"TABLE 1.1 Population, Land Area and Density by Region and by Province: CENSUS YEARS 1990 to 2015",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Region and Province, Population ,,,,,,,,,,,Land area (sq. km.) a1/a2/a3,Density (persons/sq km),,,,, ,2015 (Aug 1),,2010 (May 1),,2007 (Aug 1),,2000 (May 1),,1995 (Sep 1),,1990 (May 1),,2015 (Aug 1),2010 (May 1),2007 (Aug 1),2000 (May 1),1995 (Sep 1),1990 (May 1) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Philippines,"100,979,303",b1,"92,335,113",b2,"88,548,366", c ,"76,504,077",b3,"68,616,536",,"60,703,206","300,000",337,308,295,255,229,202 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, National Capital Region (NCR),"12,877,253",,"11,855,975",,"11,547,959",,"9,932,560",,"9,454,040",,"7,948,392",619.54,"20,785","19,137","18,669","16,032","15,260","12,830" City of Manila*,"1,780,148",,"1,652,171",,"1,660,714",,"1,581,082",,"1,654,761",,"1,601,234",24.98,"71,263","66,140","66,482","63,294","66,243","64,101" Quezon City**,"2,936,116",,"2,761,720",,"2,679,450",,"2,173,831",,"1,989,419",,"1,669,776",171.71,"17,099","16,084","15,605","12,660","11,586","9,724" Caloocan City*,"1,583,978",,"1,489,040",,"1,381,610",,"1,177,604",,"1,023,159",,"763,415",55.8,"28,387","26,685","24,760","21,104","18,336","13,681" Pasay City*,"416,522",,"392,869",,"403,064",,"354,908",,"408,610",,"368,366",13.97,"29,815","28,122","28,852","24,405","29,249","26,368" City of Las Piρas *,"588,894",,"552,573",,"532,330",,"472,780",,"413,086",,"297,102",32.69,"18,014","16,903","16,284","14,463","12,636","9,088" City of Makati *,"582,602",,"529,039",,"548,983",,"471,379",,"484,176",,"453,170",21.57,"27,010","24,527","26,303","21,853","22,447","21,009" City of Malabon**,"365,525",,"353,337",,"363,681",,"338,855",,"347,484",,"280,027",15.71,"23,267","22,491","23,150","21,569","22,119","17,825" City of Mandaluyong *,"386,276",,"328,699",,"305,576",,"278,474",,"286,870",,"248,143",9.29,"41,580","35,382","32,893","29,976","30,879","26,711" City of Marikina *,"450,741",,"424,150",,"424,610",,"391,170",,"357,231",,"310,227",21.52,"20,945","19,710","19,731","18,177","16,600","14,416" City of Muntinlupa*,"504,509",,"459,941",,"452,943",,"379,310",,"399,846",,"278,411",39.75,"12,692","11,571","11,395","9,542","10,059","7,004" City of Navotas*,"249,463",,"249,131",,"245,344",,"230,403",,"229,039",,"187,479",8.94,"27,904","27,867","27,443","25,772","25,620","20,971" City of Paraρaque*,"665,822",,"588,126",,"552,660",,"449,811",,"391,296",,"308,236",46.57,"14,297","12,629","11,867","9,659","8,402","6,619" City of Pasig**,"755,300",,"669,773",,"627,445",,"505,058",,"471,075",,"397,679",48.46,"15,586","13,821","12,948","10,422","9,721","8,206" City of San Juan *,"122,180",,"121,430",,"125,338",,"117,680",,"124,187",,"126,854",5.95,"20,534","20,408","21,065","19,778","20,872","21,320" Taguig City*,"804,915",,"644,473",,"613,343",,"467,375",,"381,350",,"266,637",45.21,"17,804","14,255","13,567","10,338","8,435","5,898" City of Valenzuela,"620,422",,"575,356",,"568,928",,"485,433",,"437,165",,"340,227",47.02,"13,195","12,236","12,100","10,324","9,297","7,236" Municipality of Pateros*,"63,840",,"64,147",,"61,940",,"57,407",,"55,286",,"51,409",10.4,"6,138","6,168","5,956","5,520","5,316","4,943" Cordillera