(medium assumption in population growth, and only the provinces with 1 million+ population included in the list below)
Total, 94.01 million1. Metro Manila, 11.55
2. Cebu, 4.22
3. Negros Occ., 3.14
4. Pangasinan, 3.04
5. Bulacan, 2.99
6. Cavite, 2.91
7. Laguna, 2.42
8. Batangas, 2.33
9. Iloilo, 2.33
10. Pampanga, 2.28
11. Davao del Sur, 2.26
12. Rizal, 2.24
13. Quezon, 2.00
14. Nueva Ecija, 1.97
15. Leyte, 1.94
16. Camarines Sur, 1.90
17. Zamboanga del Sur, 1.77
18. Isabela, 1.54
19. Misamis Or., 1.44
20. S. Cotabato 1.39
21. Bohol, 1.36
22. Negros Or., 1.35
23. Bukidnon, 1.34
24. Albay, 1.31
25. Tarlac, 1.28
26. Cagayan, 1.18
27. Cotabato, 1.17
28. Maguindanao, 1.05
29 Palawan, 1.02
30. Zamboanga del Norte, 1.01
source: National Statistics Office,
http://census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/popproj_tab3r.html
At 94 million people, the Philippines remains at no. 12 worldwide in terms of population size.
Ok, no political commentary here, just numbers.
