List of records of the Philippines

This is an annotated list of records of the Philippines organized by category.

Finance

 * Wealthiest individual person (Forbes' The World's Billionaires list): Manny Villar, with a net worth of in 2024. (ranked such since 2019; currently 190th worldwide)

Geography



 * The tallest mountain: Mount Apo, Mindanao, 2954 m
 * The largest lake: Laguna de Bay, Luzon, 911 - 949 km2 surface area
 * The largest island: Luzon, 109965 km2


 * The longest river: Cagayan River, Cagayan Valley. 353 km
 * The longest underground river: Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan, 24 km cave containing an 8.2 km underground section of the Cabayugan River
 * The highest temperature (as officially recorded by the PAGASA): Tuguegarao, Cagayan, 42.2 C, April 29, 1912 and May 11, 1969
 * The lowest temperature (as officially recorded by the PAGASA): Baguio, 6.3 C, January 18, 1961
 * The strongest earthquake: 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake, Mw 8.0, August 16, 1976
 * The deadliest earthquake: 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake, 4,791 deaths, August 16, 1976

Political entities

 * Area
 * Largest province: Palawan (excluding Puerto Princesa), 14649.7 km2
 * Smallest province: Batanes, 219.01 km2
 * Largest city: Davao City, 2444 km2 (20th largest in the world)
 * Smallest city: San Juan, 5.95 km2
 * Largest municipality: Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, 2188.80 km2
 * Smallest municipality: Pateros, 1.76 km2


 * Population
 * Province with the largest population:
 * excluding highly urbanized cities: Cavite, 3,678,301 inhabitants (2015)
 * including highly urbanized cities: Cebu, 4,632,359 inhabitants (2015)
 * Province with the smallest population: Batanes, 17,246 inhabitants (2015)
 * City with the largest population: Quezon City, 2,936,116 inhabitants (2015)
 * City with the smallest population: Palayan, Nueva Ecija, 41,041 (2015)
 * City outside Metro Manila with the largest population: Davao City, 1,632,991 inhabitants (2015)
 * Municipality with the largest population: Rodriguez, Rizal, 443,954 (2020)
 * Municipality with the smallest population:
 * disputed territory: Kalayaan, Palawan, 184 inhabitants (2015)
 * undisputed: Ivana, Batanes, 1,327 inhabitants (2015)
 * Barangay with the largest population: Barangay 176, Caloocan, 246,515 (2015)


 * Population density
 * Province with highest population density: Cavite 2455 PD/km2 (2015)
 * Province with lowest population density: Apayao 26 PD/km2 (2015)
 * City with highest population density: Manila, 42628 PD/km2 (2015)
 * City with lowest population density: Puerto Princesa, 107 PD/km2 (2015)
 * City outside Metro Manila with highest population density: Mandaue, 14402 PD/km2 (2015)
 * Municipality with highest population density: Cainta, Rizal, 16294 PD/km2 (2015)
 * Municipality with lowest population density:
 * disputed territory: Kalayaan, Palawan, 1 PD/km2 (2015)
 * undisputed: Dinapigue, Isabela, 5 PD/km2 (2015)


 * Number of barangays
 * Province with most barangays: Iloilo, 1,721
 * Province with fewest barangays: Batanes, 29
 * City with most barangays: Manila, 897
 * City with fewest barangays: Muntinlupa, 9
 * Municipality with most barangays: Miagao, Iloilo, 119
 * Municipality with fewest barangays:
 * disputed territory: Kalayaan, Palawan, 1
 * undisputed: Adams, Ilocos Norte, 1


 * Foundation date
 * Oldest city: Cebu City, founded 1565

Buildings and structures

 * The tallest building: Grand Hyatt Manila, Taguig, Metro Manila, 318 m
 * The tallest twin building: One Shangri-La Place Towers, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, 227 m (17th tallest in the world)
 * Largest shopping mall by gross leasable area: SM City North EDSA, Quezon City, Metro Manila, 498,000 m2 (7th largest in the world)
 * The largest indoor arena: Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan, 51,929 seats and 36715 m2 (also largest in the world)
 * Tallest bamboo statue: St. Vincent Ferrer Statue, Bayambang, Pangasinan, 50.23 m (also tallest in the world)

Others

 * Shortest man: Junrey Balawing, 59.93cm (was also shortest living person in the world)
 * Largest serving of balut: Pateros, 117.5 kg.
 * Largest attended papal gathering: Mass by Pope Francis in Rizal Park, Manila on January 18, 2015, attended by 6–7 million people (also largest in the world)
 * Largest banknote: ₱100,000 bill, launched in 1998, dimensions of 356mm width and 216mm height
 * Largest gong ensemble in the world, which was participated by 3,440 people in Tabuk, Kalinga in February 2023
 * Largest banga dance in the world, which was participated by 4,681 people in Tabuk, Kalinga in February 2023. The dance uses ‘bangas’ or clay pots, which is used to carry water and balanced in the head
 * Highest attendance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, which was attended by 38,115 spectators at the Philippine Arena on August 25, 2023