Administrative Region,"1,722,006",,"1,616,867",,"1,520,847",,"1,365,412",,"1,254,838",,"1,146,191","19,818.12",87,82,78,69,64,58 Abra,"241,160",,"234,733",,"230,953",,"209,491",,"195,964",,"184,743","4,199.72",57,56,55,50,47,44 Apayao ,"119,184",,"112,636",,"103,633",,"97,129",,"83,660",,"74,720","4,502.33",26,25,23,22,19,17 Benguet (excluding Baguio City),"446,224",,"403,944",,"372,533",,"330,129",,"313,833",,"302,715","2,769.08",161,146,135,119,113,109 Baguio City**,"345,366",,"318,676",,"301,926",,"252,386",,"226,883",,"183,142",57.51,"6,005","5,541","5,250","4,389","3,945","3,185" Ifugao,"202,802",,"191,078",,"180,815",,"161,623",,"149,598",,"147,281","2,618.01",77,73,69,62,57,56 Kalinga ,"212,680",,"201,613",,"182,326",,"174,023",,"154,145",,"137,055","3,282.04",65,61,56,53,48,42 Mountain Province,"154,590",,"154,187",,"148,661",,"140,631",,"130,755",,"116,535","2,389.43",65,65,53,59,56,50 I - Ilocos Region,"5,026,128",,"4,748,372",,"4,546,789",,"4,200,478",,"3,803,890",,"3,550,642","12,964.62",388,366,350,324,293,274 Ilocos Norte,"593,081",,"568,017",,"547,284",,"514,241",,"482,651",,"461,661","3,418.75",173,166,160,150,141,135 Ilocos Sur,"689,668",,"658,587",,"633,138",,"594,206",,"545,385",,"519,966","2,596.00",266,254,244,229,210,200 La Union,"786,653",,"741,906",,"720,972",,"657,945",,"597,442",,"548,742","1,499.28",525,495,481,439,399,366 Pangasinan,"2,956,726",,"2,779,862",,"2,645,395",,"2,434,086",,"2,178,412",,"2,020,273","5,450.59",542,510,484,447,399,370 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Continued , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, TABLE 1.1 ---Continued,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Region and province, Population ,,,,,,,,,,,Land area (sq. km.) a1/a2/a3,Density (persons/sq km),,,,, ,2015 (Aug 1),,2010 (May 1),,2007 (Aug 1),,2000 (May 1),,1995 (Sep 1),,1990 (May 1),,2015 (Aug 1),2010 (May 1),2007 (Aug 1),2000 (May 1),1995 (Sep 1),1990 (May 1) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, II - Cagayan Valley,"3,451,410",,"3,229,163",,"3,051,487",,"2,813,159",,"2,536,035",,"2,340,545","29,836.88",116,108,108,94,90,83 Batanes,"17,246",,"16,604",,"15,974",,"16,467",,"14,180",,"15,026",203.22,85,82,73,81,65,69 Cagayan,"1,199,320",,"1,124,773",,"1,072,571",,"993,580",,"895,050",,"829,867","9,398.07",128,120,115,106,96,89 Isabela,"1,593,566",,"1,489,645",,"1,401,495",,"1,287,575",,"1,160,721",,"1,080,341","13,102.05",122,114,113,98,93,87 Nueva Vizcaya ,"452,287",,"421,355",,"397,837",,"366,962",,"334,965",,"301,179","4,813.88",94,88,100,76,84,76 Quirino,"188,991",,"176,786",,"163,610",,"148,575",,"131,119",,"114,132","2,319.66",81,76,70,64,56,49 III - Central Luzon,"11,218,177",,"10,137,737",,"9,709,177",,"8,204,742",,"7,092,191",,"6,338,590","21,906.19",512,463,441,375,322,288 Aurora ,"214,336",,"201,233",,"187,802",,"173,797",,"159,621",,"139,573","3,133.40",68,64,60,55,51,44 Bataan,"760,650",,"687,482",,"662,153",,"557,659",,"491,459",,"425,803","1,372.98",554,501,482,406,358,310 Bulacan ,"3,292,071",,"2,924,433",,"2,822,216",,"2,234,088",,"1,784,441",,"1,505,219","2,783.69","1,183","1,051","1,009",803,638,538 Nueva Ecija,"2,151,461",,"1,955,373",,"1,843,853",,"1,659,883",,"1,505,827",,"1,312,680","5,689.69",378,344,321,292,262,228 