Philippines — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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 117,724,471, against 84,174,092 in 2005.

Source	2005	Now	Change
World Gazetteer (the work cited)	84,174,092	—	—
UN World Population Prospects	88,015,962	117,724,471	+34%

The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.

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)	Today
1	Manila	National Capital Region	10,444,527	—
2	Davao	Southern Mindanao	1,212,504	1,848,947 now
3	Cebu	Central Visayas	798,634	—
4	Antipolo	Southern Tagalog	549,543	913,712 now
5	Zamboanga	Western Mindanao	457,623	1,018,849 now
6	Bacolod	Western Visayas	454,150	—
7	Cagayan	Northern Mindanao	445,103	—
8	Dasmariñas	Southern Tagalog	441,876	441,876 now
9	Dadiangas	Southern Mindanao	432,309	—
10	Iloilo	Western Visayas	387,681	473,728 now
11	San Jose del Monte	Central Luzon	357,828	357,828 now
12	Bacoor	Southern Tagalog	356,974	356,974 now
13	Calamba	Southern Tagalog	316,612	575,046 now
14	Angeles	Central Luzon	298,976	—
15	Mandaue	Central Visayas	288,892	—
16	Cainta	Southern Tagalog	283,172	283,172 now
17	Baguio	Cordillera	272,714	272,714 now
18	San Pedro	Southern Tagalog	270,216	348,968 now
19	Iligan	Central Mindanao	265,032	342,618 now
20	San Fernando	Central Luzon	251,248	—
21	Butuan	Caraga	250,353	309,709 now
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	481,949 now
31	Lipa	Southern Tagalog	212,287	—
32	San Pablo	Southern Tagalog	207,577	300,166 now
33	Malolos	Central Luzon	198,748	269,809 now
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	383,383 now
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	—

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

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.