Caraga · Philippines
Butuan population
309,709people · latest figure
Butuan has a population of 309,709, making it the 41st largest place we list in Philippines. It is in Caraga.
Butuan holds 0.26% of Philippines's 117,724,471 people. Quezon City, the largest place we list there, is 10.0 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 250,353, a rise of 24%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Iligan | Northern Mindanao | 342,618 |
| Mandaue City | Central Visayas | 331,320 |
| Iligan City | Soccsksargen | 312,323 |
| Cabuyao | Calabarzon | 308,745 |
| San Pablo | Calabarzon | 300,166 |
| Biñan | Calabarzon | 300,000 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.