Philippines — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Philippines — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Philippines had an estimated population of 84,174,092 in 2005, with 5,524 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Philippines today — population now 106,651,922, against 84,174,092 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Manila	17,209,330
2	Cebu	1,573,706
3	Davao	1,372,297
4	Bacolod	837,148

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 5,524)

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Manila	National Capital Region	10,444,527
2	Davao	Southern Mindanao	1,212,504
3	Cebu	Central Visayas	798,634
4	Antipolo	Southern Tagalog	549,543
5	Zamboanga	Western Mindanao	457,623
6	Bacolod	Western Visayas	454,150
7	Cagayan	Northern Mindanao	445,103
8	Dasmariñas	Southern Tagalog	441,876
9	Dadiangas	Southern Mindanao	432,309
10	Iloilo	Western Visayas	387,681
11	San Jose del Monte	Central Luzon	357,828
12	Bacoor	Southern Tagalog	356,974
13	Calamba	Southern Tagalog	316,612
14	Angeles	Central Luzon	298,976
15	Mandaue	Central Visayas	288,892
16	Cainta	Southern Tagalog	283,172
17	Baguio	Cordillera	272,714
18	San Pedro	Southern Tagalog	270,216
19	Iligan	Central Mindanao	265,032
20	San Fernando	Central Luzon	251,248
21	Butuan	Caraga	250,353
22	Lapu-Lapu	Central Visayas	241,374
23	Batangas	Southern Tagalog	237,370
24	Taytay	Southern Tagalog	231,460
25	Lucena	Southern Tagalog	228,758
26	Cabanatuan	Central Luzon	220,250
27	Olongapo	Central Luzon	220,021
28	Binangonan	Southern Tagalog	219,204
29	Santa Rosa	Southern Tagalog	216,650
30	Imus	Southern Tagalog	216,099
31	Lipa	Southern Tagalog	212,287
32	San Pablo	Southern Tagalog	207,577
33	Malolos	Central Luzon	198,748
34	Tacloban	Eastern Visayas	189,090
35	Mabalacat	Central Luzon	188,050
36	Meycauayan	Central Luzon	184,839
37	Tarlac	Central Luzon	183,930
38	Cotabato	Central Mindanao	179,433
39	Tagum	Southern Mindanao	171,697
40	Puerto Princesa	Southern Tagalog	157,144
41	Toledo	Central Visayas	156,916
42	Guyong	Central Luzon	155,391
43	Naga	Bicol	147,097
44	Marawi	Central Mindanao	143,568
45	Legazpi	Bicol	143,301
46	Dagupan	Ilocos	138,882
47	Kabankalan	Western Visayas	136,483
48	Baliuag	Central Luzon	135,679
49	Montalban	Southern Tagalog	134,432
50	San Mateo	Southern Tagalog	134,327
51	Talisay	Central Visayas	133,148
52	Pagadian	Western Mindanao	132,094
53	Bulaon	Central Luzon	131,818
54	General Mariano Alvarez	Southern Tagalog	131,311
55	Cadiz	Western Visayas	129,053
56	Koronadal	Southern Mindanao	125,502
57	Hagonoy	Central Luzon	123,531
58	Silang	Southern Tagalog	119,475
59	Digos	Southern Mindanao	116,122
60	Cavite	Southern Tagalog	115,932
61	Tuguegarao	Cagayan Valley	115,105
62	Dumaguete	Central Visayas	113,541
63	Santiago	Cagayan Valley	108,414
64	Santa Cruz	Southern Tagalog	108,145
65	Tanza	Southern Tagalog	105,510
66	Roxas	Western Visayas	102,688
