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Densest barangays in Cagayan

Centro 7 (Aparri, Cagayan) is the most crowded of the 820 barangays in Cagayan: about 24,344 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 820 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 Cagayan, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Centro 7Aparri, Cagayan297296+0.3%about 24,344
2San AntonioAparri, Cagayan3,9153,972−1.4%about 22,500
3Centro 6Aparri, Cagayan225226−0.4%about 21,845
4PuntaAparri, Cagayan4,8604,841+0.4%about 14,772
5Centro 5Aparri, Cagayan170160+6.3%about 14,050
6Centro 12Aparri, Cagayan10699+7.1%about 12,198
7Centro 11Aparri, Cagayan124131−5.3%about 11,810
8Centro 10Aparri, Cagayan109125−12.8%about 11,426
9Centro 2Tuguegarao City, Cagayan5925920.0%about 10,764
10Centro 4Aparri, Cagayan11799+18.2%about 10,541
11Centro 8Aparri, Cagayan148146+1.4%about 10,137
12Centro 1Aparri, Cagayan729875−16.7%about 9,656
13Caritan NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,6913,582+3.0%about 9,091
14Caritan CentroTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,5654,126−13.6%about 8,488
15Ugac NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan9,1199,268−1.6%about 8,290
16Centro VIClaveria, Cagayan1,8701,987−5.9%about 8,238
17Annafunan EastTuguegarao City, Cagayan5,0004,945+1.1%about 7,974
18Centro IIIClaveria, Cagayan1,1371,091+4.2%about 7,896
19Centro 1Tuguegarao City, Cagayan1,0971,053+4.2%about 7,780
20Centro 4Tuguegarao City, Cagayan632591+6.9%about 7,642
21Centro VClaveria, Cagayan1,0411,123−7.3%about 7,383
22Linao EastTuguegarao City, Cagayan7,4217,349+1.0%about 7,348
23Centro 3Tuguegarao City, Cagayan315345−8.7%about 6,774
24Ugac SurTuguegarao City, Cagayan9,6589,923−2.7%about 6,754
25TanzaTuguegarao City, Cagayan4,9475,429−8.9%about 6,685
26Cataggaman NuevoTuguegarao City, Cagayan9,7979,539+2.7%about 6,531
27Atulayan SurTuguegarao City, Cagayan4,5484,518+0.7%about 6,264
28Caritan SurTuguegarao City, Cagayan8311,178−29.5%about 6,110
29Centro 10Tuguegarao City, Cagayan2,1602,222−2.8%about 5,791
30Centro 12Tuguegarao City, Cagayan1,9882,274−12.6%about 5,680
31Centro 7Tuguegarao City, Cagayan352311+13.2%about 5,509
32Centro 5Tuguegarao City, Cagayan1,3161,403−6.2%about 5,328
33MinangaGonzaga, Cagayan1,6561,636+1.2%about 5,325
34ParadiseGonzaga, Cagayan1,8301,529+19.7%about 4,973
35Poblacion ITuao, Cagayan1,0171,010+0.7%about 4,820
36Centro IVClaveria, Cagayan959979−2.0%about 4,771
37San GabrielTuguegarao City, Cagayan7,9847,772+2.7%about 4,562
38Centro IIClaveria, Cagayan610541+12.8%about 4,326
39Centro 3Aparri, Cagayan3852−26.9%about 4,304
40Centro SurCamalaniugan, Cagayan824899−8.3%about 4,292
41Centro 2Aparri, Cagayan765516+48.3%about 4,113
42Santa MariaBuguey, Cagayan837740+13.1%about 4,024
43Centro 9Aparri, Cagayan1,0021,015−1.3%about 3,976
44Poblacion IITuao, Cagayan852765+11.4%about 3,926
45Pallua SurTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,1263,004+4.1%about 3,864
46San VicenteIguig, Cagayan1,4831,337+10.9%about 3,803
47TangatanSanta Ana, Cagayan2,2402,566−12.7%about 3,642
48Natappian WestSolana, Cagayan2,9612,880+2.8%about 3,572
49Centro 6Tuguegarao City, Cagayan249256−2.7%about 3,562
50CaggayTuguegarao City, Cagayan8,6358,500+1.6%about 3,454
