Philippines

Contents: Regions and Provinces

The population of the regions and provinces of the Philippines according to census results.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1990-05-01	Population Census 2000-05-01	Population Census 2010-05-01	Population Census 2015-08-01	Population Census 2020-05-01	Population Census 2024-07-01
Bangsamoro (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao)	Region	...	3,055,942	3,675,537	4,273,149	4,944,800	5,691,583	→
Basilan	Province	179,230	259,796	293,322	346,579	426,207	541,947	→
Lanao del Sur	Province	599,982	800,162	933,260	1,045,429	1,195,518	1,368,137	→
Maguindanao del Norte (incl. Cotabato City)	Province	...	539,558	708,950	836,338	943,500	1,124,811	→
Maguindanao del Sur	Province	...	425,393	507,554	637,033	723,758	813,243	→
Special Geographic Area (Interim Province)	Province	...	89,048	147,611	192,324	215,433	214,703	→
Sulu	Province	469,971	619,668	718,290	824,731	1,000,108	1,146,097	→
Tawi-Tawi	Province	228,204	322,317	366,550	390,715	440,276	482,645	→
Bicol	Region	3,910,001	4,686,669	5,420,411	5,796,989	6,082,165	6,064,426	→
Albay	Province	903,785	1,090,907	1,233,432	1,314,826	1,374,768	1,379,398	→
Camarines Norte	Province	390,982	470,654	542,915	583,313	629,699	604,666	→
Camarines Sur	Province	1,305,919	1,551,549	1,822,371	1,952,544	2,068,244	2,063,314	→
Catanduanes	Province	187,000	215,356	246,300	260,964	271,879	261,169	→
Masbate	Province	599,355	707,668	834,650	892,393	908,920	910,813	→
Sorsogon	Province	522,960	650,535	740,743	792,949	828,655	845,066	→
Cagayan Valley	Region	2,340,545	2,813,159	3,229,163	3,451,410	3,685,744	3,777,608	→
Batanes	Province	15,026	16,467	16,604	17,246	18,831	18,937	→
Cagayan	Province	829,867	993,580	1,124,773	1,199,320	1,268,603	1,284,676	→
Isabela	Province	1,080,341	1,287,575	1,489,645	1,593,566	1,697,050	1,733,048	→
Nueva Vizcaya	Province	301,179	366,962	421,355	452,287	497,432	530,106	→
Quirino	Province	114,132	148,575	176,786	188,991	203,828	210,841	→
CALABARZON	Region	6,349,452	9,320,629	12,609,803	14,414,774	16,195,042	16,933,234	→
Batangas	Province	1,476,783	1,905,348	2,377,395	2,694,335	2,908,494	2,994,795	→
Cavite	Province	1,152,534	2,063,161	3,090,691	3,678,301	4,344,829	4,573,884	→
Laguna	Province	1,370,232	1,965,872	2,669,847	3,035,081	3,382,193	3,687,345	→
Quezon (incl. City of Lucena)	Province	1,372,455	1,679,030	1,987,030	2,122,830	2,229,383	2,260,669	→
Rizal	Province	977,448	1,707,218	2,484,840	2,884,227	3,330,143	3,416,541	→
Caraga	Region	1,764,297	2,095,367	2,429,224	2,596,709	2,804,788	2,865,196	→
Agusan del Norte (incl. City of Butuan)	Province	465,458	552,849	642,196	691,566	760,413	789,630	→
Agusan del Sur	Province	420,763	559,294	656,418	700,653	739,367	740,531	→
Dinagat Islands	Province	98,865	106,951	126,803	127,152	128,117	120,533	→
Surigao del Norte	Province	327,113	374,465	442,588	485,088	534,636	565,644	→
Surigao del Sur	Province	452,098	501,808	561,219	592,250	642,255	648,858	→
Central Luzon	Region	6,338,590	8,204,742	10,137,737	11,218,177	12,422,172	12,989,074	→
Aurora	Province	139,573	173,797	201,233	214,336	235,750	240,824	→
Bataan	Province	425,803	557,659	687,482	760,650	853,373	891,440	→
Bulacan	Province	1,505,219	2,234,088	2,924,433	3,292,071	3,708,890	3,876,806	→
Nueva Ecija	Province	1,312,680	1,659,883	1,955,373	2,151,461	2,310,134	2,395,816	→
Pampanga (incl. City of Angeles)	Province	1,532,615	1,882,730	2,340,355	2,609,744	2,900,637	3,069,898	→
Tarlac	Province	859,708	1,068,783	1,273,240	1,366,027	1,503,456	1,568,162	→
Zambales (incl. City of Olongapo)	Province	562,992	627,802	755,621	823,888	909,932	946,128	→
Central Visayas	Region	3,594,920	4,495,267	5,422,448	5,945,919	6,545,603	6,640,875	→
Bohol	Province	948,403	1,139,130	1,255,128	1,313,560	1,394,329	1,412,726	→
Cebu (incl. City of Cebu, City of Lapu-Lapu, City of Mandaue)	Province	2,646,517	3,356,137	4,167,320	4,632,359	5,151,274	5,228,149	→
Cordillera (Cordillera Administrative Region)	Region	1,146,191	1,365,412	1,616,867	1,722,006	1,797,660	1,808,985	→
Abra	Province	184,743	209,491	234,733	241,160	250,985	246,948	→
Apayao	Province	74,720	97,129	112,636	119,184	124,366	126,587	→
Benguet (incl. Baguio City)	Province	485,857	582,515	722,620	791,590	827,041	841,616	→
Ifugao	Province	147,281	161,623	191,078	202,802	207,498	208,668	→
Kalinga	Province	137,055	174,023	201,613	212,680	229,570	235,391	→
Mountain Province	Province	116,535	140,631	154,187	154,590	158,200	149,775	→
Davao	Region	2,933,743	3,676,163	4,468,563	4,893,318	5,243,536	5,389,422	→
Davao del Norte	Province	590,015	743,811	945,764	1,016,332	1,125,057	1,143,931	→
Davao del Sur (incl. City of Davao)	Province	1,273,219	1,651,405	2,024,206	2,265,579	2,457,430	2,554,076	→
Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley)	Province	466,286	580,244	687,195	736,107	767,547	783,775	→
Davao Occidental	Province	209,429	254,512	293,780	316,342	317,159	317,598	→
Davao Oriental	Province	394,697	446,191	517,618	558,958	576,343	590,042	→
Eastern Visayas	Region	3,054,490	3,610,355	4,101,322	4,440,150	4,547,150	4,625,929	→
Biliran	Province	118,012	140,274	161,760	171,612	179,312	184,095	→
Eastern Samar	Province	329,335	375,822	428,877	467,160	477,168	472,683	→
Leyte (inc. City of Tacloban)	Province	1,367,816	1,592,336	1,789,158	1,966,768	2,028,728	2,082,811	→
Northern Samar	Province	383,654	500,639	589,013	632,379	639,186	645,789	→
Samar (Western Samar)	Province	533,733	641,124	733,377	780,481	793,183	806,179	→
Southern Leyte	Province	321,940	360,160	399,137	421,750	429,573	434,372	→
Ilocos	Region	3,550,642	4,200,478	4,748,372	5,026,128	5,301,139	5,342,453	→
Ilocos Norte	Province	461,661	514,241	568,017	593,081	609,588	618,850	→
Ilocos Sur	Province	519,966	594,206	658,587	689,668	706,009	709,991	→
La Union	Province	548,742	657,945	741,906	786,653	822,352	825,072	→
Pangasinan	Province	2,020,273	2,434,086	2,779,862	2,956,726	3,163,190	3,188,540	→
Metro Manila (National Capital Region, N.C.R.)	Region	7,948,392	9,932,560	11,855,975	12,877,253	13,484,462	14,001,751	→
N.C.R., 1st District (Capital District, Manila)	District	1,601,234	1,581,082	1,652,171	1,780,148	1,846,513	1,902,590	→
N.C.R., 2nd District (Eastern Manila District)	District	2,752,679	3,466,213	4,305,772	4,650,613	4,771,371	5,008,857	→
N.C.R., 3rd District (CAMANAVA District)	District	1,571,148	2,232,295	2,666,864	2,819,388	3,004,627	3,080,925	→
N.C.R., 4th District (Southern Manila District)	District	2,023,331	2,652,970	3,231,168	3,627,104	3,861,951	4,009,379	→
