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The total land area is 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), [1] [11] [12] [2] [3] with cadastral survey data suggesting it may be larger. [13] This makes it the fifth largest island country in the world. [9] Only approximately 1,000 of its islands are populated, and fewer than one-half of these are larger than 2.5 square kilometers (1 sq mi).
The following table lists urban areas in the Philippines, with a population of over 500,000, according to Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study as of 2023. Demographia defines an urban area as a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor and housing market, without regard for administrative boundaries. [13]
The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies , ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories .
Coastline: 36,289 km (22,549 mi) – 5th longest coastline; Population: 109,035,343 (2020 census) 12th most populous country; Area: 300,000 km 2 (120,000 sq mi) – 72nd most extensive country; Atlas of the Philippines; Cities in the Philippines by population
3,500/km 2 (9,200/sq mi) The Greater Manila Area ( Filipino : Malawakang Maynila ) is the contiguous urbanization region surrounding the Metropolitan Manila area . This built-up zone includes Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Bulacan to the north, Cavite and Laguna to the south, and Rizal to the east.
Other divisions. 0.1 to 1,000,000+ square kilometers; 1,000,000+ square kilometers; Smaller divisions. 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square ...
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.