur	206,483	210,452	−1.9%
3	Jolo	Sulu	152,067	137,266	+10.8%
4	Isabela City	Basilan	151,297	130,379	+16.0%
5	Dipolog City	Zamboanga del Norte	136,528	138,141	−1.2%
6	Talipao	Sulu	107,901	100,088	+7.8%
7	Indanan	Sulu	105,384	93,168	+13.1%
8	Sindangan	Zamboanga del Norte	104,514	103,952	+0.5%
9	Siasi	Sulu	100,076	81,689	+22.5%
10	Ipil	Zamboanga Sibugay	96,363	89,401	+7.8%
11	Patikul	Sulu	92,600	79,564	+16.4%
12	Dapitan City	Zamboanga del Norte	87,699	85,202	+2.9%
13	Maimbung	Sulu	85,681	59,597	+43.8%
14	Parang	Sulu	83,092	71,495	+16.2%
15	Titay	Zamboanga Sibugay	55,534	53,994	+2.9%
16	Old Panamao	Sulu	53,903	49,849	+8.1%
17	Aurora	Zamboanga del Sur	52,746	52,995	−0.5%
18	Molave	Zamboanga del Sur	52,540	53,140	−1.1%
19	Siocon	Zamboanga del Norte	51,239	48,524	+5.6%
20	Mahayag	Zamboanga del Sur	48,695	48,258	+0.9%
21	Dumingag	Zamboanga del Sur	48,495	48,881	−0.8%
22	Kabasalan	Zamboanga Sibugay	48,366	46,884	+3.2%
23	Tungawan	Zamboanga Sibugay	48,013	46,497	+3.3%
24	Labangan	Zamboanga del Sur	45,343	44,262	+2.4%
25	Luuk	Sulu	44,741	37,873	+18.1%
26	Roseller Lim	Zamboanga Sibugay	44,735	43,575	+2.7%
27	Labason	Zamboanga del Norte	44,615	43,934	+1.6%
28	Katipunan	Zamboanga del Norte	43,427	44,661	−2.8%
29	Siay	Zamboanga Sibugay	43,233	40,585	+6.5%
30	Kalingalan Caluang	Sulu	42,845	39,549	+8.3%
31	Tukuran	Zamboanga del Sur	42,683	42,429	+0.6%
32	Naga	Zamboanga Sibugay	42,270	41,743	+1.3%
33	Liloy	Zamboanga del Norte	41,881	42,213	−0.8%
34	Pangutaran	Sulu	41,575	36,374	+14.3%
35	Siayan	Zamboanga del Norte	40,937	36,236	+13.0%
36	Polanco	Zamboanga del Norte	40,485	42,265	−4.2%
37	Sirawai	Zamboanga del Norte	39,836	31,163	+27.8%
38	Alicia	Zamboanga Sibugay	39,484	39,456	+0.1%
39	Tongkil	Sulu	39,202	35,616	+10.1%
40	Buug	Zamboanga Sibugay	38,730	38,425	+0.8%
41	Pres. Manuel A. Roxas	Zamboanga del Norte	38,649	39,198	−1.4%
42	Sibuco	Zamboanga del Norte	37,883	36,049	+5.1%
43	Gutalac	Zamboanga del Norte	37,512	36,090	+3.9%
44	Tambulig	Zamboanga del Sur	37,400	37,480	−0.2%
45	Panglima Estino	Sulu	37,157	34,249	+8.5%
46	Margosatubig	Zamboanga del Sur	36,025	38,660	−6.8%
47	Manukan	Zamboanga del Norte	35,669	36,887	−3.3%
48	Midsalip	Zamboanga del Sur	35,643	33,711	+5.7%
49	Lugus	Sulu	35,412	29,043	+21.9%
50	Dinas	Zamboanga del Sur	35,409	36,291	−2.4%
51	Pandami	Sulu	35,369	33,177	+6.6%
52	Dumalinao	Zamboanga del Sur	34,188	32,928	+3.8%
53	Olutanga	Zamboanga Sibugay	34,124	38,438	−11.2%
54	Malangas	Zamboanga Sibugay	33,194	32,022	+3.7%
55	Dimataling	Zamboanga del Sur	33,156	31,340	+5.8%
56	Payao	Zamboanga Sibugay	33,156	33,102	+0.2%
57	Salug	Zamboanga del Norte	33,060	32,134	+2.9%
58	Bayog	Zamboanga del Sur	32,687	34,519	−5.3%
59	Diplahan	Zamboanga Sibugay	32,423	32,585	−0.5%
60	Sergio Osmeña Sr.	Zamboanga del Norte	31,187	31,942	−2.4%
61	Omar	Sulu	30,847	28,070	+9.9%
62	Kumalarang	Zamboanga del Sur	30,815	29,479	+4.5%
63	Imelda	Zamboanga Sibugay	29,652	27,870	+6.4%
64	Leon T. Postigo	Zamboanga del Norte	29,535	27,639	+6.9%
65	Lapuyan	Zamboanga del Sur	28,686	27,737	+3.4%
66	Ramon Magsaysay	Zamboanga del Sur	28,419	27,280	+4.2%
67	Pitogo	Zamboanga del Sur	28,375	27,516	+3.1%
68	Pata	Sulu	27,974	24,736	+13.1%
69	Jose Dalman	Zamboanga del Norte	27,951	28,881	−3.2%
70	San Pablo	Zamboanga del Sur	26,166	26,648	−1.8%
71	Baliguian	Zamboanga del Norte	25,585	23,771	+7.6%
72	Tampilisan	Zamboanga del Norte	24,653	24,680	−0.1%
73	Tabina	Zamboanga del Sur	24,591	25,734	−4.4%
74	Mabuhay	Zamboanga Sibugay	24,296	37,390	−35.0%
75	Lakewood	Zamboanga del Sur	23,599	21,559	+9.5%
76	Kalawit	Zamboanga del Norte	23,381	23,812	−1.8%
77	Vincenzo A. Sagun	Zamboanga del Sur	22,619	24,852	−9.0%
78	Guipos	Zamboanga del Sur	22,173	21,738	+2.0%
79	Tapul	Sulu	21,830	20,799	+5.0%
80	San Miguel	Zamboanga del Sur	20,037	19,838	+1.0%
81	Tigbao	Zamboanga del Sur	19,716	21,675	−9.0%
82	Piñan	Zamboanga del Norte	19,184	20,221	−5.1%
83	Sibutad	Zamboanga del Norte	18,199	17,453	+4.3%
84	Godod	Zamboanga del Norte	18,040	17,510	+3.0%
85	Talusan	Zamboanga Sibugay	17,925	27,873	−35.7%
86	Sominot	Zamboanga del Sur	17,247	19,061	−9.5%
87	Rizal	Zamboanga del Norte	15,347	15,052	+2.0%
88	Mutia	Zamboanga del Norte	12,197	11,726	+4.0%
89	Josefina	Zamboanga del Sur	11,190	12,205	−8.3%
90	Hadji Panglima Tahil	Sulu	8,441	7,906	+6.8%
91	La Libertad	Zamboanga del Norte	7,874	8,119	−3.0%

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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