Mandaleños reaches to more than 400 thousand in 2020

The total population of the City of Mandaluyong reached to 425,758 based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH). This city is accountable for about three percent of the total population of the National Capital Region (NCR) (13,484,462) as of 01 May 2020.

Total population in the year of 2000, 2010, 2015, and 2020 are gradually increasing. Compared to the previous census year (2015), the total population of Mandaleños increased by 39,482 in 2020. 

Population of the City of Mandaluyong increases by 2.07 percent annually from the period of 2015 to 2020

The Population Growth Rate (PGR) of the City of Mandaluyong from the period of 2015 to 2020 is 2.07 percent. PGR indicates how fast a population increases or decreases as a result of the interplay of births, deaths, and migration during a given period of time.

This means that the population of the City of Mandaluyong increased by 2.07 percent annually or two Mandaleños per 100 population every year from 2015 to 2020. However, compared to the PGR from 2010 to 2015, PGR from the period of 2015 to 2020 decreased by 1.05 percentage points.

Population Density increases by 10.2 percent from the period of 2015 to 2020

With a land area of 9.29 square kilometers, population density of the City of Mandaluyong registered 45,830 persons per square kilometers in 2020. This showed an increase of 4,250 persons (10.2%) from 41,580 persons in 2015.

Table 3 presents the population density and its percentage by various census years.

Addition Hills registers as the most populous barangay in the City of Mandaluyong

Among the 27 barangays in the City of Mandaluyong, Addition Hills has the highest population in 2020 with 108,896, followed by Highway Hills with 43,267, and Hulo with 31,335. The combined population of these three barangays is accounted for 43.1 percent of the total population of the City of Mandaluyong in 2020. Moreover, about four out of 10 Mandaleños were in these barangays.Also included in the top five most populous barangays were Plainview with29,378 and Mauway with 25,800. The barangay with the least population was Burol with 2,650 or 0.6 percent of the total population of the city.

(SGD.) Danilo R. Cubinar
Chief Statistical Specialist