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Densest barangays in Cebu

Suba Pob. (Cebu City, Cebu) is the most crowded of the 1,203 barangays in Cebu: about 110,432 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 1,203 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 Cebu, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Suba Pob.Cebu City, Cebu10,74510,606+1.3%about 110,432
2PasilCebu City, Cebu8,5918,395+2.3%about 106,720
3LoregaCebu City, Cebu10,02512,273−18.3%about 49,876
4MantuyongMandaue City, Cebu6,0975,487+11.1%about 45,500
5T. PadillaCebu City, Cebu6,8316,719+1.7%about 41,151
6Quiot PardoCebu City, Cebu29,08527,984+3.9%about 37,970
7DuljoCebu City, Cebu14,53315,851−8.3%about 35,796
8Day-asCebu City, Cebu3,7943,815−0.6%about 35,458
9Pahina San NicolasCebu City, Cebu2,6612,743−3.0%about 35,059
10Cogon RamosCebu City, Cebu9,9022,693+267.7%about 33,340
11Sawang CaleroCebu City, Cebu7,8957,676+2.9%about 32,357
12LabangonCebu City, Cebu36,37332,825+10.8%about 32,188
13Sambag IICebu City, Cebu12,53412,173+3.0%about 27,853
14HippodromoCebu City, Cebu11,2919,574+17.9%about 26,076
15Basak San NicolasCebu City, Cebu37,11838,965−4.7%about 24,911
16LuzCebu City, Cebu13,74516,175−15.0%about 24,371
17Sambag ICebu City, Cebu12,36511,526+7.3%about 23,779
18ErmitaCebu City, Cebu8,7188,541+2.1%about 22,822
19CalambaCebu City, Cebu10,5179,834+7.0%about 22,666
20TangkeTalisay City, Cebu14,01114,058−0.3%about 21,926
21CubacubMandaue City, Cebu14,44213,832+4.4%about 21,238
22MambalingCebu City, Cebu26,58430,459−12.7%about 21,098
23TejeroCebu City, Cebu11,26814,084−20.0%about 20,790
24KalunasanCebu City, Cebu29,45828,230+4.4%about 20,600
25CambaroMandaue City, Cebu8,7058,990−3.2%about 20,579
26Pahina CentralCebu City, Cebu5,3205,639−5.7%about 20,541
27CasuntinganMandaue City, Cebu16,18016,846−4.0%about 20,327
28TabunocTalisay City, Cebu18,22917,522+4.0%about 20,300
29San AntonioCebu City, Cebu2,5672,060+24.6%about 19,899
30CamputhawCebu City, Cebu23,89917,664+35.3%about 19,589
31Santo RosarioBogo City, Cebu1,0621,210−12.2%about 19,415
32PoblacionLapu-Lapu City, Cebu6,2426,238+0.1%about 19,385
33Lawaan IIITalisay City, Cebu15,35014,413+6.5%about 19,308
34TisaCebu City, Cebu46,81247,364−1.2%about 19,107
35TinagoCebu City, Cebu4,2896,700−36.0%about 18,567
36Punta PrincesaCebu City, Cebu23,70822,658+4.6%about 18,378
37GuizoMandaue City, Cebu7,2567,258−0.0%about 18,370
38BasakMandaue City, Cebu12,84211,777+9.0%about 18,037
39North PoblacionNaga City, Cebu2,7873,081−9.5%about 17,752
40Poblacion Ward IIMinglanilla, Cebu3,3933,559−4.7%about 17,050
41CandumanMandaue City, Cebu31,38023,455+33.8%about 16,603
42KamagayanCebu City, Cebu1,8912,004−5.6%about 16,025
43Cogon PardoCebu City, Cebu24,29823,828+2.0%about 15,778
44NangkaConsolacion, Cebu15,57613,013+19.7%about 15,122
45LoocMandaue City, Cebu13,97417,395−19.7%about 15,026
46LabogonMandaue City, Cebu21,44920,466+4.8%about 14,792
47Alang-alangMandaue City, Cebu11,84511,495+3.0%about 14,769
48Pari-anCebu City, Cebu1,4261,058+34.8%about 14,566
49PulpoganConsolacion, Cebu15,28514,700+4.0%about 14,420
50San IsidroTalisay City, Cebu13,85517,645−21.5%about 14,343