67	Laoag	Ilocos	102,105
68	Urdaneta	Ilocos	101,037
69	Jolo	Western Mindanao	101,002
70	San Jose	Central Luzon	98,670
71	Bocaue	Central Luzon	98,649
72	General Trias	Southern Tagalog	96,022
73	Los Baños	Southern Tagalog	95,750
74	Iriga	Bicol	94,846
75	Dipolog	Western Mindanao	93,549
76	Ozamiz	Northern Mindanao	93,082
77	Ormoc	Eastern Visayas	92,345
78	Calumpit	Central Luzon	91,815
79	San Carlos	Ilocos	91,674
80	Mangaldan	Ilocos	88,818
81	Arayat	Central Luzon	87,987
82	Surigao	Caraga	87,832
83	Angono	Southern Tagalog	87,199
84	Victorias	Western Visayas	86,510
85	Tagbilaran	Central Visayas	86,411
86	Silangan	Southern Tagalog	86,039
87	Panabo	Southern Mindanao	84,749
88	Mariveles	Central Luzon	84,567
89	Silay	Western Visayas	83,980
90	Valencia	Northern Mindanao	83,591
91	Marilao	Central Luzon	83,276
92	San Fernando	Ilocos	83,003
93	Sorsogon	Bicol	82,730
94	Kidapawan	Central Mindanao	79,652
95	Cabuyao	Southern Tagalog	79,633
96	Norzagaray	Central Luzon	79,508
97	Gapan	Central Luzon	79,064
98	Daet	Bicol	78,142
99	Apalit	Central Luzon	77,418
100	Pulilan	Central Luzon	77,186
101	Bago	Western Visayas	76,708
102	Guiguinto	Central Luzon	76,613
103	Macabebe	Central Luzon	74,011
104	Kawit	Southern Tagalog	73,210
105	Balanga	Central Luzon	72,954
106	Mati	Southern Mindanao	72,641
107	Ilagan	Cagayan Valley	72,363
108	Sagay	Western Visayas	72,153
109	Capas	Central Luzon	72,070
110	Bulacan	Central Luzon	71,274
111	Plaridel	Central Luzon	70,781
112	Gingoog	Northern Mindanao	70,516
113	Danao	Central Visayas	70,270
114	Magalang	Central Luzon	68,988
115	Tanauan	Southern Tagalog	68,456
116	Catbalogan	Eastern Visayas	68,081
117	Calbayog	Eastern Visayas	67,921
118	Subic	Central Luzon	67,664
119	Bislig	Caraga	67,567
120	Isabela	Western Mindanao	67,336
121	Dinalupihan	Central Luzon	66,670
122	Calapan	Southern Tagalog	66,008
123	San Ildefonso	Central Luzon	65,669
124	San Miguel	Central Luzon	65,661
125	Bais	Central Visayas	65,594
126	Talisay	Western Visayas	65,265
127	Talavera	Central Luzon	64,610
128	Concepcion	Central Luzon	64,402
129	Polomolok	Southern Mindanao	63,987
130	Nasugbu	Southern Tagalog	62,857
131	Floridablanca	Central Luzon	62,553
132	Minglanilla	Central Visayas	62,058
133	Malaybalay	Northern Mindanao	61,524
134	Candelaria	Southern Tagalog	60,881
135	San Carlos	Western Visayas	60,548
136	Tanay	Southern Tagalog	59,950
137	Obando	Central Luzon	59,929
138	Balagtas	Central Luzon	59,826
139	Manaoag	Ilocos	59,115
140	Banga	Southern Mindanao	58,855
141	Tabaco	Bicol	57,860
142	Santo Tomas	Southern Tagalog	57,438
143	Kalibo	Western Visayas	56,845
144	Lingayen	Ilocos	56,580
145	Carmona	Southern Tagalog	55,887
146	Lubao	Central Luzon	55,645
147	Naic	Southern Tagalog	55,195
148	Tacurong	Central Mindanao	54,648
149	Tagaytay	Southern Tagalog	52,883
150	Limay	Central Luzon	52,824
151	Malungon	Southern Mindanao	52,248
152	Monkayo	Southern Mindanao	51,393
153	Dapitan	Western Mindanao	50,514
154	Balayan	Southern Tagalog	50,115
155	Cabiao	Central Luzon	49,980
156	Morong	Southern Tagalog	49,589
157	Liloan	Central Visayas	49,198
158	San Jose	Southern Tagalog	49,149
159	Consolacion	Central Visayas	48,638
160	Vigan	Ilocos	48,545
161	Paniqui	Central Luzon	48,261
162	Bayombong	Cagayan Valley	48,199
163	Masbate	Bicol	47,490
164	Catarman	Eastern Visayas	47,449
165	Candaba	Central Luzon	47,326
166	Santa Ana	Central Luzon	47,158
167	Orion	Central Luzon	46,991
168	Bugo	Northern Mindanao	45,787
169	Cauayan	Cagayan Valley	45,138
170	Sariaya	Southern Tagalog	44,977
171	Parang	Muslim Mindanao	44,930
172	Orani	Central Luzon	44,877
173	Canlaon	Central Visayas	44,851
174	Binmaley	Ilocos	44,026
175	Mexico	Central Luzon	43,694
176	Samal	Southern Mindanao	43,526
177	Pinamalayan	Southern Tagalog	43,521
178	Alabel	Southern Mindanao	43,312
179	Passi	Western Visayas	42,794
180	Recodo	Western Mindanao	42,788
181	Trece Martires City	Southern Tagalog	42,687
182	Compostela	Southern Mindanao	42,563
183	Bustos	Central Luzon	42,139
184	Paombong	Central Luzon	41,384
185	Masantol	Central Luzon	41,278
186	La Trinidad	Cordillera	41,258
187	Angat	Central Luzon	41,235
188	Indang	Southern Tagalog	41,159
189	La Carlota	Western Visayas	41,157
190	Malita	Southern Mindanao	41,114
191	Gerona	Central Luzon	40,914
192	Pagbilao	Southern Tagalog	40,818
193	Carcar	Central Visayas	40,739
194	Bayugan	Caraga	40,561
195	Mamatid	Southern Tagalog	40,271
196	Taal	Southern Tagalog	39,745
197	Jaen	Central Luzon	39,700
198	Camiling	Central Luzon	39,655
199	Hinigaran	Western Visayas	39,636
200	Banaybanay	Southern Tagalog	39,452
201	San Pascual	Southern Tagalog	39,395
202	Pantubig	Central Luzon	39,285
203	Oroquieta	Northern Mindanao	39,279
204	Escalante	Western Visayas	39,177
205	Tanjay	Central Visayas	39,151
206	Binalbagan	Western Visayas	38,587
207	Sablayan	Southern Tagalog	38,383
208	Calaca	Southern Tagalog	37,443
209	Tayabas	Southern Tagalog	37,330
210	Del Pilar	Central Luzon	37,329
211	Noveleta	Southern Tagalog	37,299
212	Muñoz	Central Luzon	37,141
213	Calauan	Southern Tagalog	36,580
214	Kingking	Southern Mindanao	36,520
215	Ramon	Cagayan Valley	36,307
216	Solano	Cagayan Valley	36,222
217	Bongabon	Central Luzon	36,168
218	Bayawan	Central Visayas	36,063
219	Abucay	Central Luzon	35,508
220	Pandi	Central Luzon	34,927
221	San Leonardo	Central Luzon	34,743
222	Teresa	Southern Tagalog	34,716
223	Pila	Southern Tagalog	34,383
224	Manapla	Western Visayas	34,312
225	Aliaga	Central Luzon	34,020
226	Maramag	Northern Mindanao	33,844
227	Hermosa	Central Luzon	33,714
228	Bauan	Southern Tagalog	33,560
229	Bay	Southern Tagalog	33,547
230	San Luis	Central Luzon	33,467
231	Aparri	Cagayan Valley	33,230
232	Midsayap	Central Mindanao	32,932
233	Papaya	Central Luzon	32,875
234	Mauban	Southern Tagalog	32,739
235	Guimba	Central Luzon	32,306
236	Kabacan	Central Mindanao	31,769
237	Kalawag	Central Mindanao	31,717