51Centro 8Tuguegarao City, Cagayan158180−12.2%about 3,305
52Pallua NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan2,7282,648+3.0%about 3,267
53Centro NorteCamalaniugan, Cagayan1,0911,110−1.7%about 3,228
54Atulayan NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan4,2264,216+0.2%about 3,154
55Minanga EsteBuguey, Cagayan1,4741,397+5.5%about 3,116
56CentroBuguey, Cagayan2,2012,252−2.3%about 3,083
57MinangaAparri, Cagayan1,5111,856−18.6%about 3,028
58Centro 11Tuguegarao City, Cagayan3,1003,366−7.9%about 3,010
59Minanga WesteBuguey, Cagayan1,5551,682−7.6%about 2,973
60LeonardaTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,3133,261+1.6%about 2,932
61Centro 9Tuguegarao City, Cagayan9931,060−6.3%about 2,853
62CapatanTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,9153,794+3.2%about 2,719
63PengueTuguegarao City, Cagayan6,6056,645−0.6%about 2,653
64MacanayaAparri, Cagayan5,4725,553−1.5%about 2,522
65BagayTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,9893,973+0.4%about 2,493
66Centro EastSanta Teresita, Cagayan1,7161,838−6.6%about 2,476
67Annafunan WestTuguegarao City, Cagayan3,8123,717+2.6%about 2,397
68Centro VIIClaveria, Cagayan9861,050−6.1%about 2,348
69SappingCamalaniugan, Cagayan947912+3.8%about 2,282
70Centro WestSanta Teresita, Cagayan1,6351,697−3.7%about 2,265
71BaraoidanGattaran, Cagayan988890+11.0%about 2,261
72CentroPeñablanca, Cagayan3,2102,912+10.2%about 2,140
73Centro IClaveria, Cagayan2,3081,785+29.3%about 2,137
74Centro EastAllacapan, Cagayan1,8381,870−1.7%about 2,044
75Centro EastBallesteros, Cagayan3,9024,174−6.5%about 2,032
76CentroSanta Ana, Cagayan6,2636,311−0.8%about 2,027
77Centro 13Aparri, Cagayan67108−38.0%about 1,965
78CentroAmulung, Cagayan2,8042,838−1.2%about 1,947
79MauraAparri, Cagayan7,6898,094−5.0%about 1,917
80Centro 14Aparri, Cagayan92254−63.8%about 1,901
81SmartGonzaga, Cagayan1,0581,270−16.7%about 1,760
82BuntunTuguegarao City, Cagayan4,7834,772+0.2%about 1,661
83Centro IILasam, Cagayan1,9892,126−6.4%about 1,658
84CaroanGonzaga, Cagayan1,2901,258+2.5%about 1,656
85Magalalag EastEnrile, Cagayan1,6371,581+3.5%about 1,649
86Andarayan SouthSolana, Cagayan1,8701,825+2.5%about 1,585
87Santa TeresaIguig, Cagayan3,7363,381+10.5%about 1,563
88BatanganGonzaga, Cagayan1,9532,206−11.5%about 1,468
89PalawigSanta Ana, Cagayan2,9932,998−0.2%about 1,453
90Centro WestBallesteros, Cagayan2,0302,046−0.8%about 1,381
91NattanzanIguig, Cagayan1,6241,563+3.9%about 1,331
92CamasiPeñablanca, Cagayan3,9094,038−3.2%about 1,316
93CalamaguiSolana, Cagayan2,2512,210+1.9%about 1,316
94San JoseBaggao, Cagayan4,4524,535−1.8%about 1,306
95BagumbayanLal-Lo, Cagayan1,7942,083−13.9%about 1,300
96Centro SouthwestSolana, Cagayan1,1161,106+0.9%about 1,296
97AccusilianTuao, Cagayan2,7382,056+33.2%about 1,279
98Centro ILasam, Cagayan2,0412,082−2.0%about 1,252
99ManaoagIguig, Cagayan1,0461,181−11.4%about 1,250
100SalamagueIguig, Cagayan1,4601,453+0.5%about 1,248

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. 1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). Published August 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.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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