Pampanga (excluding Angeles City),"2,198,110",,"2,014,019",,"1,911,951",,"1,614,942",,"1,401,756",,"1,295,929","2,001.22","1,098","1,006",955,807,700,647 Angeles City*,"411,634",,"326,336",,"317,398",,"267,788",,"234,011",,"236,686",63.37,"6,496","5,150","4,226","4,226","3,883","3,927" Tarlac,"1,366,027",,"1,273,240",,"1,243,449",,"1,068,783",,"945,810",,"859,708","3,046.49",448,418,407,351,310,282 Zambales (excluding Olongapo City),"590,848",,"534,443",,"493,085",,"433,542",,"389,512",,"369,665","3,630.35",163,147,135,119,107,101 Olongapo City**,"233,040",,"221,178",,"227,270",,"194,260",,"179,754",,"193,327",185,"1,260","1,196","1,228","1,050",972,"1,045" IV-A CALABARZON ,"14,414,774",,"12,609,803",,"11,757,755",,"9,320,629",,"7,750,204",,"6,349,452","16,576.26",870,761,706,562,466,381 Batangas,"2,694,335",,"2,377,395",,"2,245,869",,"1,905,348",,"1,658,567",,"1,476,783","3,115.05",865,763,720,612,532,474 Cavite,"3,678,301",,"3,090,691",,"2,856,765",,"2,063,161",,"1,610,324",,"1,152,534","1,526.28","2,410","2,025","1,802","1,352","1,016",727 Laguna,"3,035,081",,"2,669,847",,"2,473,530",,"1,965,872",,"1,631,082",,"1,370,232","1,928.23","1,574","1,385","1,290","1,020",850,714 Quezon (excluding Lucena City),"1,856,582",,"1,740,638",,"1,646,510",,"1,482,955",,"1,359,992",,"1,221,831","8,743.84",212,199,188,170,155,139 Lucena City (Capital)*,"266,248",,"246,392",,"236,390",,"196,075",,"177,750",,"150,624",80.21,"3,319","3,072","2,947","2,445","2,216","1,878" Rizal ,"2,884,227",,"2,484,840",,"2,298,691",,"1,707,218",,"1,312,489",,"977,448","1,182.65","2,439","2,101","1,944","1,444","1,110",826 IV-B MIMAROPA ,"2,963,360",,"2,744,671",,"2,559,791",,"2,299,229",,"2,033,271",,"1,774,074","29,606.25",100,93,86,78,69,60 Marinduque,"234,521",,"227,828",,"229,636",,"217,392",,"199,910",,"185,524",952.58,246,239,241,228,210,195 Occidental Mindoro,"487,414",,"452,971",,"421,952",,"380,250",,"339,605",,"282,593","5,851.09",83,77,72,65,58,48 Oriental Mindoro,"844,059",,"785,602",,"735,769",,"681,818",,"608,616",,"550,049","4,238.38",199,185,174,161,144,130 Palawan (excluding Puerto Princesa City),"849,469",,"771,667",,"682,152",,"593,500",,"510,909",,"528,287","14,649.73",58,53,47,41,35,36 Puerto Princesa City (Capital)*,"255,116",,"222,673",,"210,508",,"161,912",,"129,577",,,"2,381.02",107,94,88,68,54,… Romblon,"292,781",,"283,930",,"279,774",,"264,357",,"244,654",,"227,621","1,533.45",191,185,182,172,160,148 V - Bicol Region,"5,796,989",,"5,420,411",,"5,106,160",,"4,686,669",,"4,325,307",,"3,910,001","18,114.47",320,299,282,259,238,216 Albay,"1,314,826",,"1,233,432",,"1,187,185",,"1,090,907",,"1,005,315",,"903,785","2,575",511,479,465,424,394,354 Camarines Norte,"583,313",,"542,915",,"513,785",,"470,654",,"439,151",,"390,982","2,278",256,238,221,207,189,169 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Continued , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, TABLE 1.1 ---Continued,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Region and province, Population ,,,,,,,,,,,Land area (sq. km.) a1/a2/a3,Density (persons/sq km),,,,, ,2015 (Aug 1),,2010 (May 1),,2007 (Aug 1),,2000 (May 1),,1995 (Sep 1),,1990 (May 1),,2015 (Aug 