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Densest barangays in Caraga

Poblacion 10 (Buenavista, Agusan del Norte) is the most crowded of the 1,311 barangays in Caraga: about 29,054 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 1,311 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 Caraga, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Poblacion 10	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	2,734	2,669	+2.4%	about 29,054
2	Poblacion II	General Luna, Surigao del Norte	1,223	793	+54.2%	about 28,310
3	Barangay 13	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	2,019	2,006	+0.7%	about 27,695
4	Barangay 1	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	1,254	1,225	+2.4%	about 24,881
5	Poblacion 9	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,580	1,583	−0.2%	about 22,571
6	Poblacion I	General Luna, Surigao del Norte	2,557	2,471	+3.5%	about 21,669
7	Taft	Surigao City, Surigao del Norte	21,290	19,242	+10.6%	about 21,570
8	Holy Redeemer Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	9,184	8,726	+5.3%	about 19,458
9	Sto. Rosario	Magallanes, Agusan del Norte	2,531	2,704	−6.4%	about 18,474
10	Poblacion 3	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	2,203	2,306	−4.5%	about 18,207
11	Canlanipa	Surigao City, Surigao del Norte	9,360	11,636	−19.6%	about 17,301
12	New Society Village Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	918	955	−3.9%	about 17,159
13	Dagocdoc	Tandag City, Surigao del Sur	3,207	3,754	−14.6%	about 16,968
14	Aurelio	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	3,460	3,523	−1.8%	about 16,476
15	Poblacion IV	General Luna, Surigao del Norte	547	790	−30.8%	about 16,280
16	Poblacion 2	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	592	607	−2.5%	about 16,043
17	Obrero Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	8,505	8,643	−1.6%	about 15,838
18	Barangay 11	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	411	424	−3.1%	about 15,393
19	Washington	Surigao City, Surigao del Norte	19,528	19,319	+1.1%	about 14,683
20	Bongtod Pob.	Tandag City, Surigao del Sur	6,226	6,059	+2.8%	about 14,581
21	Port Poyohon Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,201	6,607	−6.1%	about 13,842
22	Poblacion 7	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	2,120	2,275	−6.8%	about 13,766
23	Barangay 7	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	125	119	+5.0%	about 13,631
24	Ong Yiu Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,692	5,327	−11.9%	about 13,483
25	San Juan	Surigao City, Surigao del Norte	14,668	16,565	−11.5%	about 13,335
26	San Ignacio Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	2,383	1,751	+36.1%	about 13,239
27	Centro	Pilar, Surigao del Norte	294	304	−3.3%	about 13,067
28	Punta	Pilar, Surigao del Norte	343	342	+0.3%	about 12,992
29	Poblacion 4	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,833	1,808	+1.4%	about 12,818
30	Barangay 4	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	549	519	+5.8%	about 12,708
31	San Jose	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	3,373	4,226	−20.2%	about 12,539
32	Mauswagon	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	402	396	+1.5%	about 12,523
33	Mahayahay	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,413	2,343	+3.0%	about 12,126
34	Poblacion 7	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,237	1,248	−0.9%	about 11,561
35	Barangay 2	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	1,132	1,050	+7.8%	about 11,354
36	Tandang Sora Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,162	4,011	+3.8%	about 11,341
37	Azucena	Tagana-An, Surigao del Norte	1,508	1,491	+1.1%	about 11,170
38	Pangabugan	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,747	4,438	+7.0%	about 11,014
39	Barangay 6	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	1,175	1,240	−5.2%	about 10,780
40	Golden Ribbon Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,568	4,622	−1.2%	about 10,774
41	Poblacion 6	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	1,161	1,262	−8.0%	about 10,750
42	Barangay 3	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	1,005	994	+1.1%	about 10,415
43	Jacquez	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	969	1,244	−22.1%	about 10,309
44	Lapu-lapu Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	1,173	1,458	−19.6%	about 10,112
45	Barangay 9	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	395	383	+3.1%	about 9,925
46	Central	Placer, Surigao del Norte	3,109	2,952	+5.3%	about 9,870
47	Poblacion 8	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,075	1,116	−3.7%	about 9,685
48	Mangagoy	Bislig City, Surigao del Sur	29,324	30,541	−4.0%	about 9,646
49	Limaha Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,302	5,579	−5.0%	about 9,570
