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Densest barangays in Cotabato

Barangay Poblacion 3 (Midsayap, Cotabato) is the most crowded of the 480 barangays in Cotabato: about 12,528 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 480 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 Cotabato, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Barangay Poblacion 3Midsayap, Cotabato3,1073,347−7.2%about 12,528
2Barangay Poblacion 4Midsayap, Cotabato1,2451,295−3.9%about 7,455
3Barangay Poblacion 1Midsayap, Cotabato2,7852,790−0.2%about 6,963
4PoblacionPikit, Cotabato9,1209,902−7.9%about 6,378
5Barangay Poblacion 2Midsayap, Cotabato4,4754,799−6.8%about 6,122
6Barangay Poblacion 6Midsayap, Cotabato3,6503,695−1.2%about 5,685
7PoblacionM'Lang, Cotabato4,8234,913−1.8%about 5,499
8PoblacionKidapawan City, Cotabato28,19128,824−2.2%about 5,025
9PoblacionTulunan, Cotabato7,1137,005+1.5%about 4,531
10Poblacion BM'Lang, Cotabato3,9644,128−4.0%about 3,705
11Poblacion IPigkawayan, Cotabato2,9442,983−1.3%about 3,662
12Barangay Poblacion 7Midsayap, Cotabato2,7722,914−4.9%about 3,405
13PoblacionLibungan, Cotabato6,9397,028−1.3%about 3,289
14Poblacion IIIPigkawayan, Cotabato3,1683,237−2.1%about 3,137
15Barangay Poblacion 5Midsayap, Cotabato2,4962,854−12.5%about 2,950
16MagsaysayKidapawan City, Cotabato5,6325,873−4.1%about 2,903
17LanaoKidapawan City, Cotabato9,7559,782−0.3%about 2,748
18Barangay Poblacion 8Midsayap, Cotabato6,3576,729−5.5%about 2,278
19SudapinKidapawan City, Cotabato11,80511,563+2.1%about 2,108
20PresbiteroPigkawayan, Cotabato1,1911,176+1.3%about 2,101
21Poblacion IIPigkawayan, Cotabato2,1742,264−4.0%about 2,090
22PoblacionKabacan, Cotabato17,03717,506−2.7%about 1,923
23PoblacionCarmen, Cotabato12,96012,957+0.0%about 1,857
24MirasolAlamada, Cotabato1,4111,547−8.8%about 1,712
25NesMidsayap, Cotabato2,6352,085+26.4%about 1,668
26PoblacionMatalam, Cotabato6,7216,819−1.4%about 1,552
27Upper Glad IMidsayap, Cotabato3,2462,965+9.5%about 1,546
28VillaricaMidsayap, Cotabato4,8834,768+2.4%about 1,480
29OsiasKabacan, Cotabato4,2394,301−1.4%about 1,404
30PoblacionMagpet, Cotabato7,4656,941+7.6%about 1,357
31PoblacionAntipas, Cotabato7,5137,423+1.2%about 1,304
32BalindogKidapawan City, Cotabato7,0127,095−1.2%about 1,291
33PoblacionMakilala, Cotabato10,84111,072−2.1%about 1,281
34NuanganKidapawan City, Cotabato5,2885,397−2.0%about 1,180
35Upper BaguerPigkawayan, Cotabato3,3573,631−7.6%about 1,174
36BulodPikit, Cotabato2,3622,108+12.1%about 1,130
37KalasuyanKidapawan City, Cotabato5,0544,140+22.1%about 1,082
38BalogoPigkawayan, Cotabato3,2222,528+27.5%about 1,063
39BalabakPikit, Cotabato4,4264,514−2.0%about 1,044
40Paidu PulangiPikit, Cotabato5,5624,729+17.6%about 1,002
41Central GladMidsayap, Cotabato3,0742,502+22.9%about 995
42AbagaLibungan, Cotabato2,2412,325−3.6%about 992
43SangatM'Lang, Cotabato3,4133,201+6.6%about 986
