Metro Manila Congested at 18,650 Persons Per Square Kilometer in 2007 - nso facts and figures

Based on the results of the 2007 Census of Population, the country’s population density is 260 persons per square kilometer or a 15.6 percent increase from 2000.  Metro Manila, the country’s center of economic activity and the most densely populated region, has 26 times the density of people in CALABARZON and 41 times that of Central Luzon.  With a land area of only 619.5 square kilometers and a population of 11,553,427, Metro Manila has a population density of 18,650 persons per square kilometer in 2007, an increase of 16.3 percent or 2,617 persons per square kilometer from 2000.