Ranking

Densest barangays in Basilan

Carbon (Isabela City, Basilan) is the most crowded of the 255 barangays in Basilan: about 153,395 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 3, 4, 5]}

Below are the first 100 of 255 barangays, ordered by people for every km² of land, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Densest barangays in Basilan, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Carbon	Isabela City, Basilan	7,501	4,362	+72.0%	about 153,395
2	Kaumpurnah Zone III	Isabela City, Basilan	3,228	2,856	+13.0%	about 109,054
3	Kaumpurnah Zone II	Isabela City, Basilan	4,318	3,888	+11.1%	about 103,055
4	Tampalan	Isabela City, Basilan	7,055	5,175	+36.3%	about 97,850
5	Kaumpurnah Zone I	Isabela City, Basilan	3,657	3,411	+7.2%	about 74,329
6	Port Holland Zone III Pob.	Maluso, Basilan	7,940	4,904	+61.9%	about 49,317
7	Timpul	Isabela City, Basilan	1,770	1,642	+7.8%	about 48,098
8	Port Area	Isabela City, Basilan	2,145	1,509	+42.2%	about 46,529
9	San Rafael	Isabela City, Basilan	9,994	7,917	+26.2%	about 36,342
10	Marketsite	Isabela City, Basilan	2,781	4,184	−33.5%	about 35,292
11	Port Holland Zone V	Maluso, Basilan	3,990	2,354	+69.5%	about 34,103
12	Maligaya	Lamitan City, Basilan	3,393	3,086	+10.0%	about 33,594
13	Port Holland Zone II Pob.	Maluso, Basilan	4,037	2,862	+41.1%	about 33,364
14	Port Holland Zone I Pob.	Maluso, Basilan	6,636	5,012	+32.4%	about 28,978
15	Guanan South	Maluso, Basilan	1,475	1,347	+9.5%	about 27,936
16	Riverside	Isabela City, Basilan	2,180	1,883	+15.8%	about 26,880
17	Maganda	Lamitan City, Basilan	7,703	6,692	+15.1%	about 25,763
18	Isabela Proper	Isabela City, Basilan	1,609	1,386	+16.1%	about 25,101
19	Port Holland Zone IV	Maluso, Basilan	7,084	6,013	+17.8%	about 22,852
20	Tabuk	Isabela City, Basilan	9,948	7,008	+42.0%	about 20,682
21	Aguada	Isabela City, Basilan	6,153	5,452	+12.9%	about 19,050
22	Diki	Isabela City, Basilan	6,869	6,191	+11.0%	about 14,105
23	Seaside	Isabela City, Basilan	401	328	+22.3%	about 11,864
24	Matibay	Lamitan City, Basilan	4,147	5,229	−20.7%	about 10,393
25	Santa Cruz	Isabela City, Basilan	1,018	916	+11.1%	about 9,604
26	La Piedad	Isabela City, Basilan	1,827	2,292	−20.3%	about 9,227
27	Dona Ramona T. Alano	Isabela City, Basilan	1,253	1,067	+17.4%	about 8,032
28	Saluping	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	3,400	2,336	+45.6%	about 7,010
29	Lanawan	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	8,881	7,609	+16.7%	about 6,938
30	Lampinigan	Isabela City, Basilan	1,871	1,561	+19.9%	about 5,775
31	Bato	Lamitan City, Basilan	7,697	6,792	+13.3%	about 5,537
32	Menzi	Isabela City, Basilan	4,772	4,571	+4.4%	about 5,087
33	Bukut-Umus	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	5,733	3,023	+89.7%	about 4,247
34	Malakas	Lamitan City, Basilan	1,988	1,810	+9.8%	about 4,150
35	Kulay Bato	Lamitan City, Basilan	5,379	4,006	+34.3%	about 4,014
36	Linongan	Akbar, Basilan	3,135	2,682	+16.9%	about 3,823
37	Colonia	Lamitan City, Basilan	3,846	3,293	+16.8%	about 3,734
38	Isabela Eastside	Isabela City, Basilan	3,176	2,908	+9.2%	about 3,486
39	Malinis	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,482	2,178	+14.0%	about 3,287
40	Panigayan	Isabela City, Basilan	3,065	2,791	+9.8%	about 3,189
41	Sumagdang	Isabela City, Basilan	11,574	10,100	+14.6%	about 2,879
42	Sunrise Village	Isabela City, Basilan	2,641	2,746	−3.8%	about 2,673
43	Townsite	Maluso, Basilan	8,989	5,128	+75.3%	about 2,568
44	Kaumpurnah	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	2,781	2,465	+12.8%	about 2,461
45	Matatag	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,816	2,854	−1.3%	about 2,347
46	Sangbay Big	Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan	4,199	3,736	+12.4%	about 1,891
47	Upper Bato-bato	Akbar, Basilan	3,207	2,733	+17.3%	about 1,812
48	Bulanting	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,058	1,845	+11.5%	about 1,774
49	Bucalao	Al-Barka, Basilan	2,368	2,137	+10.8%	about 1,611
50	Lahi-lahi	Tuburan, Basilan	2,807	2,663	+5.4%	about 1,604
51	Babag	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	3,863	2,257	+71.2%	about 1,521
52	Balanting	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	2,234	1,674	+33.5%	about 1,520
53	Semut	Akbar, Basilan	7,175	6,626	+8.3%	about 1,511
54	Sulloh	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	2,731	1,839	+48.5%	about 1,415
55	Calut	Tuburan, Basilan	4,458	4,352	+2.4%	about 1,347
56	Cabobo	Lamitan City, Basilan	1,225	1,157	+5.9%	about 1,346
57	Lower Manggas	Lantawan, Basilan	3,078	2,010	+53.1%	about 1,344
58	Banah	Tipo-Tipo, Basilan	5,560	3,074	+80.9%	about 1,321
59	Palahangan	Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan	3,004	2,196	+36.8%	about 1,295
60	Luukbongsod	Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan	2,633	2,396	+9.9%	about 1,278
61	Sengal	Lamitan City, Basilan	4,998	4,078	+22.6%	about 1,259
62	Tipo-tipo Proper	Tipo-Tipo, Basilan	7,431	6,385	+16.4%	about 1,239
63	Sibago	Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan	2,541	2,029	+25.2%	about 1,199
64	Calang Canas	Maluso, Basilan	2,957	2,949	+0.3%	about 1,183
65	Suligan	Tabuan-Lasa, Basilan	2,020	1,388	+45.5%	about 1,168
66	Sangbay Small	Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan	3,623	3,130	+15.8%	about 1,165
67	Matata	Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan	2,020	1,596	+26.6%	about 1,141
68	Atong-atong	Lantawan, Basilan	6,316	6,064	+4.2%	about 1,134
69	Tikus	Sumisip, Basilan	1,815	1,551	+17.0%	about 1,093
70	Tablas Usew	Tuburan, Basilan	2,928	2,169	+35.0%	about 1,084
71	Badja	Tipo-Tipo, Basilan	4,573	3,540	+29.2%	about 1,079
72	Kailih	Al-Barka, Basilan	1,985	1,866	+6.4%	about 1,073
73	Parangbasak	Lamitan City, Basilan	3,851	3,235	+19.0%	about 1,058
74	Batungal	Maluso, Basilan	2,096	1,465	+43.1%	about 1,043
75	Mangal	Sumisip, Basilan	3,961	3,252	+21.8%	about 1,042
76	Binuangan	Isabela City, Basilan	3,481	2,615	+33.1%	about 1,039
77	Langil	Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan	2,222	1,212	+83.3%	about 1,029
78	Cambug	Al-Barka, Basilan	1,810	1,527	+18.5%	about 1,011
79	Ba-as	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,268	1,471	+54.2%	about 973
80	Lower Tablas	Tuburan, Basilan	2,463	1,766	+39.5%	about 955
81	Lower Bato-bato	Akbar, Basilan	2,997	2,122	+41.2%	about 954
82	Cabangalan	Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan	1,949	1,498	+30.1%	about 924
83	Paguengan	Akbar, Basilan	2,071	1,829	+13.2%	about 916
84	Balatanay	Isabela City, Basilan	887	637	+39.3%	about 910
85	Lookbisaya	Al-Barka, Basilan	1,644	1,568	+4.9%	about 908
86	Bohelebung	Tipo-Tipo, Basilan	2,502	2,461	+1.7%	about 900
87	Danapah	Al-Barka, Basilan	1,652	1,419	+16.4%	about 898
88	Lower Sinangkapan	Tuburan, Basilan	3,060	2,975	+2.9%	about 892
89	Amaloy	Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan	3,058	1,864	+64.1%	about 892
90	Upper Manggas	Lantawan, Basilan	2,402	1,064	+125.8%	about 858
91	Begang	Isabela City, Basilan	3,185	3,347	−4.8%	about 845
92	Lanote	Isabela City, Basilan	6,256	5,737	+9.1%	about 819
93	Bato-bato	Al-Barka, Basilan	1,673	1,214	+37.8%	about 812
94	Boheyawas	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,194	1,938	+13.2%	about 767
95	Buli-buli	Sumisip, Basilan	1,979	1,753	+12.9%	about 752
96	Sahaya Bohe Bato	Sumisip, Basilan	2,007	1,823	+10.1%	about 746
97	Bohe-Tambak	Tipo-Tipo, Basilan	2,101	1,219	+72.4%	about 742
98	Campo Uno	Lamitan City, Basilan	2,646	1,801	+46.9%	about 733
99	Materling	Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan	2,903	2,504	+15.9%	about 733
100	Magcawa	Al-Barka, Basilan	2,576	2,349	+9.7%	about 712

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. A barangay has no official area: Scene measures the area inside its border on UN OCHA's map, so its density is approximate. A barangay with no mapped border is not ranked.

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Zamboanga Peninsula (OpenSTAT table 0091A6DTPH8). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority, from the Land Management Bureau (DENR). Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 2015, 2020, and 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0221A6DLPD0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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