Central Visayas, officially designated as Region VII, is an administrative region in the Philippines occupying the central section of the Visayas. It covers 4 provinces, namely, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor, as well as 3 highly urbanized cities. The regional center is the City of Cebu.

Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 8,081,988. This represented 39.26% of the overall population of the Visayas island group, or 7.41% of the entire population of the Philippines. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 509 inhabitants per square kilometer or 1,319 inhabitants per square mile.