List of Philippine provinces by population explained

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

Population of provinces in this list includes 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

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

2015 Census

RankProvincePopulation% of
Population		Notes
—Metro Manila
1CebuIncludes Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue
2Cavite
3Bulacan
4Negros OccidentalIncludes Bacolod
5Laguna
6Pangasinan
7Rizal
8Batangas
9PampangaIncludes Angeles City
10IloiloIncludes Iloilo City
11Davao del SurIncludes Davao City
12Nueva Ecija
13QuezonIncludes Lucena
14LeyteIncludes Tacloban
15Camarines Sur
16Zamboanga del SurIncludes Zamboanga City
17Isabela
18Misamis OrientalIncludes Cagayan de Oro
19South CotabatoIncludes General Santos
20MaguindanaoIncludes Cotabato City
21Bukidnon
22Cotabato
23Tarlac
24Negros Oriental
25Albay
26Bohol
27Cagayan
28PalawanIncludes Puerto Princesa
29Lanao del Sur
30Lanao del NorteIncludes Iligan
31Davao del Norte
32Zamboanga del Norte
33Masbate
34Oriental Mindoro
35Sulu
36ZambalesIncludes Olongapo
37Sultan Kudarat
38Sorsogon
39BenguetIncludes Baguio
40La Union
41Samar
42Capiz
43Bataan
44Davao de Oro
45Agusan del Sur
46Agusan del NorteIncludes Butuan
47Ilocos Sur
48Zamboanga Sibugay
49Northern Samar
50Misamis Occidental
51Ilocos Norte
52Surigao del Sur
53Camarines Norte
54Antique
55Aklan
56Davao Oriental
57Sarangani
58Occidental Mindoro
59Surigao del Norte
60Eastern Samar
61BasilanIncluding Isabela City
62Nueva Vizcaya
63Southern Leyte
64Tawi-Tawi
65Davao Occidental
66Romblon
67Catanduanes
68Abra
69Marinduque
70Aurora
71Kalinga
72Ifugao
73Quirino
74Guimaras
75Biliran
76Mountain Province
77Dinagat Islands
78Apayao
79Siquijor
80Camiguin
81Batanes
—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 % of
Population 		Notes
— Philippines 76,498,735100%
— 9,932,560%
1 3,356,137%Includes Cebu City
2 2,565,723%Includes Bacolod
3 2,434,086%
4 2,432,489%Includes Zamboanga City
5 2,234,088%
6 2,063,161%
7 1,965,872%
8 1,925,002%Includes Iloilo City
9 1,905,917%Includes Davao City
10 1,905,348%
11 1,882,730%Includes Angeles City
12 1,707,218%
13 1,679,030%
14 1,659,883%
15 1,592,336%
16 1,551,549%
17 1,287,575%
18 1,137,268%
19 1,126,215%Includes Cagayan de Oro
20 1,126,061%
21 1,102,550%Includes General Santos
22 1,090,907%
23 1,068,783%
24 1,060,265%
25 993,580%
26 964,951%Includes Cotabato City
27 958,643%
28 823,130%
29 800,162%
30 758,123%Includes Iligan
31 755,412%
32 743,811%
33 707,668%
34 681,818%
35 657,945%
36 654,156%
37 650,535%
38 641,124%
39 627,802%Includes Olongapo
40 619,668%
41 594,206%
42 586,505%
43 582,515%Includes Baguio
44 580,244%
45 559,294%
46 557,659%
47 552,849%Includes Butuan
48 514,241%
49 501,808%
50 500,639%
51 486,723%
52 481,416%
53 471,088%
54 458,840%
55 451,314%
56 446,191%
57 410,622%
58 380,250%
59 375,822%
60 366,962%
61 360,160%
62 332,828%
63 322,317%
64 264,357%
65 217,392%
66 215,356%
67 209,491%
68 174,023%
69 173,797%
70 161,623%
71 148,575%
72 141,450%
73 140,439%
74 140,274%
75 97,129%
76 81,598%
77 74,232%
78 16,467%

