List of Philippine provinces by population

This is a list of Philippine provinces sorted by population as of the 2020 census, which was conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The population of provinces in this list includes a population of highly urbanized cities, which are administratively independent of the province.

Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total.

2020 Census Rank Province Population % ofPopulation Notes — Metro Manila 1 Cebu Includes Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue 2 Cavite Includes Bacoor, Dasmariñas, General Trias, and Imus 3 Bulacan Includes Malolos and San Jose del Monte 4 Laguna Includes Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, San Pablo, San Pedro, Santa Rosa 5 Rizal Includes Antipolo 6 Negros Occidental Includes Bacolod 7 Pangasinan Includes Dagupan 8 Batangas Includes Batangas City and Lipa 9 Pampanga Includes Angeles City and San Fernando 10 Iloilo Includes Iloilo City 11 Davao del Sur Includes Davao City 12 Nueva Ecija Includes Cabanatuan 13 Quezon Includes Lucena 14 Camarines Sur Includes Naga 15 Leyte Includes Tacloban and Ormoc 16 Zamboanga del Sur Includes Zamboanga City 17 Isabela Includes Santiago City 18 Misamis Oriental Includes Cagayan de Oro 19 South Cotabato Includes General Santos 20 Maguindanao Includes Cotabato City 21 Bukidnon 22 Tarlac Includes Tarlac City 23 Cotabato 24 Negros Oriental 25 Bohol 26 Albay 27 Cagayan 28 Palawan Includes Puerto Princesa 29 Lanao del Sur 30 Davao del Norte 31 Lanao del Norte Includes Iligan 32 Zamboanga del Norte 33 Sulu 34 Zambales Includes Olongapo 35 Masbate 36 Oriental Mindoro 37 Sultan Kudarat 38 Bataan 39 Sorsogon 40 Benguet Includes Baguio 41 La Union 42 Capiz 43 Samar 44 Davao de Oro 45 Agusan del Norte Includes Butuan 46 Agusan del Sur 47 Ilocos Sur 48 Zamboanga Sibugay 49 Surigao del Sur 50 Northern Samar 51 Camarines Norte 52 Misamis Occidental 53 Aklan 54 Antique 55 Ilocos Norte 56 Davao Oriental 57 Sarangani 58 Basilan Includes Isabela City 59 Surigao del Norte 60 Occidental Mindoro 61 Nueva Vizcaya 62 Eastern Samar 63 Tawi-tawi 64 Southern Leyte 65 Davao Occidental 66 Romblon 67 Catanduanes 68 Abra 69 Marinduque 70 Aurora 71 Kalinga 72 Ifugao 73 Quirino 74 Guimaras 75 Biliran 76 Mountain Province 77 Dinagat Islands 78 Apayao 79 Siquijor 80 Camiguin 81 Batanes — Philippines

2015 Census

Rank Province Population % ofPopulation Notes — Metro Manila 1 Cebu Includes Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue 2 Cavite 3 Bulacan 4 Negros Occidental Includes Bacolod 5 Laguna 6 Pangasinan 7 Rizal 8 Batangas 9 Pampanga Includes Angeles City 10 Iloilo Includes Iloilo City 11 Davao del Sur Includes Davao City 12 Nueva Ecija 13 Quezon Includes Lucena 14 Leyte Includes Tacloban 15 Camarines Sur 16 Zamboanga del Sur Includes Zamboanga City 17 Isabela 18 Misamis Oriental Includes Cagayan de Oro 19 South Cotabato Includes General Santos 20 Maguindanao Includes Cotabato City 21 Bukidnon 22 Cotabato 23 Tarlac 24 Negros Oriental 25 Albay 26 Bohol 27 Cagayan 28 Palawan Includes Puerto Princesa 29 Lanao del Sur 30 Lanao del Norte Includes Iligan 31 Davao del Norte 32 Zamboanga del Norte 33 Masbate 34 Oriental Mindoro 35 Sulu 36 Zambales Includes Olongapo 37 Sultan Kudarat 38 Sorsogon 39 Benguet Includes Baguio 40 La Union 41 Samar 42 Capiz 43 Bataan 44 Davao de Oro 45 Agusan del Sur 46 Agusan del Norte Includes Butuan 47 Ilocos Sur 48 Zamboanga Sibugay 49 Northern Samar 50 Misamis Occidental 51 Ilocos Norte 52 Surigao del Sur 53 Camarines Norte 54 Antique 55 Aklan 56 Davao Oriental 57 Sarangani 58 Occidental Mindoro 59 Surigao del Norte 60 Eastern Samar 61 Basilan Including Isabela City 62 Nueva Vizcaya 63 Southern Leyte 64 Tawi-Tawi 65 Davao Occidental 66 Romblon 67 Catanduanes 68 Abra 69 Marinduque 70 Aurora 71 Kalinga 72 Ifugao 73 Quirino 74 Guimaras 75 Biliran 76 Mountain Province 77 Dinagat Islands 78 Apayao 79 Siquijor 80 Camiguin 81 Batanes — Philippines