50	Baan Riverside Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,569	5,478	+1.7%	about 9,552
51	Bagong Lungsod	Tandag City, Surigao del Sur	4,836	5,419	−10.8%	about 9,211
52	Poblacion 6	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,887	1,861	+1.4%	about 9,116
53	Rizal	Socorro, Surigao del Norte	5,294	4,910	+7.8%	about 9,019
54	Jose Rizal Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,798	4,908	−2.2%	about 8,676
55	Navarro	Socorro, Surigao del Norte	3,657	2,822	+29.6%	about 8,426
56	Escolta	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	932	876	+6.4%	about 8,396
57	Barangay 1	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	4,112	3,602	+14.2%	about 8,290
58	Marcos	Magallanes, Agusan del Norte	3,703	3,734	−0.8%	about 7,946
59	Poblacion 4	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	1,761	1,745	+0.9%	about 7,932
60	Bagakay	Claver, Surigao del Norte	2,138	2,118	+0.9%	about 7,832
61	Tolosa	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	5,898	5,998	−1.7%	about 7,710
62	Poblacion 3	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	3,663	3,641	+0.6%	about 7,326
63	Poblacion 1	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	2,071	1,480	+39.9%	about 7,068
64	Barangay 2	San Francisco, Agusan del Sur	2,216	2,492	−11.1%	about 6,947
65	Barangay 3	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	628	593	+5.9%	about 6,947
66	Barangay 2	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	1,072	597	+79.6%	about 6,872
67	Maon Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,224	5,261	−0.7%	about 6,793
68	Agao Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	364	490	−25.7%	about 6,791
69	Barangay 4	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	694	711	−2.4%	about 6,673
70	Poblacion 5	Buenavista, Agusan del Norte	1,136	1,069	+6.3%	about 6,491
71	Barangay 6	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	542	523	+3.6%	about 6,491
72	Lininti-an	Cantilan, Surigao del Sur	3,877	3,986	−2.7%	about 6,273
73	Poblacion III	General Luna, Surigao del Norte	1,090	1,087	+0.3%	about 6,264
74	Quezon	Mainit, Surigao del Norte	3,834	3,791	+1.1%	about 6,254
75	San Juan	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,017	2,104	−4.1%	about 6,075
76	Poblacion	San Agustin, Surigao del Sur	805	962	−16.3%	about 5,963
77	Barangay 3	San Francisco, Agusan del Sur	3,623	3,569	+1.5%	about 5,862
78	Poblacion 1	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	473	789	−40.1%	about 5,768
79	Talisay	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	3,963	3,911	+1.3%	about 5,597
80	Bading Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,676	5,668	+0.1%	about 5,511
81	Barangay 5	Dapa, Surigao del Norte	302	302	0.0%	about 5,501
82	Diego Silang Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	781	838	−6.8%	about 5,500
83	San Isidro	Talacogon, Agusan del Sur	953	987	−3.4%	about 5,324
84	Poblacion 9	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	3,609	3,797	−5.0%	about 5,284
85	Barangay 4	San Francisco, Agusan del Sur	3,528	3,392	+4.0%	about 5,250
86	Magsaysay	Mainit, Surigao del Norte	2,242	2,242	0.0%	about 5,027
87	Silongan Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	318	632	−49.7%	about 5,024
88	Mahogany Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,264	6,162	+1.7%	about 5,011
89	Poblacion	Tubod, Surigao del Norte	1,736	1,646	+5.5%	about 4,809
90	Poblacion 8	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	244	362	−32.6%	about 4,766
91	La Casa	Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur	5,399	5,646	−4.4%	about 4,736
92	Rajah Soliman Pob.	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	252	423	−40.4%	about 4,675
93	Barangay 5	Nasipit, Agusan del Norte	1,451	1,467	−1.1%	about 4,606
94	Poblacion 10	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	369	547	−32.5%	about 4,489
95	San Vicente	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	20,369	19,500	+4.5%	about 4,447
96	Alambique	Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte	2,213	2,209	+0.2%	about 4,339
97	Poblacion I	Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte	2,649	2,703	−2.0%	about 4,232
98	Cabinet	Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte	1,963	2,130	−7.8%	about 4,222
99	Aurora	Tagana-An, Surigao del Norte	2,191	2,120	+3.4%	about 4,165
100	Agusan Pequeño	Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,740	5,555	+3.3%	about 4,129

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 : Region XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
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.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.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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