Province of Benguet

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Demographics
     
Benguet is a province in the Philippines situated in the Cordillera Administrative Region occupying the northern-central section of Luzon. Its capital is the Municipality of La Trinidad.
The province has a land area of 2,769.08 square kilometers or 1,069.15 square miles. Its population as determined by the 2015 Census was 444,224. This represented 25.80% of the total population of the Cordillera Administrative Region, 0.77% of the overall population of the Luzon island group, or 0.44% of the entire population of the Philippines. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 160 inhabitants per square kilometer or 415 inhabitants per square mile.
1990
2000
2015
1990

Municipality Population
Atok 13,853
Bakun 10,817
Bokod 11,474
Buguias 25,236
Itogon 61,773
Kabayan 10,306
Kapangan 15,537
Kibungan 12,753
La Trinidad 48,523
Mankayan 32,889
Sablan 8,440
Tuba 39,635
Tublay 11,479
Total 302,715

2000

Municipality Population
Atok 16,657
Bakun 12,213
Bokod 11,705
Buguias 33,177
Itogon 46,705
Kabayan 12,344
Kapangan 18,137
Kibungan 15,036
La Trinidad 67,963
Mankayan 34,502
Sablan 9,652
Tuba 38,366
Tublay 13,672
Total 330,129

2015

Municipality Population
Atok 19,668
Bakun 15,357
Bokod 13,756
Buguias 43,627
Itogon 59,820
Kabayan 15,260
Kapangan 19,361
Kibungan 17,292
La Trinidad 129,133
Mankayan 35,953
Sablan 11,457
Tuba 38,366
Tublay 17,892
Total 446,224