1),2010 (May 1),2007 (Aug 1),2000 (May 1),1995 (Sep 1),1990 (May 1) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Camarines Sur,"1,952,544",,"1,822,371",,"1,693,821",,"1,551,549",,"1,432,598",,"1,305,919","5,512",354,331,308,281,260,237 Catanduanes,"260,964",,"246,300",,"232,757",,"215,356",,"202,464",,"187,000","1,492",175,165,156,144,136,125 Masbate,"892,393",,"834,650",,"768,939",,"707,668",,"653,852",,"599,355","4,139",216,202,185,171,157,144 Sorsogon,"792,949",,"740,743",,"709,673",,"650,535",,"591,927",,"522,960","2,119",374,350,335,307,279,247 VI - Western Visayas,"4,477,247",,"4,194,579",,"3,973,877",,"3,645,315",,"3,342,752",,"3,136,335","12,773.46",351,328,311,285,262,246 Aklan,"574,823",,"535,725",,"495,122",,"451,314",,"410,539",,"380,497","1,760.30",327,304,272,256,225,209 Antique,"582,012",,"546,031",,"515,265",,"472,822",,"431,713",,"406,361","2,730.67",213,200,189,173,158,149 Capiz,"761,384",,"719,685",,"701,664",,"654,156",,"624,469",,"584,091","2,594.64",293,277,270,252,241,225 Guimaras ,"174,613",,"162,943",,"151,238",,"141,450",,"126,470",,"117,990",611.87,285,266,250,231,209,195 Iloilo (excluding Iloilo City),"1,936,423",,"1,805,576",,"1,691,878",,"1,559,182",,"1,415,022",,"1,337,981","4,997.64",387,361,338,312,283,268 Iloilo City (Capital)*,"447,992",,"424,619",,"418,710",,"366,391",,"334,539",,"309,505",78.34,"5,719","5,420","5,345","4,677","4,270","3,951" VII - Central Visayas,"6,041,903",,"5,513,514",,"5,168,794",,"4,576,865",,"3,989,341",,"3,668,852","10,452.01",578,528,495,438,382,351 Bohol,"1,313,560",,"1,255,128",,"1,230,110",,"1,139,130",,"994,440",,"948,403","4,772.52",275,263,255,239,206,197 " Cebu (excluding Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City)","2,938,982",,"2,619,362",,"2,440,120",,"2,160,569",,"1,890,357",,"1,709,621","4,943.72",594,530,494,437,382,375 Cebu City (Capital)**,"922,611",,"866,171",,"799,762",,"718,821",,"662,299",,"610,417",315,"2,929","2,750","2,539","2,282","2,103","1,938" Lapu-Lapu City*,"408,112",,"350,467",,"292,530",,"217,019",,"173,744",,"146,194",58.1,"7,024","6,032","5,035","3,735","2,990","2,516" Mandaue City**,"362,654",,"331,320",,"318,577",,"259,728",,"194,745",,"180,285",25.18,"14,402","13,158","12,652","10,315","7,734","7,160" Siquijor,"95,984",,"91,066",,"87,695",,"81,598",,"73,756",,"73,932",337.49,284,270,260,242,219,219 Negros Island Region (NIR)1,"4,414,131",,"4,194,525",,"4,101,670",,"3,695,811",,"3,459,433",,"3,182,180","13,425.40",329,312,306,275,258,237 Negros Occidental (excluding Bacolod City)2,"2,497,261",,"2,396,039",,"2,370,269",,"2,136,647",,"2,031,841",,"1,892,728","7,844.12",318,305,302,272,259,241 Bacolod City (Capital)*3,"561,875",,"511,820",,"499,497",,"429,076",,"402,345",,"364,180",160.71,"3,496","3,185","3,108","2,670","2,504","2,266" Negros Oriental4,"1,354,995",,"1,286,666",,"1,231,904",,"1,130,088",,"1,025,247",,"925,272","5,420.57",250,237,227,208,189,171 VIII - Eastern Visayas,"4,440,150",,"4,101,322",,"3,915,140",,"3,610,355",,"3,366,917",,"3,054,490","23,235",191,177,169,155,145,131 Biliran ,"171,612",,"161,760",,"150,031",,"140,274",,"132,209",,"118,012",536.01,320,302,280,262,247,220 Eastern Samar,"467,160",,"428,877",,"405,114",,"375,822",,"362,324",,"329,335","4,617.16",101,93,87,81,78,71 