A 2015-ös népszámlálás szerint [[Davao]] a sziget legnépesebb városa, mintegy 1,6 millió lakossal. Davaot követi [[Zamboanga]] (862 ezer lakos), [[Cagayan de Oro]] (676 ezer lakos), SantosGeneral tábornokSantos ( 594 446ezer lakos), Iligan 342(343 618ezer lakos), Butuan (337 063ezer lakos) és Cotabato City (299 438ezer lakos).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population and Housing |url=https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/census/population-and-housing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312215850/https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/census/population-and-housing |archive-date=12 March 2017 |access-date=15 March 2017 |website=Philippine Statistics Authority}}</ref>
