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Philippines: cities by population

Philippines has a population of 106,651,922, with Manila as its capital. The 50 largest of its 4,227 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Quezon City	National Capital Region	3,084,270
2	Davao	Davao Region	1,848,947
3	Caloocan	National Capital Region	1,712,945
4	Manila	National Capital Region	1,600,000
5	Taguig	National Capital Region	1,308,085
6	Budta	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	1,273,715
7	Malingao	Soccsksargen	1,121,974
8	Zamboanga	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,018,849
9	Cebu City	Central Visayas	965,332
10	Antipolo	Calabarzon	913,712
11	Pasig City	National Capital Region	853,050
12	Cagayan de Oro	Northern Mindanao	741,617
13	Valenzuela	National Capital Region	725,173
14	General Santos	Soccsksargen	722,059
15	Paranaque City	National Capital Region	703,245
16	Las Piñas	National Capital Region	615,549
17	Calamba	Calabarzon	575,046
18	Muntinlupa	Calabarzon	552,225
19	Makati City	National Capital Region	510,383
20	Lapu-Lapu City	Central Visayas	497,813
21	Angeles City	Central Luzon	483,452
22	Imus	Calabarzon	481,949
23	Iloilo	Western Visayas	473,728
24	Marikina City	National Capital Region	471,323
25	Mandaluyong City	National Capital Region	465,902
26	Bacolod City	Western Visayas	454,898
27	Mansilingan	Western Visayas	454,150
28	Dasmariñas	Calabarzon	441,876
29	Mandaluyong	National Capital Region	425,000
30	Pasay	National Capital Region	416,522
31	Tarlac City	Central Luzon	401,892
32	Cotabato	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao	383,383
33	Malabon	National Capital Region	365,525
34	San Jose del Monte	Central Luzon	357,828
35	Bacoor	Calabarzon	356,974
36	San Pedro	Calabarzon	348,968
37	Cabanatuan City	Central Luzon	343,672
38	Iligan	Northern Mindanao	342,618
39	Mandaue City	Central Visayas	331,320
40	Iligan City	Soccsksargen	312,323
41	Butuan	Caraga	309,709
42	Cabuyao	Calabarzon	308,745
43	San Pablo	Calabarzon	300,166
44	Biñan	Calabarzon	300,000
45	Santol	Central Luzon	298,976
46	Cainta	Calabarzon	283,172
47	Baguio	Cordillera	272,714
48	Malolos	Central Luzon	269,809
49	Mantampay	Northern Mindanao	265,032
50	Bagong Silang	National Capital Region	261,729

Twenty years earlier: Philippines in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 84,174,092.