Cavite is a province in the Philippines situated in the CALABARZON region occupying the central section of Luzon. Its capital is the City of Imus.
The province has a land area of 1,526.28 square kilometers or 589.30 square miles. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 4,344,829. This represented 26.83% of the total population of the CALABARZON region, 6.99% of the overall population of the Luzon island group, or 3.98% of the entire population of the Philippines. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 2,847 inhabitants per square kilometer or 7,373 inhabitants per square mile.
Cavite is bordered, clockwise from the Northeast, by the National Capital Region, Laguna, Batangas, and Manila Bay.
Cavite has 16 municipalities and 7 cities. The total number of barangays in the province is 829.
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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Alfonso | municipality | 59,306 | 51,839 | 2.87% | 66.58 | 891 | 32 |
Amadeo | municipality | 41,901 | 37,649 | 2.28% | 36.92 | 1,135 | 26 |
Bacoor | city (CC) | 664,625 | 600,609 | 2.16% | 46.17 | 14,395 | 73 |
Carmona | municipality | 106,256 | 97,557 | 1.81% | 29.75 | 3,572 | 14 |
Cavite City | city (CC) | 100,674 | 102,806 | -0.44% | 10.89 | 9,245 | 84 |
Dasmariñas | city (CC) | 703,141 | 659,019 | 1.37% | 90.13 | 7,801 | 75 |
General Emilio Aguinaldo | municipality | 23,973 | 22,220 | 1.61% | 42.13 | 569 | 14 |
General Mariano Alvarez | municipality | 172,433 | 155,143 | 2.25% | 9.40 | 18,344 | 27 |
General Trias | city (CC) | 450,583 | 314,303 | 7.88% | 90.01 | 5,006 | 33 |
Imus | city (CC), capital | 496,794 | 403,785 | 4.46% | 171.66 | 2,894 | 97 |
Indang | municipality | 68,699 | 65,599 | 0.98% | 74.90 | 917 | 36 |
Kawit | municipality | 107,535 | 83,466 | 5.48% | 25.15 | 4,276 | 23 |
Magallanes | municipality | 23,851 | 22,727 | 1.02% | 73.07 | 326 | 16 |
Maragondon | municipality | 40,687 | 37,720 | 1.61% | 164.61 | 247 | 27 |
Mendez | municipality | 34,879 | 31,529 | 2.15% | 43.27 | 806 | 24 |
Naic | municipality | 160,987 | 111,454 | 8.05% | 75.81 | 2,124 | 30 |
Noveleta | municipality | 49,452 | 45,846 | 1.61% | 16.43 | 3,010 | 16 |
Rosario | municipality | 110,807 | 110,706 | 0.02% | 7.61 | 14,561 | 20 |
Silang | municipality | 295,644 | 248,085 | 3.76% | 209.43 | 1,412 | 64 |
Tagaytay | city (CC) | 85,330 | 71,181 | 3.89% | 65.00 | 1,313 | 34 |
Tanza | municipality | 312,116 | 226,188 | 7.01% | 78.33 | 3,985 | 41 |
Ternate | municipality | 24,653 | 23,157 | 1.33% | 59.93 | 411 | 10 |
Trece Martires | city (CC) | 210,503 | 155,713 | 6.55% | 39.10 | 5,384 | 13 |
Cavite Total | 4,344,829 | 3,678,301 | 3.57% | 1,526.28 | 2,847 | 829 |
The annual regular revenue of Cavite for the fiscal year of 2016 was ₱3,066,758,338.11.
Fiscal Year | Annual Regular Income | Change |
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2009 | 1,994,930,958.00 | – |
2010 | 2,030,910,344.00 | 1.80% |
2011 | 2,210,728,104.00 | 8.85% |
2012 | 2,237,783,644.90 | 1.22% |
2013 | 2,253,485,663.00 | 0.70% |
2014 | 2,496,437,434.00 | 10.78% |
2015 | 2,852,751,064.00 | 14.27% |
2016 | 3,066,758,338.11 | 7.50% |
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According to the 2015 Census, the age group with the highest population in Cavite is 15 to 19, with 361,233 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 80 and over, with 21,355 individuals.
Age group | Population (2015) | Age group percentage |
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Under 1 | 69,262 | 1.88% |
1 to 4 | 284,939 | 7.75% |
5 to 9 | 353,560 | 9.61% |
10 to 14 | 349,826 | 9.51% |
15 to 19 | 361,233 | 9.82% |
20 to 24 | 360,471 | 9.80% |
25 to 29 | 331,248 | 9.01% |
30 to 34 | 304,120 | 8.27% |
35 to 39 | 284,298 | 7.73% |
40 to 44 | 235,289 | 6.40% |
45 to 49 | 206,547 | 5.62% |
50 to 54 | 164,604 | 4.48% |
55 to 59 | 129,653 | 3.52% |
60 to 64 | 96,891 | 2.63% |
65 to 69 | 64,772 | 1.76% |
70 to 74 | 35,427 | 0.96% |
75 to 79 | 24,806 | 0.67% |
80 and over | 21,355 | 0.58% |
Total | 3,678,301 | 100.00% |
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The population of Cavite grew from 134,779 in 1903 to 4,344,829 in 2020, an increase of 4,210,050 people over the course of 117 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive annualized growth rate of 3.57%, or an increase of 666,528 people, from the previous population of 3,678,301 in 2015.
Census date | Population | Annualized Growth Rate |
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134,779 | – | |
157,355 | 0.98% | |
238,581 | 2.10% | |
262,550 | 0.99% | |
378,138 | 3.26% | |
520,180 | 3.17% | |
628,321 | 3.86% | |
771,320 | 4.18% | |
1,152,534 | 4.10% | |
1,610,324 | 6.47% | |
2,063,161 | 5.46% | |
2,856,765 | 4.59% | |
3,090,691 | 2.91% | |
3,678,301 | 3.37% | |
4,344,829 | 3.57% |
The total number of registered voters or electorate in Cavite for the year 2019 was 2,148,899.
As of December 2016, the National Roads in Cavite are: