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Densest barangays in Central Visayas

Suba Pob. (Cebu City, Cebu) is the most crowded of the 2,312 barangays in Central Visayas: about 110,432 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 2,312 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 Central Visayas, 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
4NocnocanTalibon, Bohol1,8221,785+2.1%about 47,202
5MantuyongMandaue City, Cebu6,0975,487+11.1%about 45,500
6T. PadillaCebu City, Cebu6,8316,719+1.7%about 41,151
7Quiot PardoCebu City, Cebu29,08527,984+3.9%about 37,970
8DuljoCebu City, Cebu14,53315,851−8.3%about 35,796
9Day-asCebu City, Cebu3,7943,815−0.6%about 35,458
10Pahina San NicolasCebu City, Cebu2,6612,743−3.0%about 35,059
11Cogon RamosCebu City, Cebu9,9022,693+267.7%about 33,340
12Sawang CaleroCebu City, Cebu7,8957,676+2.9%about 32,357
13LabangonCebu City, Cebu36,37332,825+10.8%about 32,188
14CuamingInabanga, Bohol3,1783,263−2.6%about 29,156
15BilangbilanganTubigon, Bohol401471−14.9%about 28,440
16Sambag IICebu City, Cebu12,53412,173+3.0%about 27,853
17HippodromoCebu City, Cebu11,2919,574+17.9%about 26,076
18PangapasanTubigon, Bohol479567−15.5%about 25,753
19Basak San NicolasCebu City, Cebu37,11838,965−4.7%about 24,911
20LuzCebu City, Cebu13,74516,175−15.0%about 24,371
21Sambag ICebu City, Cebu12,36511,526+7.3%about 23,779
22ErmitaCebu City, Cebu8,7188,541+2.1%about 22,822
23CalambaCebu City, Cebu10,5179,834+7.0%about 22,666
24TangkeTalisay City, Cebu14,01114,058−0.3%about 21,926
25CubacubMandaue City, Cebu14,44213,832+4.4%about 21,238
26MambalingCebu City, Cebu26,58430,459−12.7%about 21,098
27TejeroCebu City, Cebu11,26814,084−20.0%about 20,790
28KalunasanCebu City, Cebu29,45828,230+4.4%about 20,600
29CambaroMandaue City, Cebu8,7058,990−3.2%about 20,579
30Pahina CentralCebu City, Cebu5,3205,639−5.7%about 20,541
31CasuntinganMandaue City, Cebu16,18016,846−4.0%about 20,327
32TabunocTalisay City, Cebu18,22917,522+4.0%about 20,300
33BagongbanwaTubigon, Bohol1,1091,172−5.4%about 20,091
34San AntonioCebu City, Cebu2,5672,060+24.6%about 19,899
35Mocaboc IslandTubigon, Bohol582670−13.1%about 19,596
36CamputhawCebu City, Cebu23,89917,664+35.3%about 19,589
37Santo RosarioBogo City, Cebu1,0621,210−12.2%about 19,415
38PoblacionLapu-Lapu City, Cebu6,2426,238+0.1%about 19,385
39Lawaan IIITalisay City, Cebu15,35014,413+6.5%about 19,308
40TisaCebu City, Cebu46,81247,364−1.2%about 19,107
41TinagoCebu City, Cebu4,2896,700−36.0%about 18,567
42Punta PrincesaCebu City, Cebu23,70822,658+4.6%about 18,378
43GuizoMandaue City, Cebu7,2567,258−0.0%about 18,370
44BasakMandaue City, Cebu12,84211,777+9.0%about 18,037
45North PoblacionNaga City, Cebu2,7873,081−9.5%about 17,752
46Poblacion Ward IIMinglanilla, Cebu3,3933,559−4.7%about 17,050
47CandumanMandaue City, Cebu31,38023,455+33.8%about 16,603
48KamagayanCebu City, Cebu1,8912,004−5.6%about 16,025
49Cogon PardoCebu City, Cebu24,29823,828+2.0%about 15,778
50NangkaConsolacion, Cebu15,57613,013+19.7%about 15,122
