👥 Philippine Provinces by Population
Population of each province (and Metro Manila) at the 2024 census.
Metro Manila12%
Cebu4.7%
Cavite4%
Bulacan3.4%
Laguna3.1%
Rizal3.1%
Negros Occidental3%
Pangasinan2.9%
Batangas2.7%
Pampanga2.7%
Iloilo2.3%
Davao del Sur2.3%
Nueva Ecija
Quezon
Camarines Sur
Leyte
Zamboanga del Sur
Isabela
Misamis Oriental
South Cotabato
Maguindanao
Bukidnon
Tarlac
Cotabato
Negros Oriental
Bohol
Albay
Cagayan
Palawan
Lanao del Sur
Davao del Norte
Lanao del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte
Sulu
Zambales
Masbate
Oriental Mindoro
Sultan Kudarat
Bataan
Sorsogon
42 others18%
1
Metro Manila
13.48M
2
Cebu
5.15M
3
Cavite
4.34M
4
Bulacan
3.71M
5
Laguna
3.38M
6
Rizal
3.33M
7
Negros Occidental
3.22M
8
Pangasinan
3.16M
9
Batangas
2.91M
10
Pampanga
2.90M
11
Iloilo
2.51M
12
Davao del Sur
2.46M
13
Nueva Ecija
2.31M
14
Quezon
2.23M
15
Camarines Sur
2.07M
16
Leyte
2.03M
17
Zamboanga del Sur
2.03M
18
Isabela
1.70M
19
Misamis Oriental
1.69M
20
South Cotabato
1.67M
21
Maguindanao
1.67M
22
Bukidnon
1.54M
23
Tarlac
1.50M
24
Cotabato
1.49M
25
Negros Oriental
1.43M
26
Bohol
1.39M
27
Albay
1.37M
28
Cagayan
1.27M
29
Palawan
1.25M
30
Lanao del Sur
1.20M
31
Davao del Norte
1.13M
32
Lanao del Norte
1.09M
33
Zamboanga del Norte
1.05M
34
Sulu
1.00M
35
Zambales
0.91M
36
Masbate
0.91M
37
Oriental Mindoro
0.91M
38
Sultan Kudarat
0.85M
39
Bataan
0.85M
40
Sorsogon
0.83M
41
Benguet
0.83M
42
La Union
0.82M
43
Capiz
0.81M
44
Samar
0.79M
45
Davao de Oro
0.77M
46
Agusan del Norte
0.76M
47
Agusan del Sur
0.74M
48
Ilocos Sur
0.71M
49
Zamboanga Sibugay
0.67M
50
Surigao del Sur
0.64M
51
Northern Samar
0.64M
52
Camarines Norte
0.63M
53
Misamis Occidental
0.62M
54
Aklan
0.62M
55
Antique
0.61M
56
Ilocos Norte
0.61M
57
Davao Oriental
0.58M
58
Sarangani
0.56M
59
Basilan
0.56M
60
Surigao del Norte
0.53M
61
Occidental Mindoro
0.53M
62
Nueva Vizcaya
0.50M
63
Eastern Samar
0.48M
64
Tawi-tawi
0.44M
65
Southern Leyte
0.43M
66
Davao Occidental
0.32M
67
Romblon
0.31M
68
Catanduanes
0.27M
69
Abra
0.25M
70
Marinduque
0.24M
71
Aurora
0.24M
72
Kalinga
0.23M
73
Ifugao
0.21M
74
Quirino
0.20M
75
Guimaras
0.19M
76
Biliran
0.18M
77
Mountain Province
0.16M
78
Dinagat Islands
0.13M
79
Apayao
0.12M
80
Siquijor
0.10M
81
Camiguin
0.09M
82
Batanes
0.02M
Highlights
Within Philippines, Metro Manila ranks first in 2024 with 13.48M, followed by Cebu (5.15M) and Cavite (4.34M).
Metro Manila is 2.6 times higher than Cebu, the runner-up.
Across 82 entries, values run from 13.48M (Metro Manila) to 0.02M (Batanes), with a median of 0.82M.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 2024 census (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: million 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