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Philippines: Population in the largest city

23.38percent · 2025-2.0% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Philippines from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202523.383
202423.26
202323.159
202223.071
202122.991
202022.959
201923.016
201823.148
201723.336
201623.578
201523.871
201424.283
201324.848
201225.556
201126.328
201027.107
200927.772
200828.363
200728.743
200629.156
200529.554
200429.999
200330.463
200230.936
200131.418
200031.953
199932.67
199833.478
199734.279
199635.032
199535.636
199435.532
199335.415
199235.369
199135.299
199035.234
198935.329
198835.428
198735.575
198635.7
198535.794
198435.946
198336.151
198236.362
198136.52
198036.618
197936.529
197836.427
197736.334
197636.236
197536.091
197434.818
197333.359
197231.988
197130.693
197029.482
196929.031
196828.757
196728.488
196628.229
196527.984
196427.765
196327.568
196227.402
196127.267
196027.163

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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