238	Alaminos	Southern Tagalog	31,427
239	Maluso	Western Mindanao	31,374
240	Cabadbaran	Caraga	31,114
241	Surallah	Southern Mindanao	31,089
242	Lucban	Southern Tagalog	30,992
243	Paraiso	Western Visayas	30,494
244	Pililla	Southern Tagalog	30,408
245	Tagoloan	Northern Mindanao	30,390
246	Lumban	Southern Tagalog	30,269
247	Cardona	Southern Tagalog	30,222
248	Buhi	Bicol	30,126
249	Malvar	Southern Tagalog	29,880
250	Aringay	Ilocos	29,825
251	Samal	Central Luzon	29,729
252	Tangub	Northern Mindanao	29,721
253	Atimonan	Southern Tagalog	29,356
254	Cordoba	Central Visayas	29,289
255	San Simon	Central Luzon	29,049
256	Tandag	Caraga	29,011
257	Agoo	Ilocos	28,972
258	Bahbah	Caraga	28,643
259	Pandacaqui	Central Luzon	28,603
260	Naga	Central Visayas	28,571
261	Bulan	Bicol	28,529
262	Itogon	Cordillera	28,407
263	Narra	Southern Tagalog	28,342
264	Burgos	Central Luzon	28,178
265	Sibulan	Central Visayas	28,079
266	Masinloc	Central Luzon	28,041
267	Buluan	Muslim Mindanao	28,025
268	Peñaranda	Central Luzon	27,465
269	Pulupandan	Western Visayas	27,363
270	Castillejos	Central Luzon	27,301
271	Lupon	Southern Mindanao	27,247
272	Kiokong	Northern Mindanao	27,212
273	Brookeʿs Point	Southern Tagalog	27,072
274	Manolo Fortich	Northern Mindanao	27,064
275	Tabuk	Cordillera	27,048
276	Iba	Central Luzon	26,935
277	Paete	Southern Tagalog	26,855
278	Catanauan	Southern Tagalog	26,804
279	Calabanga	Bicol	26,798
280	Victoria	Central Luzon	26,644
281	Bongao	Muslim Mindanao	26,518
282	Santa Catalina	Central Visayas	26,457
283	Santa Cruz	Central Luzon	26,429
284	San Antonio	Central Luzon	26,247
285	Rizal	Central Luzon	26,201
286	Telabastagan	Central Luzon	25,935
287	Ma-ao	Western Visayas	25,837
288	La Paz	Central Luzon	25,801
289	Lopez	Southern Tagalog	25,752
290	Nabua	Bicol	25,687
291	Concepcion	Southern Tagalog	25,628
292	Cabagan	Cagayan Valley	25,304
293	Malasiqui	Ilocos	25,178
294	Himamaylan	Western Visayas	25,089
295	Talisay	Southern Tagalog	24,969
296	Bagabag	Cagayan Valley	24,967
297	Santa Cruz	Southern Mindanao	24,745
298	Alicia	Cagayan Valley	24,732
299	Manibaug	Central Luzon	24,618
300	Nagcarlan	Southern Tagalog	24,560

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Southern Tagalog	13,777,399
2	National Capital Region	10,457,459
3	Central Luzon	9,103,353
4	Western Visayas	6,582,377
5	Central Visayas	6,342,570
6	Southern Mindanao	5,790,663
7	Bicol	4,993,084
8	Ilocos	4,543,795
9	Eastern Visayas	3,827,210
10	Cebu	3,734,068
11	Western Mindanao	3,345,878
12	Cagayan Valley	3,059,432
13	Northern Mindanao	2,979,280
14	Central Mindanao	2,846,686
15	Muslim Mindanao	2,801,357
16	Negros Occidental	2,720,129
17	Pangasinan	2,633,128
18	Bulacan	2,533,864
19	Cavite	2,410,282
20	Laguna	2,296,625
21	Quezon City	2,294,835
22	Caraga	2,237,498
23	Batangas	2,225,917
24	Pampanga	2,130,153
25	Davao del Sur	2,126,770
26	Zamboanga del Sur	2,093,325
27	Iloilo	2,040,849
28	Rizal	1,994,453
29	Quezon	1,961,522