Leyte (excluding Tacloban City),"1,724,679",,"1,567,984",,"1,506,096",a,"1,413,697",,"1,343,941",a,"1,230,925","6,335.44",272,247,238,223,212,194 Tacloban City (Capital)*,"242,089",,"221,174",,"218,144",,"178,639",,"167,310",,"136,891",201.72,"1,200","1,096","1,081",886,829,679 Northern Samar,"632,379",,"589,013",,"549,759",,"500,639",,"454,195",,"383,654","3,694.96",171,159,149,135,123,104 Samar (Western Samar),"780,481",,"733,377",,"695,149",,"641,124",,"589,373",,"533,733","6,048.03",129,121,115,106,97,88 Southern Leyte,"421,750",,"399,137",,"390,847",,"360,160",,"317,565",,"321,940","1,801.46",234,222,217,200,176,179 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula,"3,629,783",,"3,407,353",,"3,230,094",,"2,831,412",,"2,567,651",,"2,281,064","16,904.03",215,202,189,167,151,135 Zamboanga del Norte,"1,011,393",,"957,997",,"907,238",,"823,130",,"770,697",,"676,862","7,300.11",139,131,124,113,106,93 Zamboanga del Sur,"1,010,674",,"959,685",,"914,278",,"836,217",,"766,918",,"695,741","4,484.21",225,214,203,186,170,155 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Continued , TABLE 1.1 ---Continued,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Region and province, Population ,,,,,,,,,,,Land area (sq. km.) a1/a2/a3,Density (persons/sq km),,,,, ,2015 (Aug 1),,2010 (May 1),,2007 (Aug 1),,2000 (May 1),,1995 (Sep 1),,1990 (May 1),,2015 (Aug 1),2010 (May 1),2007 (Aug 1),2000 (May 1),1995 (Sep 1),1990 (May 1) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Zamboanga City**,"861,799",,"807,129",,"774,407",,"601,794",,"511,139",,"442,345","1,414.70",609,571,547,425,361,313 Zamboanga Sibugay,"633,129",,"584,685",,"546,186",,"497,239",,"450,340",,"407,038","3,481.28",182,168,151,143,125,117 City of Isabela (Capital of Basilan)**,"112,788",,"97,857",,"87,985",,"73,032",,"68,557",,"59,078",223.73,504,437,393,326,306,264 X - Northern Mindanao,"4,689,302",,"4,297,323",,"3,952,437",,"3,505,708",,"3,197,059",,"2,811,646","20,458.51",229,210,193,171,156,137 Bukidnon,"1,415,226",,"1,299,192",,"1,190,284",,"1,060,415",,"940,403",,"843,891","10,498.59",135,124,113,101,90,80 Camiguin,"88,478",,"83,807",,"81,293",,"74,232",,"68,039",,"64,247",241.44,366,347,342,307,286,270 Lanao del Norte (excluding Iligan City),"676,395",,"607,917",,"538,283",,"473,062",,"440,783",,"387,524","3,354.16",202,181,161,141,132,116 Iligan City**,"342,618",,"322,821",,"308,046",,"285,061",,"273,004",,"226,568",813.37,421,397,379,350,336,279 Misamis Occidental,"602,126",,"567,642",,"531,680",,"486,723",,"458,965",,"424,365","2,006.63",300,283,259,243,223,206 Misamis Oriental (excluding Cagayan de Oro City),"888,509",,"813,856",,"748,885",,"664,338",,"587,551",,"525,453","3,131.52",284,260,239,212,188,168 Cagayan De Oro City (Capital)**,"675,950",,"602,088",,"553,966",,"461,877",,"428,314",,"339,598",412.8,"1,637","1,459","1,342","1,119","1,038",823 XI - Davao Region ,"4,893,318",,"4,468,563",,"4,159,469",,"3,676,163",,"3,288,824",,"2,933,743","20,433.38",239,219,204,180,162,144 Compostela Valley ,"736,107",,"687,195",,"637,366",,"580,244",,"520,110",,"466,286","4,560.09",161,151,142,127,116,104 Davao del Norte,"1,016,332",,"945,764",,"847,440",,"743,811",,"671,333",,"590,015","3,422.61",297,276,247,217,196,172 