51SubaBantayan, Cebu2,9523,225−8.5%about 14,261
52DumlogTalisay City, Cebu22,27121,706+2.6%about 14,007
53Barangay VITuburan, Cebu1,9582,178−10.1%about 13,887
54PoblacionTalisay City, Cebu12,41110,323+20.2%about 13,883
55Capitol SiteCebu City, Cebu11,06512,604−12.2%about 13,849
56TangkeNaga City, Cebu5,7925,171+12.0%about 13,823
57Santa CruzCebu City, Cebu3,1832,105+51.2%about 13,779
58TabokMandaue City, Cebu18,33919,486−5.9%about 13,584
59MohonTalisay City, Cebu12,66211,290+12.2%about 13,442
60Poblacion Ward IVMinglanilla, Cebu4,6644,316+8.1%about 13,441
61CanjulaoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu15,69414,451+8.6%about 13,414
62San Nicolas CentralCebu City, Cebu3,7905,327−28.9%about 13,392
63GilutonganCordova, Cebu1,8511,606+15.3%about 13,317
64PagsabunganMandaue City, Cebu19,10020,266−5.8%about 13,264
65Pakna-anMandaue City, Cebu30,07130,532−1.5%about 13,074
66PoocTalisay City, Cebu14,85612,925+14.9%about 12,807
67BuayaLapu-Lapu City, Cebu18,69119,078−2.0%about 12,802
68Gun-obLapu-Lapu City, Cebu33,53937,989−11.7%about 12,561
69PoblacionCordova, Cebu10,22110,163+0.6%about 12,526
70PajoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu21,88025,845−15.3%about 12,503
71Lawaan IITalisay City, Cebu8,2306,848+20.2%about 12,413
72InayawanCebu City, Cebu34,25932,675+4.9%about 12,368
73CansagaConsolacion, Cebu5,0346,504−22.6%about 12,308
74ApasCebu City, Cebu23,81924,194−1.6%about 12,278
75San RoqueTalisay City, Cebu21,97322,015−0.2%about 12,207
76PusokLapu-Lapu City, Cebu29,32532,791−10.6%about 12,068
77MaguikayMandaue City, Cebu14,70714,956−1.7%about 12,055
78TulayMinglanilla, Cebu12,49811,834+5.6%about 12,017
79CansojongTalisay City, Cebu14,54517,364−16.2%about 11,922
80CarretaCebu City, Cebu11,31311,398−0.8%about 11,908
81Cogon WestCarmen, Cebu2,7592,694+2.4%about 11,841
82Kinasang-an PardoCebu City, Cebu17,95418,756−4.3%about 11,812
83OpaoMandaue City, Cebu12,02612,014+0.1%about 11,790
84LoocLapu-Lapu City, Cebu15,39815,411−0.1%about 11,754
85CawhaganLapu-Lapu City, Cebu658694−5.2%about 11,708
86Lawaan ITalisay City, Cebu10,51310,693−1.7%about 11,707
87San MiguelCordova, Cebu4,1494,015+3.3%about 11,687
88MaribagoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu20,68618,954+9.1%about 11,621
89SudlononBogo City, Cebu768923−16.8%about 11,619
90CasiliMandaue City, Cebu4,5505,403−15.8%about 11,607
91BangbangCordova, Cebu6,5666,554+0.2%about 11,282
92Cogon EastCarmen, Cebu3,4213,316+3.2%about 11,143
93TalangnanMadridejos, Cebu3,6113,666−1.5%about 11,111
94TungkilMinglanilla, Cebu13,75413,597+1.2%about 11,003
95PoblacionDanao City, Cebu7,9799,709−17.8%about 10,975
96Ibabao-EstanciaMandaue City, Cebu6,1956,994−11.4%about 10,965
97TungkopMinglanilla, Cebu13,58514,252−4.7%about 10,956
98LinaoTalisay City, Cebu11,39114,480−21.3%about 10,953
99Barangay ITuburan, Cebu1,4411,641−12.2%about 10,917
100BakilidMandaue City, Cebu4,4254,387+0.9%about 10,846

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: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). Published August 5, 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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