Population of cities in Philippines 2026

Philippines cities population

Code	City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
Code	City	2025	2026	Share (%)	Philippines	World	Population	(%)
Mani	Manila	24,735,305	24,893,838	21.3	1	8	158,533	0.64
Cebu	Cebu City	3,044,564	3,074,027	2.63	2	163	29,463	0.97
Dava	Davao City	1,546,026	1,559,955	1.34	3	323	13,929	0.90
Ange	Angeles	1,445,721	1,462,362	1.25	4	349	16,641	1.15
Dagu	Dagupan [Lingayen]	953,092	964,623	0.826	5	546	11,531	1.21
Caga	Cagayan de Oro	870,291	871,444	0.746	6	604	1,153	0.13
Iloi	Iloilo City	717,038	722,892	0.619	7	749	5,854	0.82
Baco	Bacolod	655,836	656,983	0.563	8	830	1,147	0.17
Lipa	Lipa	614,898	628,671	0.538	9	866	13,773	2.24
Bagu	Baguio	565,522	568,932	0.487	10	975	3,410	0.60
Zamb	Zamboanga City	513,813	513,678	0.440	11	1088	-135	-0.03
Gene	General Santos	498,098	502,590	0.430	12	1109	4,492	0.90
Bata	Batangas City	415,103	419,077	0.359	13	1360	3,974	0.96
Naga	Naga	338,596	342,067	0.293	14	1693	3,471	1.03
Ilig	Iligan	341,172	341,688	0.293	15	1695	516	0.15
Luce	Lucena	323,308	326,125	0.279	16	1777	2,817	0.87
Tagu	Tagum	303,614	309,201	0.265	17	1883	5,587	1.84
Tacl	Tacloban	285,095	286,830	0.246	18	2050	1,735	0.61
Lega	Legazpi	276,662	280,412	0.240	19	2088	3,750	1.36
Bina	Binangonan	276,785	279,214	0.239	20	2098	2,429	0.88
San	San Pablo	276,250	278,893	0.239	21	2101	2,643	0.96
Caba	Cabanatuan	272,890	274,875	0.235	22	2138	1,985	0.73
Pana	Panabo	244,050	246,688	0.211	23	2398	2,638	1.08
Cota	Cotabato City	231,649	231,842	0.199	24	2561	193	0.08
Sant	Santa Cruz	213,846	217,685	0.186	25	2755	3,839	1.80
Butu	Butuan	214,823	215,117	0.184	26	2781	294	0.14
Puer	Puerto Princesa	199,295	202,831	0.174	27	2982	3,536	1.77
Tarl	Tarlac City	198,673	200,993	0.172	28	3010	2,320	1.17
Olon	Olongapo	194,872	196,687	0.168	29	3080	1,815	0.93
Duma	Dumaguete	196,045	196,426	0.168	30	3084	381	0.19
Taba	Tabaco	186,310	188,336	0.161	31	3239	2,026	1.09
Trec	Trece Martires	179,041	180,494	0.155	32	3382	1,453	0.81
Paga	Pagadian	179,454	179,428	0.154	33	3411	-26	-0.01
Leme	Lemery	172,200	173,518	0.149	34	3532	1,318	0.77
Irig	Iriga	165,643	168,284	0.144	35	3635	2,641	1.59
Sari	Sariaya	152,174	153,682	0.132	36	3991	1,508	0.99
Tagb	Tagbilaran	151,705	153,407	0.131	37	4000	1,702	1.12
Cala	Calaca	147,247	149,131	0.128	38	4115	1,884	1.28
Oran	Orani	146,890	147,929	0.127	39	4159	1,039	0.71
Tugu	Tuguegarao	145,893	147,018	0.126	40	4192	1,125	0.77
Ozam	Ozamiz	145,754	145,742	0.125	41	4233	-12	-0.01
Roxa	Roxas	140,388	141,613	0.121	42	4352	1,225	0.87
Dipo	Dipolog	136,788	136,778	0.117	43	4504	-10	-0.01
Mara	Marawi	134,181	134,365	0.115	44	4591	184	0.14
Daet	Daet	132,572	133,798	0.115	45	4611	1,226	0.92
Cala	Calauan	129,258	130,593	0.112	46	4735	1,335	1.03
Bala	Balanga	129,445	130,369	0.112	47	4740	924	0.71
Tole	Toledo	127,727	129,801	0.111	48	4765	2,074	1.62
Gapa	Gapan	124,893	125,821	0.108	49	4922	928	0.74
San	San Fernando	124,003	125,019	0.107	50	4968	1,016	0.82
Digo	Digos	122,643	124,857	0.107	51	4976	2,214	1.81
Koro	Koronadal	121,363	122,565	0.105	52	5074	1,202	0.99
Suri	Surigao City	119,057	119,245	0.102	53	5217	188	0.16
Nagc	Nagcarlan	110,690	111,683	0.0956	54	5592	993	0.90
San	San Carlos	106,046	109,608	0.0939	55	5709	3,562	3.36
Subi	Subic	108,463	109,353	0.0936	56	5724	890	0.82
Urda	Urdaneta	107,267	108,075	0.0925	57	5784	808	0.75
Sant	Santiago	106,482	107,450	0.0920	58	5821	968	0.91
Viga	Vigan	105,229	106,086	0.0908	59	5900	857	0.81
Kali	Kalibo	103,858	104,745	0.0897	60	5977	887	0.85
Laoa	Laoag	103,599	104,254	0.0893	61	6009	655	0.63
Polo	Polomolok	99,863	101,763	0.0871	62	6142	1,900	1.90

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
Date	10 Apr 2026

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