Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Caraga

Surigao City (Surigao del Norte) is the most crowded of the 73 cities and municipalities in Caraga: 653 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 73 cities and municipalities, 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 cities and municipalities in Caraga, top 73
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Surigao City	Surigao del Norte	177,333	171,107	+3.6%	653
2	San Jose	Dinagat Islands	26,735	26,375	+1.4%	607
3	Butuan City	Agusan del Norte	385,530	372,910	+3.4%	557
4	Placer	Surigao del Norte	30,442	29,616	+2.8%	504
5	General Luna	Surigao del Norte	25,208	22,853	+10.3%	483
6	Magallanes	Agusan del Norte	22,780	22,293	+2.2%	454
7	Dinagat	Dinagat Islands	10,820	10,621	+1.9%	408
8	Dapa	Surigao del Norte	31,392	29,006	+8.2%	361
9	Tandag City	Surigao del Sur	63,098	62,669	+0.7%	358
10	Tubod	Surigao del Norte	16,675	15,043	+10.9%	353
11	Bislig City	Surigao del Sur	99,872	99,290	+0.6%	277
12	San Francisco	Surigao del Norte	16,004	15,347	+4.3%	275
13	Alegria	Surigao del Norte	17,846	16,184	+10.3%	273
14	Santa Monica	Surigao del Norte	9,757	9,423	+3.5%	270
15	Basilisa	Dinagat Islands	27,238	36,911	−26.2%	266
16	Cabadbaran City	Agusan del Norte	82,343	80,354	+2.5%	260
17	Mainit	Surigao del Norte	29,205	28,019	+4.2%	253
18	Tagana-An	Surigao del Norte	18,158	17,323	+4.8%	249
19	Malimono	Surigao del Norte	19,442	18,852	+3.1%	240
20	Bayabas	Surigao del Sur	9,016	8,979	+0.4%	233
21	Burgos	Surigao del Norte	4,399	4,185	+5.1%	228
22	Barobo	Surigao del Sur	53,729	53,146	+1.1%	226
23	Socorro	Surigao del Norte	28,436	25,942	+9.6%	225
24	Bayugan City	Agusan del Sur	110,313	109,499	+0.7%	218
25	Bacuag	Surigao del Norte	17,076	14,881	+14.8%	214
26	Tubay	Agusan del Norte	26,463	25,785	+2.6%	212
27	Cantilan	Surigao del Sur	34,233	34,060	+0.5%	202
28	Pilar	Surigao del Norte	11,135	10,374	+7.3%	197
29	San Francisco	Agusan del Sur	79,718	80,760	−1.3%	194
30	Sison	Surigao del Norte	14,826	14,290	+3.8%	186
31	Remedios T. Romualdez	Agusan del Norte	17,250	17,155	+0.6%	175
32	San Isidro	Surigao del Norte	8,813	8,519	+3.5%	173
33	Carmen	Agusan del Norte	23,304	23,172	+0.6%	168
34	Santa Josefa	Agusan del Sur	24,667	26,432	−6.7%	167
35	Kitcharao	Agusan del Norte	22,671	21,278	+6.6%	162
36	Prosperidad	Agusan del Sur	90,162	88,321	+2.1%	152
37	Cagwait	Surigao del Sur	22,305	21,747	+2.6%	151
38	Buenavista	Agusan del Norte	70,691	68,892	+2.6%	149
39	Del Carmen	Surigao del Norte	20,786	20,127	+3.3%	139
40	Cortes	Surigao del Sur	18,023	17,924	+0.6%	138
41	Madrid	Surigao del Sur	16,872	16,653	+1.3%	137
42	Rosario	Agusan del Sur	51,207	49,610	+3.2%	133
43	Lianga	Surigao del Sur	34,213	33,869	+1.0%	131
44	Claver	Surigao del Norte	39,882	36,033	+10.7%	130
45	Hinatuan	Surigao del Sur	44,475	43,841	+1.5%	127
46	Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	22,949	21,849	+5.0%	125
47	Nasipit	Agusan del Norte	46,382	44,822	+3.5%	123
48	Santiago	Agusan del Norte	33,877	28,657	+18.2%	116
49	San Benito	Surigao del Norte	5,880	5,663	+3.8%	109
50	Tago	Surigao del Sur	40,097	39,831	+0.7%	104
51	Libjo	Dinagat Islands	18,157	18,051	+0.6%	101
52	Veruela	Agusan del Sur	43,085	39,708	+8.5%	98
53	Bunawan	Agusan del Sur	50,999	47,512	+7.3%	97
54	Cagdianao	Dinagat Islands	18,679	18,350	+1.8%	97
55	Trento	Agusan del Sur	51,179	54,492	−6.1%	92
56	Las Nieves	Agusan del Norte	32,402	30,240	+7.2%	89
57	Jabonga	Agusan del Norte	25,937	24,855	+4.4%	87
58	Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	25,672	24,586	+4.4%	78
59	Lingig	Surigao del Sur	35,203	35,142	+0.2%	77
60	Tagbina	Surigao del Sur	41,157	41,051	+0.3%	77
61	Tubajon	Dinagat Islands	8,964	8,119	+10.4%	71
62	San Agustin	Surigao del Sur	23,612	22,855	+3.3%	67
63	Loreto	Dinagat Islands	9,940	9,690	+2.6%	64
64	San Miguel	Surigao del Sur	41,942	41,809	+0.3%	60
65	Sibagat	Agusan del Sur	33,271	33,957	−2.0%	59
66	Marihatag	Surigao del Sur	19,730	19,441	+1.5%	56
67	Talacogon	Agusan del Sur	37,744	39,678	−4.9%	48
68	Lanuza	Surigao del Sur	13,750	13,642	+0.8%	47
69	Esperanza	Agusan del Sur	59,065	59,353	−0.5%	44
70	Carmen	Surigao del Sur	11,859	11,720	+1.2%	41
71	La Paz	Agusan del Sur	29,096	30,969	−6.1%	35
72	Loreto	Agusan del Sur	43,761	43,880	−0.3%	29
73	San Luis	Agusan del Sur	36,264	35,196	+3.0%	28

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. Areas are the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist.

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. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.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

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

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