Bulacan is a province in the Philippines situated in the Central Luzon region occupying the central section of Luzon. Its capital is the City of Malolos.
The province has a land area of 2,783.69 square kilometers or 1,074.79 square miles. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 3,708,890. This represented 29.86% of the total population of the Central Luzon region, 5.96% of the overall population of the Luzon island group, or 3.40% of the entire population of the Philippines. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 1,332 inhabitants per square kilometer or 3,451 inhabitants per square mile.
Bulacan is bordered, clockwise from the North, by Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Quezon, Rizal, the National Capital Region, Manila Bay, and Pampanga.
Bulacan has 21 municipalities and 3 cities. The total number of barangays in the province is 569.
Name | Type | Population (2020) | Population (2015) | Annual Population Growth Rate (2015‑2020) | Area (2013), in km2 | Density (2020), per km2 | Brgy count |
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Angat | municipality | 65,617 | 59,237 | 2.18% | 61.59 | 1,065 | 16 |
Balagtas | municipality | 77,018 | 73,929 | 0.87% | 28.66 | 2,687 | 9 |
Baliuag | municipality | 168,470 | 149,954 | 2.48% | 45.05 | 3,740 | 27 |
Bocaue | municipality | 141,412 | 119,675 | 3.58% | 31.87 | 4,437 | 19 |
Bulakan | municipality | 81,232 | 76,565 | 1.25% | 72.90 | 1,114 | 14 |
Bustos | municipality | 77,199 | 67,039 | 3.02% | 69.99 | 1,103 | 14 |
Calumpit | municipality | 118,471 | 108,757 | 1.82% | 56.25 | 2,106 | 29 |
Doña Remedios Trinidad | municipality | 28,656 | 22,663 | 5.06% | 932.96 | 31 | 8 |
Guiguinto | municipality | 113,415 | 99,730 | 2.74% | 27.50 | 4,124 | 14 |
Hagonoy | municipality | 133,448 | 129,807 | 0.58% | 103.10 | 1,294 | 26 |
Malolos | city (CC), capital | 261,189 | 252,074 | 0.75% | 67.25 | 3,884 | 51 |
Marilao | municipality | 254,453 | 221,965 | 2.92% | 33.74 | 7,542 | 16 |
Meycauayan | city (CC) | 225,673 | 209,083 | 1.62% | 32.10 | 7,030 | 26 |
Norzagaray | municipality | 136,064 | 111,348 | 4.31% | 309.77 | 439 | 13 |
Obando | municipality | 59,978 | 59,197 | 0.28% | 52.10 | 1,151 | 11 |
Pandi | municipality | 155,115 | 89,075 | 12.39% | 31.20 | 4,972 | 22 |
Paombong | municipality | 55,696 | 53,294 | 0.93% | 46.34 | 1,202 | 14 |
Plaridel | municipality | 114,432 | 107,805 | 1.26% | 32.44 | 3,527 | 19 |
Pulilan | municipality | 108,836 | 97,323 | 2.38% | 39.89 | 2,728 | 19 |
San Ildefonso | municipality | 115,713 | 104,471 | 2.18% | 128.71 | 899 | 36 |
San Jose del Monte | city (CC) | 651,813 | 574,089 | 2.71% | 105.53 | 6,177 | 59 |
San Miguel | municipality | 172,073 | 153,882 | 2.38% | 231.40 | 744 | 49 |
San Rafael | municipality | 103,097 | 94,655 | 1.81% | 152.43 | 676 | 34 |
Santa Maria | municipality | 289,820 | 256,454 | 2.61% | 90.92 | 3,188 | 24 |
Bulacan Total | 3,708,890 | 3,292,071 | 2.54% | 2,783.69 | 1,332 | 569 |
The annual regular revenue of Bulacan for the fiscal year of 2016 was ₱3,527,337,309.07.
Fiscal Year | Annual Regular Income | Change |
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2009 | 1,952,044,692.32 | – |
2010 | 2,170,448,777.03 | 11.19% |
2011 | 2,241,606,346.25 | 3.28% |
2012 | 2,220,013,568.67 | -0.96% |
2013 | 2,396,260,027.00 | 7.94% |
2014 | 2,833,550,614.67 | 18.25% |
2015 | 3,143,195,370.24 | 10.93% |
2016 | 3,527,337,309.07 | 12.22% |
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According to the 2015 Census, the age group with the highest population in Bulacan is 5 to 9, with 329,260 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 80 and over, with 22,565 individuals.
Age group | Population (2015) | Age group percentage |
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Under 1 | 61,635 | 1.87% |
1 to 4 | 255,791 | 7.77% |
5 to 9 | 329,260 | 10.00% |
10 to 14 | 321,035 | 9.75% |
15 to 19 | 326,233 | 9.91% |
20 to 24 | 312,643 | 9.50% |
25 to 29 | 275,662 | 8.37% |
30 to 34 | 253,240 | 7.69% |
35 to 39 | 242,669 | 7.37% |
40 to 44 | 206,724 | 6.28% |
45 to 49 | 187,675 | 5.70% |
50 to 54 | 153,439 | 4.66% |
55 to 59 | 121,374 | 3.69% |
60 to 64 | 94,249 | 2.86% |
65 to 69 | 65,157 | 1.98% |
70 to 74 | 37,335 | 1.13% |
75 to 79 | 25,385 | 0.77% |
80 and over | 22,565 | 0.69% |
Total | 3,292,071 | 100.00% |
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The population of Bulacan grew from 215,144 in 1903 to 3,708,890 in 2020, an increase of 3,493,746 people over the course of 117 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive annualized growth rate of 2.54%, or an increase of 416,819 people, from the previous population of 3,292,071 in 2015.
Census date | Population | Annualized Growth Rate |
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215,144 | – | |
239,969 | 0.69% | |
319,339 | 1.44% | |
394,642 | 2.20% | |
514,346 | 2.36% | |
737,975 | 3.59% | |
899,529 | 4.05% | |
1,096,046 | 4.03% | |
1,505,219 | 3.22% | |
1,784,441 | 3.24% | |
2,234,088 | 4.94% | |
2,822,216 | 3.28% | |
2,924,433 | 1.30% | |
3,292,071 | 2.28% | |
3,708,890 | 2.54% |
The total number of registered voters or electorate in Bulacan for the year 2019 was 1,863,596.
As of December 2016, the National Roads in Bulacan are: