List Of Cities In Philippines By Population

List of cities in philippines by population 2019 2020.

List of cities in philippines by population. Cities are classified under the local government code of 1991 republic act no. 7160 into three categories. The philippines is administratively divided into 81 provinces tagalog. City charter documents if available could be accessed by clicking on the related external link ca indicates commonwealth act ra for republic act.

There are 146 cities of the philippines as of september 7 2019. The philippines cities are spread across the country s approximate 7 641 islands. True to its name the city of caloocan is bordered by a number of large cities including manila and quezon city. Cities and municipalities the population of the cities and municipalities of metro manila by census years.

The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure gender age groups age distribution. These islands are divided into three geographical divisions mindanao visayas and luzon. Nakakartang lungsod whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the local government code of 1991 which specifies their administrative structure and powers. For component cities the most populated are antipolo 776 386 dasmariñas 659 019 and bacoor 600 609.

This is a list of the philippines provinces sorted by population based on the population census of august 1 2015 conducted by the philippine statistics authority. Highly urbanized cities have a population of over 200 000 and has a minimum annual. Lungsod siyudad is one of the units of local government in the philippines all philippine cities are chartered cities filipino. Today it is one of the largest cities in the philippines with a population of 1 583 978.

Total number of cities. Davao city 1 632 991 davao city had a population of 1 632 991 in 2015. Thirty three of these are highly urbanized cities huc five are independent component cities icc with the rest being component cities cc of their respective provinces. Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total.

Based on the 2015 census the cities with the highest population are quezon city 2 936 116 manila 1 780 148 and davao city 1 632 991. The latest data available comes from the 2000 census which reported the following breakdown. Highly urbanized cities independent component cities and. Population of provinces in this list includes population of highly urbanized cities which are administratively independent of the province.

Those with the lowest population are palayan 41 041 el salvador 50 204 and vigan 53 879. Lalawigan these together with the national capital region are further subdivided into cities tagalog.