MIMAROPA	Region	1,774,074	2,299,229	2,744,671	2,963,360	3,228,558	3,245,446	→
Marinduque	Province	185,524	217,392	227,828	234,521	239,207	226,522	→
Occidental Mindoro	Province	282,593	380,250	452,971	487,414	525,354	511,417	→
Oriental Mindoro	Province	550,049	681,818	785,602	844,059	908,339	919,504	→
Palawan (incl. City of Puerto Princesa)	Province	528,287	755,412	994,340	1,104,585	1,246,673	1,285,179	→
Romblon	Province	227,621	264,357	283,930	292,781	308,985	302,824	→
Negros Island	Region	3,256,112	3,777,409	4,285,591	4,510,115	4,760,340	4,904,944	→
Negros Occidental (incl. City of Bacolod)	Province	2,256,908	2,565,723	2,907,859	3,059,136	3,223,955	3,305,264	→
Negros Oriental	Province	925,272	1,130,088	1,286,666	1,354,995	1,432,990	1,492,038	→
Siquijor	Province	73,932	81,598	91,066	95,984	103,395	107,642	→
Northern Mindanao	Region	2,811,646	3,505,708	4,297,323	4,689,302	5,022,768	5,178,326	→
Bukidnon	Province	843,891	1,060,415	1,299,192	1,415,226	1,541,308	1,601,902	→
Camiguin	Province	64,247	74,232	83,807	88,478	92,808	94,892	→
Lanao del Norte (incl. City of Iligan)	Province	614,092	758,123	930,738	1,019,013	1,086,017	1,129,857	→
Misamis Occidental	Province	424,365	486,723	567,642	602,126	617,333	621,993	→
Misamis Oriental (incl. City of Cagayan de Oro)	Province	865,051	1,126,215	1,415,944	1,564,459	1,685,302	1,729,682	→
SOCCSKSARGEN	Region	...	2,969,272	3,690,174	4,053,514	4,360,974	4,462,776	→
Cotabato (North Cotabato)	Province	...	869,595	1,078,897	1,187,423	1,275,185	1,286,142	→
Sarangani	Province	283,141	410,622	498,904	544,261	558,946	580,915	→
South Cotabato (incl. City of General Santos)	Province	789,847	1,102,550	1,365,286	1,509,735	1,672,791	1,732,068	→
Sultan Kudarat	Province	435,905	586,505	747,087	812,095	854,052	863,651	→
Western Visayas	Region	3,136,425	3,645,315	4,194,579	4,477,247	4,730,768	4,861,911	→
Aklan	Province	380,497	451,314	535,725	574,823	615,475	634,422	→
Antique	Province	406,361	472,822	546,031	582,012	612,974	643,173	→
Capiz	Province	584,091	654,156	719,685	761,384	804,952	835,098	→
Guimaras	Province	117,990	141,450	162,943	174,613	187,842	192,874	→
Iloilo (incl. City of Iloilo)	Province	1,647,486	1,925,573	2,230,195	2,384,415	2,509,525	2,556,344	→
Zamboanga Peninsula	Region	2,281,064	2,831,412	3,407,353	3,629,783	3,875,576	3,943,837	→
City of Isabela	City	59,078	73,032	97,857	112,788	130,379	151,297	→
Zamboanga del Norte	Province	676,862	823,130	957,997	1,011,393	1,047,455	1,067,067	→
Zamboanga del Sur (incl. City of Zamboanga)	Province	1,138,086	1,438,011	1,766,814	1,872,473	2,027,902	2,063,975	→
Zamboanga Sibugay	Province	407,038	497,239	584,685	633,129	669,840	661,498	→
Pilipinas [Philippines]	Republic	60,703,810	76,506,928	92,337,852	100,981,437	109,035,343	112,729,484

Source: Philippines Statistics Authority.

Explanation: Area figures are calculated by using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	55,017,643
Females	53,649,400

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	33,414,245
15-64 years	69,397,349
65+ years	5,855,449

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	955,920
70-79 years	2,506,008
60-69 years	5,760,744
50-59 years	9,065,830
40-49 years	12,062,480
30-39 years	15,299,888
20-29 years	19,142,742
10-19 years	21,539,901
0-9 years	22,333,530