POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
A. By City/Municipality
Table 2: Population Distribution by City/Municipality
Ranking and Density, Quezon 2000
Municipality/City |
Numbers |
Percentage Distribution |
Density (person/ hectare) |
Ranking |
| 1. Agdangan |
9,946 |
0.600 |
2.85 |
40 |
| 2. Alabat |
14,204 |
0.850 |
1.55 |
34 |
| 3. Atimonan |
56,716 |
3.377 |
3.53 |
10 |
| 4. Buenavista |
22,840 |
1.360 |
1.54 |
27 |
| 5. Burdeos |
19,635 |
1.170 |
2.32 |
31 |
| 6. Calauag |
65,907 |
3.925 |
1.66 |
7 |
| 7. Candelaria |
92,429 |
5.504 |
6.36 |
3 |
| 8. Catanauan |
57,736 |
3.440 |
3.30 |
9 |
| 9. Dolores |
23,649 |
1.408 |
2.48 |
25 |
| 10. General Luna |
21,068 |
1.250 |
1.53 |
29 |
| 11. General Nakar |
23,678 |
1.410 |
0.18 |
24 |
| 12. Guinayangan |
37,164 |
2.213 |
2.57 |
19 |
| 13. Gumaca |
60,191 |
3.580 |
2.80 |
8 |
| 14. Infanta |
50,992 |
3.036 |
3.92 |
12 |
| 15. Jomalig |
5,817 |
0.346 |
1.12 |
41 |
| 16. Lopez |
78,694 |
4.686 |
2.01 |
4 |
| 17. Lucban |
38,834 |
2.313 |
5.81 |
18 |
| 18. Macalelon |
22,935 |
1.365 |
2.45 |
26 |
| 19. Mauban |
50,134 |
2.986 |
1.22 |
13 |
| 20. Mulanay |
45,903 |
2.934 |
1.50 |
15 |
| 21. Padre Burgos |
18,962 |
1.129 |
2.76 |
32 |
| 22. Pagbilao |
53,442 |
3.182 |
3.17 |
11 |
| 23. Panukulan |
11,311 |
0.674 |
0.46 |
36 |
| 24. Patnanungan |
11,034 |
0.657 |
1.24 |
31 |
| 25. Perez |
10,454 |
0.622 |
1.78 |
38 |
| 26. Pitogo |
20,558 |
1.224 |
2.28 |
30 |
| 27. Plaridel |
9,501 |
0.565 |
2.87 |
39 |
| 28. Polillo |
24,105 |
1.435 |
0.84 |
23 |
| 29. Quezon |
14,594 |
0.870 |
2.70 |
33 |
| 30. Real |
30,684 |
1.827 |
0.55 |
20 |
| 31. Sampaloc |
12,858 |
0.766 |
1.23 |
35 |
| 32. San Andres |
27,184 |
1.619 |
1.38 |
21 |
| 33. San Antonio |
26,419 |
1.573 |
4.89 |
22 |
| 34. San Francisco |
48,310 |
2.877 |
1.05 |
14 |
| 35. San Narciso |
38,474 |
2.291 |
1.90 |
17 |
| 36. Sariaya |
114,368 |
6.823 |
4.77 |
2 |
| 37. Tagkawayan |
44,290 |
2.638 |
0.69 |
16 |
| 38. Tayabas |
70,985 |
4.227 |
2.28 |
6 |
| 39. Tiaong |
75,498 |
4.496 |
6.51 |
5 |
| 40. Unisan |
21,252 |
1.265 |
2.33 |
28 |
| 41. Lucena City |
196,075 |
11.678 |
28.82 |
1 |
TOTAL 1,679,030 100%
SOURCE: National Statistics Office 2000
Lucena City, a highly urbanized city has 11% of the total population of Quezon, followed by Sariaya and Candelaria with 6.82% and 5.50% respectively. These are the most populous areas in the province. The province has a 14.48% share of population in Region IV. It also has a population density of 192.8 per square kilometer or 1.928 per hectare. Based on the National Statistics Office projection, the province will have 1,757,378 population by year 2002, with male projected population of 890,786 and female with 866,592.
B. By Age and Sex Composition
Table 3: Population by Age Group 1995
Age Group |
Percentage |
Both Sexes |
Male |
Female |
| All Ages |
100% |
1,537,742 |
784,052 |
753,690 |
| 0 – 4 |
14.15% |
217,627 |
111,919 |
105.708 |
| 5 – 9 |
13.36% |
205,508 |
105,614 |
99,894 |
| 10 – 14 |
12.16% |
186,997 |
95,370 |
91,627 |
| 15 – 19 |
10.79% |
165,932 |
84,770 |
81,162 |
| 20 – 24 |
8.82% |
135,701 |
69,791 |
65,910 |
| 25 – 29 |
8.03% |
123,476 |
63,619 |
59,857 |
| 30 – 34 |
6.86% |
105,558 |
54,733 |
50,825 |
| 35 – 39 |
6.12% |
94,095 |
48,785 |
45,310 |
| 40 – 44 |
4.88% |
75,046 |
38,568 |
36,478 |
| 45 – 49 |
3.80% |
58,429 |
29,634 |
28,795 |
| 50 – 54 |
3.03% |
46,627 |
23,100 |
23,527 |
| 55 – 59 |
2.55% |
39,233 |
19,492 |
19,741 |
| 60 – 64 |
1.95% |
30,019 |
14,685 |
15,334 |
| 65 – 69 |
1.46% |
22,453 |
10,594 |
11,859 |
| 70 – 74 |
0.94% |
14,382 |
6,451 |
7,931 |
| 75 - Above |
1.08% |
16,659 |
3,791 |
5,071 |
SOURCE: National Statistics Office 1995
POPULATION GROWTH
The annual growth rate of the province from 1995 to 2000 is 1.90%. The growth of this period is much lower than for 1990-1995 which is 2.40%. If the annual growth rate of the province continues, population will be doubled in 24 years.
Pressure of population mostly concentrates on urban areas for every municipality. If the doubling population continues given the growth rate scenario, the province can still accommodate it only that bigger problems regarding social services will have to be addressed. |