51LoocMandaue City, Cebu13,97417,395−19.7%about 15,026
52LabogonMandaue City, Cebu21,44920,466+4.8%about 14,792
53Alang-alangMandaue City, Cebu11,84511,495+3.0%about 14,769
54Pari-anCebu City, Cebu1,4261,058+34.8%about 14,566
55PulpoganConsolacion, Cebu15,28514,700+4.0%about 14,420
56San IsidroTalisay City, Cebu13,85517,645−21.5%about 14,343
57Poblacion ITagbilaran City, Bohol3,5662,926+21.9%about 14,264
58SubaBantayan, Cebu2,9523,225−8.5%about 14,261
59DumlogTalisay City, Cebu22,27121,706+2.6%about 14,007
60Barangay VITuburan, Cebu1,9582,178−10.1%about 13,887
61PoblacionTalisay City, Cebu12,41110,323+20.2%about 13,883
62Capitol SiteCebu City, Cebu11,06512,604−12.2%about 13,849
63TangkeNaga City, Cebu5,7925,171+12.0%about 13,823
64Santa CruzCebu City, Cebu3,1832,105+51.2%about 13,779
65TabokMandaue City, Cebu18,33919,486−5.9%about 13,584
66MohonTalisay City, Cebu12,66211,290+12.2%about 13,442
67Poblacion Ward IVMinglanilla, Cebu4,6644,316+8.1%about 13,441
68CanjulaoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu15,69414,451+8.6%about 13,414
69San Nicolas CentralCebu City, Cebu3,7905,327−28.9%about 13,392
70GilutonganCordova, Cebu1,8511,606+15.3%about 13,317
71PagsabunganMandaue City, Cebu19,10020,266−5.8%about 13,264
72Pakna-anMandaue City, Cebu30,07130,532−1.5%about 13,074
73Hingotanan EastBien Unido, Bohol1,9971,987+0.5%about 13,052
74PoocTalisay City, Cebu14,85612,925+14.9%about 12,807
75BuayaLapu-Lapu City, Cebu18,69119,078−2.0%about 12,802
76Gun-obLapu-Lapu City, Cebu33,53937,989−11.7%about 12,561
77PoblacionCordova, Cebu10,22110,163+0.6%about 12,526
78PajoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu21,88025,845−15.3%about 12,503
79Lawaan IITalisay City, Cebu8,2306,848+20.2%about 12,413
80InayawanCebu City, Cebu34,25932,675+4.9%about 12,368
81CansagaConsolacion, Cebu5,0346,504−22.6%about 12,308
82ApasCebu City, Cebu23,81924,194−1.6%about 12,278
83San RoqueTalisay City, Cebu21,97322,015−0.2%about 12,207
84PusokLapu-Lapu City, Cebu29,32532,791−10.6%about 12,068
85MaguikayMandaue City, Cebu14,70714,956−1.7%about 12,055
86TulayMinglanilla, Cebu12,49811,834+5.6%about 12,017
87MalinginBien Unido, Bohol1,4261,567−9.0%about 11,983
88CansojongTalisay City, Cebu14,54517,364−16.2%about 11,922
89CarretaCebu City, Cebu11,31311,398−0.8%about 11,908
90Cogon WestCarmen, Cebu2,7592,694+2.4%about 11,841
91Kinasang-an PardoCebu City, Cebu17,95418,756−4.3%about 11,812
92OpaoMandaue City, Cebu12,02612,014+0.1%about 11,790
93LoocLapu-Lapu City, Cebu15,39815,411−0.1%about 11,754
94CawhaganLapu-Lapu City, Cebu658694−5.2%about 11,708
95Lawaan ITalisay City, Cebu10,51310,693−1.7%about 11,707
96San MiguelCordova, Cebu4,1494,015+3.3%about 11,687
97MaribagoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu20,68618,954+9.1%about 11,621
98SudlononBogo City, Cebu768923−16.8%about 11,619
99CasiliMandaue City, Cebu4,5505,403−15.8%about 11,607
100BangbangCordova, Cebu6,5666,554+0.2%about 11,282

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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