Manila — UN urban centre
Manila: 24,735,305 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2369; territory: Philippines (PHL). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 14.5874, 121.0191. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8,329,012 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 9,884,349 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 11,682,238 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 13,905,472 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 16,293,501 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 17,799,064 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 19,347,220 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 21,072,115 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 22,677,351 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 24,013,676 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 24,735,305 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 25,527,969 | Projection |
| 2035 | 26,161,703 | Projection |
| 2040 | 26,667,637 | Projection |
| 2045 | 27,008,215 | Projection |
| 2050 | 27,119,826 | Projection |
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