Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Cordillera Administrative Region

Baguio City (Benguet) is the most crowded of the 77 cities and municipalities in Cordillera Administrative Region: 6,405 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 77 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 Cordillera Administrative Region, top 77
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Baguio City	Benguet	368,426	366,358	+0.6%	6,405
2	La Trinidad	Benguet	142,925	137,404	+4.0%	1,884
3	Bangued	Abra	48,331	50,382	−4.1%	354
4	La Paz	Abra	16,014	16,493	−2.9%	313
5	Tayum	Abra	14,808	14,869	−0.4%	266
6	Buguias	Benguet	45,703	44,877	+1.8%	255
7	Dolores	Abra	11,967	11,512	+4.0%	252
8	Pidigan	Abra	12,058	12,475	−3.3%	245
9	Mankayan	Benguet	38,647	37,233	+3.8%	222
10	Santa Marcela	Apayao	14,049	13,317	+5.5%	204
11	Tublay	Benguet	20,886	19,429	+7.5%	202
12	Bauko	Mountain Province	31,470	32,021	−1.7%	184
13	Peñarrubia	Abra	7,003	6,951	+0.8%	179
14	Lamut	Ifugao	26,520	26,235	+1.1%	177
15	Bucay	Abra	17,775	17,953	−1.0%	174
16	San Juan	Abra	10,777	10,688	+0.8%	165
17	Tabuk City	Kalinga	122,771	121,033	+1.4%	159
18	Hingyon	Ifugao	9,966	9,930	+0.4%	157
19	Kiangan	Ifugao	17,849	17,691	+0.9%	146
20	Pilar	Abra	10,498	10,146	+3.5%	140
21	Manabo	Abra	11,087	11,611	−4.5%	137
22	Itogon	Benguet	59,736	61,498	−2.9%	133
23	Lagangilang	Abra	14,577	14,914	−2.3%	117
24	Sablan	Benguet	12,436	11,588	+7.3%	112
25	Tuba	Benguet	49,268	48,312	+2.0%	110
26	Atok	Benguet	19,346	19,218	+0.7%	103
27	Alfonso Lista	Ifugao	34,810	34,061	+2.2%	101
28	Banaue	Ifugao	20,143	20,652	−2.5%	100
29	San Isidro	Abra	4,771	4,745	+0.6%	99
30	Sagada	Mountain Province	10,702	11,510	−7.0%	98
31	Kapangan	Benguet	20,048	19,297	+3.9%	95
32	Lagawe	Ifugao	19,124	18,876	+1.3%	92
33	San Quintin	Abra	5,963	5,705	+4.5%	90
34	Asipulo	Ifugao	16,088	15,963	+0.8%	84
35	Sabangan	Mountain Province	8,556	9,621	−11.1%	78
36	Rizal	Kalinga	20,491	19,554	+4.8%	73
37	Tadian	Mountain Province	18,073	19,341	−6.6%	72
38	Pinukpuk	Kalinga	35,033	34,275	+2.2%	70
39	Kibungan	Benguet	16,884	17,051	−1.0%	63
40	Tinglayan	Kalinga	13,311	13,148	+1.2%	61
41	Kabayan	Benguet	15,841	15,806	+0.2%	59
42	Tinoc	Ifugao	18,749	18,475	+1.5%	59
43	Bontoc	Mountain Province	23,466	24,104	−2.7%	59
44	Luna	Apayao	21,630	21,297	+1.6%	52
45	Lubuagan	Kalinga	8,660	9,323	−7.1%	51
46	Villaviciosa	Abra	5,674	5,675	−0.0%	49
47	Bakun	Benguet	15,399	14,535	+5.9%	49
48	Paracelis	Mountain Province	30,143	31,168	−3.3%	49
49	Luba	Abra	6,402	6,518	−1.8%	46
50	Sallapadan	Abra	6,328	6,389	−1.0%	46
51	Flora	Apayao	18,271	17,944	+1.8%	44
52	Mayoyao	Ifugao	15,525	15,621	−0.6%	42
53	Pudtol	Apayao	15,676	15,491	+1.2%	39
54	Bokod	Benguet	16,071	14,435	+11.3%	39
55	Aguinaldo	Ifugao	20,924	21,128	−1.0%	39
56	Pasil	Kalinga	10,690	10,577	+1.1%	38
57	Hungduan	Ifugao	8,970	8,866	+1.2%	36
58	Tanudan	Kalinga	11,103	8,746	+27.0%	36
59	Besao	Mountain Province	6,315	6,873	−8.1%	35
60	Natonin	Mountain Province	8,906	10,339	−13.9%	35
61	Bucloc	Abra	2,264	2,395	−5.5%	33
62	Conner	Apayao	28,360	27,552	+2.9%	31
63	Langiden	Abra	3,457	3,576	−3.3%	30
64	Danglas	Abra	4,372	4,074	+7.3%	27
65	Lagayan	Abra	5,154	4,488	+14.8%	25
66	Sadanga	Mountain Province	7,781	8,427	−7.7%	25
67	Balbalan	Kalinga	13,332	12,914	+3.2%	19
68	Malibcong	Abra	4,167	4,027	+3.5%	18
69	Kabugao	Apayao	16,425	16,215	+1.3%	18
70	Licuan-Baay	Abra	4,301	4,566	−5.8%	17
71	Lacub	Abra	3,649	3,612	+1.0%	15
72	Boliney	Abra	3,778	4,551	−17.0%	14
73	Daguioman	Abra	1,773	2,019	−12.2%	12
74	Barlig	Mountain Province	4,363	4,796	−9.0%	12
75	Tubo	Abra	4,941	5,674	−12.9%	10
76	Calanasan	Apayao	12,176	12,550	−3.0%	8
77	Tineg	Abra	5,059	4,977	+1.7%	6

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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