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Top 20 most populous states, provinces and regions · 🇵🇭 Philippines

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Why these 20

Population of each country's first-level regions (states, provinces, prefectures, oblasts) from Wikidata, which takes it from census offices. Where Wikidata has figures for several years the highest is used, which is usually the latest census; regions that shrink may show an older, larger figure.

  1. 1 カ

    カラバルソン地方

    administrative region of the Philippines

    16,933,234

  2. 2 M

    Metro Manila

    metropolitan area and region of the Philippines

    14,001,751

  3. 3 C

    Central Luzon

    administrative region of the Philippines

    12,989,074

  4. 4 C

    Central Visayas

    region of the Philippines

    6,640,875

  5. 5 B

    Bicol Region

    region of the Philippines

    6,064,426

  6. 6 B

    Bangsamoro

    region in the Philippines

    5,691,583

  7. 7 D

    Davao Region

    region of the Philippines

    5,389,422

  8. 8 I

    Ilocos Region

    region of the Philippines

    5,342,453

  9. 9 N

    Northern Mindanao

    region of the Philippines

    5,178,326

  10. 10 N

    Negros Island Region

    region of the Philippines

    4,904,944

  11. 11 W

    Western Visayas

    region of the Philippines

    4,861,911

  12. 12 E

    Eastern Visayas

    region of the Philippines

    4,625,929

  13. 13 S

    Soccsksargen

    administrative region of the Philippines

    4,462,776

  14. 14 Z

    Zamboanga Peninsula

    region of the Philippines

    3,943,837

  15. 15 C

    Cagayan Valley

    region of the Philippines

    3,777,608

  16. 16 ミ

    ミマロパ地方

    region of the Philippines

    3,245,446

  17. 17 C

    Caraga

    region of the Philippines

    2,865,196

  18. 18 C

    Cordillera Administrative Region

    administrative region of the Philippines

    1,808,985

How it is measured

Wikidata: the first-level divisions each country lists as its own (P150, contains the administrative territorial entity) that have a population (P1082) and no dissolution date; grouped by country, the world view is built from the countries.

References

  1. Wikidata query: first-level regions by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 04:46 UTC.