🌆 Largest Cities and Municipalities in the Philippines
The 100 most populous Philippine cities and municipalities at the 2024 census.
Quezon City7%
Manila4.3%
Davao City4.2%
Caloocan3.9%
Taguig3%
Zamboanga City2.3%
Cebu City
Antipolo2.1%
Pasig1.9%
Dasmariñas
Cagayan de Oro
Valenzuela
General Santos
Parañaque
San Jose del Monte
Bacoor
Bacolod
Las Piñas
Biñan
Calamba
Muntinlupa
Lapu-Lapu
Angeles
General Trias
Imus
Iloilo City
Marikina
Mandaluyong
Pasay
Rodriguez
Santa Rosa
Tarlac City
Taytay
Malabon
Lipa
Cainta
Butuan
Cotabato City
60 others33%
1
Quezon CityMetro Manila
3,084,270
2
ManilaMetro Manila
1,902,590
3
Davao CityDavao del Sur
1,848,947
4
CaloocanMetro Manila
1,712,945
5
TaguigMetro Manila
1,308,085
6
Zamboanga CityZamboanga del Sur
1,018,849
7
Cebu CityCebu
965,332
8
AntipoloRizal
913,712
9
PasigMetro Manila
853,050
10
DasmariñasCavite
744,511
11
Cagayan de OroMisamis Oriental
741,617
12
ValenzuelaMetro Manila
725,173
13
General SantosSouth Cotabato
722,059
14
ParañaqueMetro Manila
703,245
15
San Jose del MonteBulacan
685,688
16
BacoorCavite
661,381
17
BacolodNegros Occidental
624,787
18
Las PiñasMetro Manila
615,549
19
BiñanLaguna
584,479
20
CalambaLaguna
575,046
21
MuntinlupaMetro Manila
552,225
22
Lapu-LapuCebu
497,813
23
AngelesPampanga
483,452
24
General TriasCavite
482,453
25
ImusCavite
481,949
26
Iloilo CityIloilo
473,728
27
MarikinaMetro Manila
471,323
28
MandaluyongMetro Manila
465,902
29
PasayMetro Manila
453,186
30
RodriguezRizal
451,383
31
Santa RosaLaguna
430,920
32
Tarlac CityTarlac
401,892
33
TaytayRizal
397,111
34
MalabonMetro Manila
389,929
35
LipaBatangas
387,392
36
CaintaRizal
386,321
37
ButuanAgusan del Norte
385,530
38
Cotabato CityMaguindanao del Norte
383,383
39
San FernandoPampanga
377,534
40
BaguioBenguet
368,426
41
IliganLanao del Norte
368,132
42
CabuyaoLaguna
365,202
43
MandaueCebu
364,482
44
Batangas CityBatangas
358,267
45
San PedroLaguna
348,968
46
CabanatuanNueva Ecija
343,672
47
TanzaCavite
339,308
48
Santa MariaBulacan
322,525
49
BinangonanRizal
321,281
50
Puerto PrincesaPalawan
316,384
51
SilangCavite
313,145
52
MakatiMetro Manila
309,770
53
MabalacatPampanga
306,594
54
San PabloLaguna
300,166
55
TagumDavao del Norte
300,042
56
LucenaQuezon
280,331
57
San MateoRizal
276,449
58
MalolosBulacan
269,809
59
OlongapoZambales
264,903
60
TalisayCebu
263,832
61
MarilaoBulacan
263,507
62
MarawiLanao del Sur
259,993
63
TaclobanLeyte
259,353
64
NavotasMetro Manila
252,878
65
OrmocLeyte
238,545
66
NaicCavite
236,978
67
MeycauayanBulacan
228,023
68
Trece MartiresCavite
227,892
69
Santo TomasBatangas
226,772
70
ValenciaBukidnon
223,620
71
PanaboDavao del Norte
211,242
72
KabankalanNegros Occidental
210,893
73
LegazpiAlbay
210,616
74
NagaCamarines Sur
210,545
75
TanauanBatangas
209,697
76
San CarlosPangasinan
208,330
77
ToledoCebu
206,692
78
PagadianZamboanga del Sur
206,483
79
KoronadalSouth Cotabato
201,844
80
MalaybalayBukidnon
195,046
81
BagoNegros Occidental
192,993
82
DigosDavao del Sur
192,063
83
LubaoPampanga
190,355
84
CalbayogSamar
187,848
85
Sorsogon CitySorsogon
187,670
86
MexicoPampanga
187,597
87
RoxasCapiz
185,236
88
San MiguelBulacan
179,792
89
ConcepcionTarlac
178,549
90
Surigao CitySurigao del Norte
177,333
91
General Mariano AlvarezCavite
176,927
92
PolomolokSouth Cotabato
176,671
93
DagupanPangasinan
174,777
94
BaliwagBulacan
174,194
95
SariayaQuezon
172,018
96
TuguegaraoCagayan
167,297
97
IlaganIsabela
164,020
98
PandiBulacan
162,725
99
CapasTarlac
162,724
100
CadizNegros Occidental
161,558
Highlights
Within Philippines, Quezon City ranks first in 2024 with 3,084,270, followed by Manila (1,902,590) and Davao City (1,848,947).
Quezon City is 1.6 times higher than Manila, the runner-up.
Across 100 entries, values run from 3,084,270 (Quezon City) to 161,558 (Cadiz), with a median of 314,765.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 2024 census (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: people.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 2024 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026