30	Nueva Ecija	1,882,611
31	Leyte	1,687,883
32	City of Manila	1,669,091
33	Camarines Sur	1,657,222
34	Cordillera	1,486,051
35	Isabela	1,400,297
36	Davao City	1,280,040
37	Bohol	1,265,335
38	Negros Oriental	1,252,866
39	Kalookan City	1,243,154
40	South Cotabato	1,230,311
41	Misamis Oriental	1,225,184
42	Tarlac	1,212,195
43	Albay	1,165,216
44	Bukidnon	1,142,768
45	Cagayan	1,080,564
46	Cotabato	1,050,321
47	Maguindanao	930,358
48	Zamboanga del Norte	891,913
49	Palawan	882,509
50	Lanao del Norte	830,625
51	Davao del Norte	830,003
52	Cebu City	799,768
53	Oriental Mindoro	796,532
54	Lanao del Sur	777,026
55	Masbate	755,872
56	Sulu	719,650
57	Zambales	712,042
58	La Union	711,506
59	Sorsogon	694,654
60	Capiz	693,524
61	Samar	679,664
62	Zamboanga City	648,517
63	Compostela Valley	647,481
64	Ilocos Sur	642,835
65	Sultan Kudarat	642,594
66	Bataan	632,488
67	Benguet	629,754
68	Tondo	623,166
69	Agusan del Sur	597,615
70	Agusan del Norte	589,290
71	Ilocos Norte	556,326
72	City of Antipolo	550,088
73	Surigao del Sur	536,191
74	City of Pasig	533,171
75	Northern Samar	530,734
76	Misamis Occidental	530,430
77	Surigao del Norte	514,402
78	City of Valenzuela	512,455
79	Cagayan de Oro City	501,290
80	Antique	499,438
81	Las Piñas	499,096
82	Davao Oriental	497,894
83	Taguig	493,391
84	Camarines Norte	490,095
85	Aklan	478,475
86	City of Parañaque	474,850
87	City of Makati	469,630
88	General Santos City	459,541
89	Sarangani	458,204
90	Bacolod City	454,898
91	Occidental Mindoro	444,226
92	Dasmariñas	443,373
93	City of Marikina	412,944
94	City of Muntinlupa	400,424
95	Nueva Vizcaya	399,080
96	Eastern Samar	398,414
97	Iloilo City	387,836
98	Southern Leyte	381,809
99	Pasay City	374,664
100	Tawi-Tawi	374,323
101	Sampaloc	371,941
102	Basilan	360,640
103	San Jose del Monte	358,183
104	Malabon	357,717
105	Bacoor	357,132
106	Calamba	328,448
107	Iligan City	312,323
108	Romblon	308,833
109	Angeles City	299,391
110	Tarlac	297,702
111	City of Mandalyong	293,975
112	Batangas City	289,244
113	Mandaue City	288,976
114	Butuan City	285,592
115	Cainta	283,313
116	Baguio City	272,854
117	San Pedro	270,336
118	Lipa City	255,200
119	Marinduque	253,462
120	Cabanatuan City	252,763
121	San Fernando	251,626
122	Navotas	243,228
123	San Pablo City	242,913
124	Lapu-Lapu City	241,456
125	Biñan	235,035
126	Taytay	231,526
127	Catanduanes	230,025
128	Lucena City	229,064
129	Imus	228,372
130	Abra	226,480
131	Olongapo City	220,326
132	Binangonan	219,269
133	Santa Rosa	216,865
134	Aurora	203,038
135	City of Tagum	200,334
136	Malolos	198,812
137	Kalinga	198,254
138	Mabalacat	193,996
139	Tacloban City	189,378
140	Puerto Princesa City	189,153
141	Santa Ana	187,360
142	Meycauayan	184,914
143	Silang	182,407
144	Cotabato City	179,519
145	Ifugao	174,730
146	Legazpi City	167,705
147	San Carlos City	166,889
148	Talisay	164,789
149	Santa Maria	163,642
150	Ormoc City	163,572

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.