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This is a list of functional urban areas in the Philippines with estimates of population and built-up area as of 2015.

Definition

The United Nations Statistical Commission, in 2020, endorsed a new, harmonized definition of cities that can be applied around the world [c]. This definition is called the Degree of Urbanization or DEGURBA. The method is applied to a population grid and results in a country’s territory being divided into three categories: cities, towns, and rural areas[a] [b]. Cities are places which have a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants in contiguous dense grid cells with a size of 1 km2 (>1,500 inhabitants per km2). A functional urban area meanwhile, is the city and the commuting zone around it.

In this page the DEGURBA method is used on the Global Human Settlement Layer - Population or GHSL-POP [d], rather than statistical or administrative units. This reduces distortion, as these units can vary in size across countries [a] As a result, the populations are estimates and will not line-up with numbers from the municipal- or city-level census.

Some advantages of this method include: simplicity, transparency, driven by population size and density, and it captures agglomeration economies.[e] It does all this without respect to administrative borders and thus results in a more accurate representation of cities as a whole.

Metropolitan areas in the Philippines

The DEGURBA method is not meant to replace the definitions used by national statistical institutes and ministries, but to complement them.[c]

Currently in the Philippines there are three officially recognized metropolitan areas, however their urban areas have sometimes long-spilled beyond the borders of the biggest city, such as Metro Manila, whose built up areas have reached Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan and Cavite; and Metro Cebu, which has reached Danao in the north and Carcar in the south.

List

[a] https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/degurbaOverview.php [b] https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/degurbaDefinitions.php

[c] https://penniur.upenn.edu/publications/un-endorses-a-uniform-measure-for-urbanization/

[d] https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ghs_pop2023.php

[e] https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/sustainablecities/how-do-we-define-cities-towns-and-rural-areas

Name of Functional Urban Area	Population (2015, estimate)	Total area in km	Land area (urban center only)	Member urban centers
Manila	24,958,274	4,873	2,416	NCR, urban Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bulacan
Cebu City	3,059,070	1,232	351
Angeles	1,983,597	1,079	364	Angeles, San Fernando, Lubao, Bamban, Dinalupihan, Arayat
Davao City	1,356,277	477	173	Davao, Toril
Dagupan	1,219,135	760	290	Dagupan, Lingayen, San Carlos
Cagayan de Oro	874,952	432	113
Iloilo City	745,543	385	86
Bacolod	700,138	268	106	Bacolod, Silay
Baguio	544,240	224	72
Zamboanga City	542,003	116	66
Batangas City	532,634	364	87
General Santos	518,391	245	89
Naga	352,648	175	76
Tarlac City	347,795	278	48
Iligan	346,896	153	53
Cabanatuan	344,559	211	40
Olongapo	343,375	129	55	Subic, Olongapo
Lucena	315,665	152	39
Tacloban	312,333	160	52
Tagum	309,865	175	53
Cotabato	294,187	73	26
Legazpi	285,950	166	59
Marawi	274,013	163	51
Balanga	257,282	124	41
Butuan	242,954	145	37
Dumaguete	232,578	118	41
San Fernando	210,214	200	54
Gapan	188,488	138	36
Puerto Princesa	181,966	90	36
Urdaneta	181,453	164	31
Pagadian	180,362	61	19
Tuguegarao	171,804	108	29
Tagbilaran	160,840	112	37
Ozamiz	160,319	93	26
Dipolog	157,096	114	30
Roxas City	155,336	80	34
Tabaco	147,667	71	19
Lemery	132,468	73	22
Koronadal	131,863	90	23
Kalibo	121,625	70	15
Vigan	113,660	71	31
Digos	112,924	39	15
Santiago	112,803	68	19
Ormoc	110,678	70	18
Bayambang	108,497	74	21
Panabo	105,640	32	8
Jolo	105,085	23	9
Daet	102,287	50	14
San Jose (NUE)	102,146	69	14
Laoag	101,722	69	15
Surigao City	97,558	36	13
Sorsogon City	97,411	56	22
Valencia	91,692	41	17
Bayombong	90,861	58	15
Puray	89,637	16	16
Calbayog	89,280	74	20
Isabela City	87,787	67	23
Iriga	87,389	39	12
Candelaria	85,965	35	11
Calapan	83,711	55	21
Nasugbu	77,409	31	10
San Jose (MDC)	73,315	40	19
Catbalogan	70,734	53	22
Masbate City	68,125	37	14
Cawit	67,287	26	11
Cadiz	59,686	17	9
Polomolok	59,601	24	7