Davao del Sur (excluding Davao City),"632,588",,"574,910",,"822,406",,"504,289",,"677,069",,"632,798","2,163.98",292,266,190,233,156,146 Davao City*,"1,632,991",,"1,449,296",,"1,366,153",,"1,147,116",,"1,006,840",,"849,947","2,443.61",668,593,559,469,412,348 Davao Occidental5,"316,342",,"293,780",,,,"254,512",,,,,"2,163.45",146,136,,118,, Davao Oriental,"558,958",,"517,618",,"486,104",,"446,191",,"413,472",,"394,697","5,679.64",98,91,86,79,73,69 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN (including Cotabato City),"4,545,276",,"4,109,571",,"3,830,500",,"3,222,169",,"2,846,966",,"2,399,953","22,786.08",199,180,171,141,127,107 Cotabato (North Cotabato) ,"1,379,747",,"1,226,508",,"1,121,974",,"958,643",,"862,666",,"763,995","9,317.30",148,132,125,103,96,85 Sarangani,"544,261",,"498,904",,"475,514",,"410,622",,"367,006",,"283,141","3,642.16",149,137,135,113,104,80 South Cotabato (excluding General Santos City),"915,289",,"827,200",,"767,255",,"690,728",,"621,155",,"539,458","3,793.90",241,218,195,182,158,137 General Santos City**,"594,446",,"538,086",,"529,542",,"411,822",,"327,173",,"250,389",492.86,"1,206","1,092","1,074",836,664,508 Sultan Kudarat,"812,095",,"747,087",,"677,062",,"586,505",,"522,187",,"435,905","5,363.86",151,139,128,109,99,82 Cotabato City**,"299,438",,"271,786",,"259,153",,"163,849",,"146,779",,"127,065",176,"1,701","1,544","1,472",931,834,722 XIII - Caraga ,"2,596,709",,"2,429,224",,"2,293,346",,"2,095,367",,"1,942,687",,"1,764,297","21,120.56",123,115,107,99,91,82 Agusan del Norte (excluding Butuan City),"354,503",,"332,487",,"309,338",,"285,570",,"267,411",,"237,629","2,611.63",136,127,117,109,101,89 Butuan City (Capital)**,"337,063",,"309,709",,"298,378",,"267,279",,"247,074",,"227,829",816.62,413,379,365,327,303,279 Agusan del Sur,"700,653",,"656,418",,"609,447",,"559,294",,"514,736",,"420,763","9,989.52",70,66,61,56,52,42 Dinagat Islands,"127,152",,"126,803",,"120,813",,"106,951",,"100,537",,"98,865",817.47,156,155,115,131,96,121 Surigao del Norte,"485,088",,"442,588",,"409,468",,"374,465",,"341,666",,"327,113","1,952.62",248,227,208,192,173,168 Surigao del Sur,"592,250",,"561,219",,"545,902",,"501,808",,"471,263",,"452,098","4,932.70",120,114,111,102,96,92 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Continued , TABLE 1.1 ---Concluded,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Region and province, Population ,,,,,,,,,,,Land area (sq. km.) a1/a2/a3,Density (persons/sq km),,,,, ,2015 (Aug 1),,2010 (May 1),,2007 (Aug 1),,2000 (May 1),,1995 (Sep 1),,1990 (May 1),,2015 (Aug 1),2010 (May 1),2007 (Aug 1),2000 (May 1),1995 (Sep 1),1990 (May 1) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),"3,781,387",,"3,256,140",,"4,120,795",,"2,803,045",,"2,362,300",,"2,108,061","36,650.95",103,89,123,76,70,62 Basilan (excluding City of Isabela),"346,579",,"293,322",,"408,520",,"259,796",,"227,008",,"179,230","3,453.42",100,85,127,75,70,74 Lanao del Sur,"1,045,429",,"933,260",,"1,138,544",,"800,162",,"686,193",,"599,982","15,055.51",69,62,84,53,51,38 Maguindanao (excluding Cotabato City),"1,173,933",,"944,718",,"1,273,715",,"801,102",,"662,180",,"630,674","9,968.31",118,95,131,80,68,65 