2000 Census Showing provinces existing at the time of census. Figures do not add up to total as population in disputed areas are added up to the next higher subdivision.

Rank Province Population % ofPopulation Notes — Philippines 76,498,735100% — Metro Manila 9,932,560% 1 Cebu 3,356,137%Includes Cebu City 2 Negros Occidental 2,565,723%Includes Bacolod 3 Pangasinan 2,434,086% 4 Zamboanga del Sur 2,432,489%Includes Zamboanga City 5 Bulacan 2,234,088% 6 Cavite 2,063,161% 7 Laguna 1,965,872% 8 Iloilo 1,925,002%Includes Iloilo City 9 Davao del Sur 1,905,917%Includes Davao City 10 Batangas 1,905,348% 11 Pampanga 1,882,730%Includes Angeles City 12 Rizal 1,707,218% 13 Quezon 1,679,030% 14 Nueva Ecija 1,659,883% 15 Leyte 1,592,336% 16 Camarines Sur 1,551,549% 17 Isabela 1,287,575% 18 Bohol 1,137,268% 19 Misamis Oriental 1,126,215%Includes Cagayan de Oro 20 Negros Oriental 1,126,061% 21 South Cotabato 1,102,550%Includes General Santos 22 Albay 1,090,907% 23 Tarlac 1,068,783% 24 Bukidnon 1,060,265% 25 Cagayan 993,580% 26 Maguindanao 964,951%Includes Cotabato City 27 Cotabato 958,643% 28 Zamboanga del Norte 823,130% 29 Lanao del Sur 800,162% 30 Lanao del Norte 758,123%Includes Iligan 31 Palawan 755,412% 32 Davao del Norte 743,811% 33 Masbate 707,668% 34 Oriental Mindoro 681,818% 35 La Union 657,945% 36 Capiz 654,156% 37 Sorsogon 650,535% 38 Samar 641,124% 39 Zambales 627,802%Includes Olongapo 40 Sulu 619,668% 41 Ilocos Sur 594,206% 42 Sultan Kudarat 586,505% 43 Benguet 582,515%Includes Baguio 44 Compostela Valley 580,244% 45 Agusan del Sur 559,294% 46 Bataan 557,659% 47 Agusan del Norte 552,849%Includes Butuan 48 Ilocos Norte 514,241% 49 Surigao del Sur 501,808% 50 Northern Samar 500,639% 51 Misamis Occidental 486,723% 52 Surigao del Norte 481,416% 53 Antique 471,088% 54 Camarines Norte 458,840% 55 Aklan 451,314% 56 Davao Oriental 446,191% 57 Sarangani 410,622% 58 Occidental Mindoro 380,250% 59 Eastern Samar 375,822% 60 Nueva Vizcaya 366,962% 61 Southern Leyte 360,160% 62 Basilan 332,828% 63 Tawi-Tawi 322,317% 64 Romblon 264,357% 65 Marinduque 217,392% 66 Catanduanes 215,356% 67 Abra 209,491% 68 Kalinga 174,023% 69 Aurora 173,797% 70 Ifugao 161,623% 71 Quirino 148,575% 72 Guimaras 141,450% 73 Mountain Province 140,439% 74 Biliran 140,274% 75 Apayao 97,129% 76 Siquijor 81,598% 77 Camiguin 74,232% 78 Batanes 16,467%