1995 Census

Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

Rank Province Population % of
Population 		Notes
— Philippines 76,498,735100%
— 9,932,560%
1 3,356,137%Includes Cebu City
2 2,565,723%Includes Bacolod
3 2,434,086%
4 2,432,489%Includes Zamboanga City
5 2,234,088%
6 2,063,161%
7 1,965,872%
8 1,925,002%Includes Iloilo City
9 1,905,917%Includes Davao City
10 1,905,348%
11 1,882,730%Includes Angeles City
12 1,707,218%
13 1,679,030%
14 1,659,883%
15 1,592,336%
16 1,551,549%
17 1,287,575%
18 1,137,268%
19 1,126,215%Includes Cagayan de Oro
20 1,126,061%
21 1,102,550%Includes General Santos
22 1,090,907%
23 1,068,783%
24 1,060,265%
25 993,580%
26 964,951%Includes Cotabato City
27 958,643%
28 823,130%
29 800,162%
30 758,123%Includes Iligan
31 755,412%
32 743,811%
33 707,668%
34 681,818%
35 657,945%
36 654,156%
37 650,535%
38 641,124%
39 627,802%Includes Olongapo
40 619,668%
41 594,206%
42 586,505%
43 582,515%Includes Baguio
44 580,244%
45 559,294%
46 557,659%
47 552,849%Includes Butuan
48 514,241%
49 501,808%
50 500,639%
51 486,723%
52 481,416%
53 471,088%
54 458,840%
55 451,314%
56 446,191%
57 410,622%
58 380,250%
59 375,822%
60 366,962%
61 360,160%
62 332,828%
63 322,317%
64 264,357%
65 217,392%
66 215,356%
67 209,491%
68 174,023%
69 173,797%
70 161,623%
71 148,575%
72 141,450%
73 140,439%
74 140,274%
75 97,129%
76 81,598%
77 74,232%
78 16,467%

1975 Census

Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

Rank Province Population % of
Population 		Notes
— Philippines 42,070,660100%
1 3,754,477%
2 1,818,410%
3 1,785,792%
4 1,520,085%
— 1,479,116%
5 1,313,049%
6 1,203,118%
7 1,115,962%
8 1,050,134%
9 1,042,164%
10 1,032,009%
11 1,023,819%
12 1,002,852%
13 947,995%
14 936,263%
15 803,750%
16 759,370%
17 740,412%
18 730,386%
19 728,827%
20 644,075%
21 640,899%
22 628,321%
23 586,867%
24 569,697%
25 560,490%
26 522,818%
27 533,387%
28 499,882%
29 478,378%
30 478,119%
31 472,302%
32 460,515%
33 446,502%
34 445,716%
35 416,280%
36 414,635%
37 399,776%
38 388,744%
39 381,234%
40 371,724%
41 366,319%
42 354,665%
43 328,912%
44 308,484%
45 302,305%
46 302,065%
47 300,735%
48 300,065%
49 299,426%
50 298,080%
51 293,349%
52 288,406%
53 287,149%
54 276,418%
55 263,269%
56 240,001%
57 213,216%
58 213,151%
59 185,787%
60 182,209%
61 172,780%
62 171,027%
63 163,225%
64 162,804%
65 147,010%
66 143,487%
67 104,707%
68 94,096%
69 69,077%
70 65,763%
71 52,547%
72 11,870%

1903 Census

Showing provinces existing at the time of census.

Rank Province Population Notes
— Philippines 7,635,426
1 653,727
2 443,521
3 410,315
4 402,014Includes districts of Cotabato (46,558); Davao (65,496); Lanao (101,293); Sulu (90,589); Zamboanga (98,078)
5 388,922
6 308,272
7 269,223
8 266,237
9 257,715
10 240,326
11 239,405
12 230,721
13 223,754
14 223,742
— 219,928
15 204,739
16 201,494
17 187,411
18 178,995
19 156,239Includes sub-province of Apayao
20 153,707
21 150,923
22 148,606
23 137,839
24 135,107
25 134,779
26 134,147
27 134,166
28 120,495
29 115,112
30 76,431
31 72,750Includes sub-provinces of Amburayan, Kalinga
32 62,541
33 58,930
34 51,860
35 46,787
36 43,675
37 39,582
38 35,696
39 21,280

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