2   BANK DENSITY RATIO
Philippine Banking System
as of end of periods indicated
			2001					2002
			Mar	June	Sept	Dec		Mar	June	Sept		Dec
A.  Philippine banking offices per city/municipality
Philippines			5	4	5	5		5	5	5		5
National Capital Region (NCR)			155	155	155	156		155	153	151		151
Outside NCR			3	3	3	3		3	3	3		3
Region I	-	Ilocos	3	3	3	3		3	3	3		3
Region II	-	Cagayan	2	2	2	2		2	2	2		2
Region III	-	Central Luzon 1/	6	6	6	6		6	6	6		6
Region IV	-	Southern Tagalog 1/	6	6	6	6		6	6	-		-
Region IV-A	-	Calabarzon 1/	-	-	-	-		-	-	8		8
Region IV-B	-	Mimaropa 1/	-	-	-	-		-	-	2		2
Region V	-	Bicol	2	2	2	2		2	2	2		2
Region VI	-	Western Visayas	3	3	3	3		3	3	3		3
Region VII	-	Central Visayas	4	4	4	4		4	4	4		4
Region VIII	-	Eastern Visayas	1	1	1	1		1	1	1		1
Region IX	-	Western Mindanao	1	1	1	1		1	1	1		2
Region X	-	Northern Mindanao	3	3	3	3		3	3	3		3
Region XI	-	Southern Mindanao	5	5	5	5		5	4	4		4
Region XII	-	Central Mindanao	2	2	2	2		2	2	2		2
Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR)			1	1	1	1		1	1	1		1
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)			1	1	1	1		1	1	1		1
CARAGA			1	1	1	1		1	1	1		1
B.  No. of persons served by each banking office *
Philippines			10,246	10,943	10,317	10,351		10,349	10,576	10,675		10,736
National Capital Region (NCR)			3,958	3,963	3,979	3,990		3,999	4,102	4,156		4,167
Outside NCR			13,658	15,130	13,755	13,799		13,777	14,041	14,137		14,239
Region I	-	Ilocos	11,223	11,240	11,107	11,393		11,455	11,549	11,564		11,611
Region II	-	Cagayan	14,069	14,137	13,996	13,995		13,859	13,991	14,057		14,691
Region III	-	Central Luzon 1/	9,942	9,977	9,961	9,984		9,958	10,105	10,063		10,392
Region IV	-	Southern Tagalog 1/	8,845	8,974	8,957	8,947		8,899	9,345	9,231		-
Region IV-A	-	Calabarzon 1/	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		8,084
Region IV-B	-	Mimaropa 1/	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		19,978
Region V	-	Bicol	22,849	23,056	22,933	23,030		22,705	23,223	23,431		23,195
Region VI	-	Western Visayas	16,052	16,002	16,235	16,265		16,348	16,659	16,731		16,933
Region VII	-	Central Visayas	11,606	11,637	11,668	11,675		11,651	11,712	11,840		11,821
Region VIII	-	Eastern Visayas	29,420	29,573	29,495	29,646		29,878	31,929	32,090		32,251
Region IX	-	Western Mindanao	28,841	28,493	28,659	28,825		29,085	29,420	29,324		29,229
Region X	-	Northern Mindanao	13,349	13,356	13,491	13,693		13,693	13,972	13,976		13,913
Region XI	-	Southern Mindanao	14,132	14,260	14,665	14,757		14,757	15,362	15,813		15,956
Region XII	-	Central Mindanao	37,177	37,393	38,139	38,359		38,359	38,797	39,016		38,691
Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR)			14,114	14,052	14,130	13,932		13,932	14,085	14,025		13,966
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)			48,798	48,997	50,314	50,518		50,518	52,109	52,318		51,332
CARAGA			23,377	22,789	22,460	22,145		22,366	22,627	22,311		22,439
*  Philippine population based on National Statistics Office (NSO) data
1/ Southern Tagalog Region was divided into 2 Regions while Aurora Province was integrated with Central Luzon per Executive
Order #103 dated May 17, 2002
Source: Supervisory Reports and Studies Office, Supervision and Examination Sector
Updated as of 12 March 2004