1995 Census Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

1975 Census Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

Rank Province Population % ofPopulation Notes — Philippines 42,070,660100% 1 Rizal 3,754,477% 2 Cebu 1,818,410% 3 Negros Occidental 1,785,792% 4 Pangasinan 1,520,085% — Manila 1,479,116% 5 Iloilo 1,313,049% 6 Leyte 1,203,118% 7 Quezon 1,115,962% 8 Bulacan 1,050,134% 9 Pampanga 1,042,164% 10 Batangas 1,032,009% 11 Camarines Sur 1,023,819% 12 Zamboanga del Sur 1,002,852% 13 Nueva Ecija 947,995% 14 Davao del Sur 936,263% 15 Laguna 803,750% 16 Bohol 759,370% 17 Negros Oriental 740,412% 18 Isabela 730,386% 19 Albay 728,827% 20 Cagayan 644,075% 21 Tarlac 640,899% 22 Cavite 628,321% 23 South Cotabato 586,867% 24 Davao del Norte 569,697% 25 Misamis Oriental 560,490% 26 Bukidnon 522,818% 27 Masbate 533,387% 28 Lanao del Sur 499,882% 29 Samar 478,378% 30 Maguindanao 478,119% 31 Cotabato 472,302% 32 Zamboanga del Norte 460,515% 33 Sorsogon 446,502% 34 Capiz 445,716% 35 Zambales 416,280% 36 La Union 414,635% 37 Ilocos Sur 399,776% 38 Oriental Mindoro 388,744% 39 Lanao del Norte 381,234% 40 Ilocos Norte 371,724% 41 Misamis Occidental 366,319% 42 Northern Samar 354,665% 43 Sultan Kudarat 328,912% 44 Antique 308,484% 45 Surigao del Sur 302,305% 46 Benguet 302,065% 47 Agusan del Norte 300,735% 48 Palawan 300,065% 49 Davao Oriental 299,426% 50 Surigao del Norte 298,080% 51 Aklan 293,349% 52 Camarines Norte 288,406% 53 Eastern Samar 287,149% 54 Southern Leyte 276,418% 55 Bataan 263,269% 56 Sulu 240,001% 57 Agusan del Sur 213,216% 58 Nueva Vizcaya 213,151% 59 Occidental Mindoro 185,787% 60 Romblon 182,209% 61 Catanduanes 172,780% 62 Basilan 171,027% 63 Kalinga-Apayao 163,225% 64 Marinduque 162,804% 65 Abra 147,010% 66 Tawi-Tawi 143,487% 67 Ifugao 104,707% 68 Mountain Province 94,096% 69 Siquijor 69,077% 70 Quirino 65,763% 71 Camiguin 52,547% 72 Batanes 11,870%

1903 Census Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

Rank Province Population Notes — Philippines 7,635,426 1 Cebu 653,727 2 Pangasinan 443,521 3 Iloilo 410,315 4 Moro Province 402,014 Includes districts of Cotabato (46,558); Davao (65,496); Lanao (101,293); Sulu (90,589); Zamboanga (98,078) 5 Leyte 388,922 6 Negros Occidental 308,272 7 Bohol 269,223 8 Samar 266,237 9 Batangas 257,715 10 Albay 240,326 11 Ambos Camarines 239,405 12 Capiz 230,721 13 Pampanga 223,754 14 Bulacan 223,742 — Manila 219,928 15 Tayabas 204,739 16 Negros Oriental 201,494 17 Ilocos Sur 187,411 18 Ilocos Norte 178,995 19 Cagayan 156,239 Includes sub-province of Apayao 20 Misamis 153,707 21 Rizal 150,923 22 La Laguna 148,606 23 La Union 137,839 24 Tarlac 135,107 25 Cavite 134,779 26 Nueva Ecija 134,147 27 Antique 134,166 28 Sorsogon 120,495 29 Surigao 115,112 30 Isabela 76,431 31 Lepanto-Bontoc 72,750 Includes sub-provinces of Amburayan, Kalinga 32 Nueva Vizcaya 62,541 33 Zambales 58,930 34 Abra 51,860 35 Bataan 46,787 36 Masbate 43,675 37 Mindoro 39,582 38 Paragua 35,696 39 Benguet 21,280

See also Demographics of the Philippines Provinces of the Philippines List of Philippine provinces by Human Development Index

References

Sources Census 2000 Final Count

List of Philippine provinces by population

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