Except for Benguet, all provinces in CAR were included in the 12 most sparsely populated provinces in the country, while five provinces were in Luzon and two provinces were in Mindanao. In 2020, 12 provinces had a population density of at most 100 persons per square kilometer.It was followed by Rizal with 2,816, Laguna with 1,754 persons, Bulacan with 1,332 persons, and Pampanga (excluding the City of Angeles) with 1,218 persons. Cavite was the most densely populated province with 2,847 persons per square kilometer.Moreover, the 10 most densely populated provinces were all located in Luzon, except for Cebu (ranked seventh), which is in the Visayas. Of these five most densely populated provinces, the top three were in Region IV-A, followed by two provinces in Region III. Among the 81 provinces in 2020, five had a population density of more than 1,000 persons per square kilometer.Moreover, the three regions with the lowest population density were: CAR (91 persons), MIMAROPA Region (109 persons), and BARMM (120 persons).These were: Region IV-A (977 persons), Region III (567 persons), Region VII (Central Visayas, 509 persons), Region 1 (llocos, 409 persons), and Region V (Western Visayas, 383 persons). Aside from the NCR, five other regions surpassed the national population density of 363 persons per square kilometer in 2020.The population density of the NCR in 2010 was 19,137 per square kilometer. This translates to an additional 980 persons per square kilometer (4.7%) from the 20,785 persons per square kilometer reported in 2015. This figure is almost 60 times of the population density of 363 persons per square kilometer posted at the national level. Among regions, the NCR was the most densely populated with a population density of 21,765 persons per square kilometer. Population density refers to persons per square kilometer of land.The NCR was the smallest with a land area of 619.54 square kilometers. The three biggest regions in terms of land area were: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) with 36,650.95 square kilometers, Region II (Cagayan Valley) with 29,836.88 square kilometers, and MIMAROPA Region with 29,606.25 square kilometers.The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) registered the smallest population size of 1.80 million persons. It was followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 13.48 million persons and Region III (Central Luzon) with 12.42 million persons. In terms of population by region, Region IV-A (CALABARZON) was the biggest among the 17 administrative regions, with 16.20 million persons.
In 2020, the Philippines had 17 administrative regions, 33 highly urbanized cities (HUCs), 108 component cities, five independent component cities, and 1,488 municipalities.Meanwhile, the land areas were based on the 2013 Masterlist of Land Areas of Cities and Municipalities provided by the Land Management Bureau (LMB) to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Hence, Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad were excluded from the total population count. To derive the population density or the number of persons per square kilometer of land, only the population residing in Philippine territories were considered at the national level. The population figures used in this report were from the results of the 2020 CPH.In 2010, there were 308 persons residing in every square kilometer of land. This represents an increase of 27 1 persons per square kilometer (8.0%) from the population density of 337 persons per square kilometer in 2015. With a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers, the population density of the Philippines in 2020 was posted at 363 persons per square kilometer.In 2020, the number of Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad totaled to 2,098 persons. As of, the population of the Philippines, excluding Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad was 109,033,245 based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH).
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