Sulu,"824,731",,"718,290",,"849,670",,"619,668",,"536,201",,"469,971","4,547.16",181,158,247,136,156,137 Tawi-Tawi,"390,715",,"366,550",,"450,346",,"322,317",,"250,718",,"228,204","3,626.55",108,101,124,89,69,63 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Filipinos in Philippine Embassies/ Consulates and missions abroad,"2,134",,"2,739",,"2,279",,"2,851",,-,,"2,336",…,…,…,…,…,…,… Homeless population,-,,-,,-,,-,,-,,"2,876",…,…,…,…,…,…,… ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Notes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a1/ The land area is based on the cadastral survey and estimated land areas (certified and provided to the Department of Budget,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, " and Management) from the Land Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as of December 2013.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "a2/ Due to unfinished cadastral survey, details do not add up to the national total.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "a3/ Due to rounding off, the provincial totals may not be equal to the sum of the individual figures.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "b1 Excludes 2,134 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "b2 Excludes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "b3 Excludes 2,851 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad, but includes 18,989 persons in the areas disputed ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, by the City of Pasig (National Capital Region) and the province of Rizal (Region IV-A).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "c Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,279 Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates and mission abroad.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 Created into a region under Executive Order No. 183.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2 Transferred province under Executive Order No. 183; taken from Region VI - Western Visayas.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3 Transferred highly urbanized city under Executive Order No. 183; taken from Region VI - Western Visayas.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4 Transferred province under Executive Order No. 183; taken from Region VII - Central Visayas.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5 Created under Republic Act 10360 in 2013.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a Including Tacloban City,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "* Land area is based on cadastral survey (certified and provided to the DBM) from the LMB, DENR, as of December 2013.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "** Estimated land area (certified and provided to the DBM) from the LMB, DENR, as of December 2013.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Sources: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing, and 2015 Census of Population ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, " and Land Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2013 Masterlist of Land Areas ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, of Cities and Municipalities.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,