44Lower KatingawanMidsayap, Cotabato3,0753,298−6.8%about 952
45North ManuanganPigkawayan, Cotabato2,9082,573+13.0%about 923
46SingaoKidapawan City, Cotabato9,6249,894−2.7%about 909
47NalinMidsayap, Cotabato3,3693,541−4.9%about 906
48Upper Glad IIMidsayap, Cotabato1,0711,091−1.8%about 900
49SalunayanMidsayap, Cotabato3,5223,450+2.1%about 878
50PunolPikit, Cotabato6,1935,561+11.4%about 855
51Central KatingawanMidsayap, Cotabato2,5152,535−0.8%about 825
52Lower GladMidsayap, Cotabato2,6032,694−3.4%about 813
53SadaanMidsayap, Cotabato6,5376,580−0.7%about 809
54KayagaKabacan, Cotabato11,72611,716+0.1%about 788
55Bual SurMidsayap, Cotabato1,9551,998−2.2%about 773
56SibsibTulunan, Cotabato4,3884,377+0.3%about 758
57ManongolKidapawan City, Cotabato5,1105,194−1.6%about 757
58KiwananMidsayap, Cotabato3,3143,261+1.6%about 746
59Paatan LowerKabacan, Cotabato4,8344,145+16.6%about 728
60GumagaLibungan, Cotabato5,0784,847+4.8%about 723
61KiladaMatalam, Cotabato5,3635,076+5.7%about 720
62San VicenteMakilala, Cotabato6,0576,131−1.2%about 711
63Inug-ugPikit, Cotabato3,5233,994−11.8%about 689
64San IsidroMidsayap, Cotabato2,2852,283+0.1%about 686
65SalapunganKabacan, Cotabato1,1231,181−4.9%about 677
66PatadonKidapawan City, Cotabato2,8102,880−2.4%about 664
67DamawatoTulunan, Cotabato2,6932,654+1.5%about 663
68IlboceanMidsayap, Cotabato1,9731,981−0.4%about 643
69Banisilan PoblacionBanisilan, Cotabato6,2385,554+12.3%about 636
70AringayKabacan, Cotabato4,1644,373−4.8%about 621
71BualTulunan, Cotabato6,0506,114−1.1%about 609
72KilagasanKabacan, Cotabato4,3404,518−3.9%about 599
73BannawagKabacan, Cotabato3,2873,426−4.1%about 588
74SilikPikit, Cotabato1,7201,671+2.9%about 585
75Central MalamoteMatalam, Cotabato3,3713,385−0.4%about 582
76LikaM'Lang, Cotabato4,7164,846−2.7%about 581
77KatilacanPikit, Cotabato3,2043,407−6.0%about 581
78TakipanPikit, Cotabato3,2873,003+9.5%about 578
79TinutulanPikit, Cotabato6,0106,206−3.2%about 573
80CapayuranPigkawayan, Cotabato2,6073,166−17.7%about 569
81KitacubongAlamada, Cotabato5,5956,075−7.9%about 568
82InasM'Lang, Cotabato4,2544,267−0.3%about 562
83KatidtuanKabacan, Cotabato5,0234,854+3.5%about 561
84BagontapayM'Lang, Cotabato7,2447,121+1.7%about 543
85DualingAleosan, Cotabato3,6083,412+5.7%about 535
86SaguingMakilala, Cotabato7,9217,827+1.2%about 533
87GuanganMakilala, Cotabato764726+5.2%about 531
88CuyaponKabacan, Cotabato3,5363,217+9.9%about 530
89TalitayPikit, Cotabato1,9722,491−20.8%about 527
90PoblacionPresident Roxas, Cotabato8,2138,193+0.2%about 527
91AnonangMidsayap, Cotabato3,3662,553+31.8%about 520
92New IsraelMakilala, Cotabato1,9621,983−1.1%about 514
93DagupanKabacan, Cotabato3,4623,405+1.7%about 511
94SikitanKidapawan City, Cotabato1,4961,671−10.5%about 511
95AmasKidapawan City, Cotabato7,5407,579−0.5%about 510
96BialongM'Lang, Cotabato4,1694,309−3.3%about 507
97LadtinganPikit, Cotabato2,4552,763−11.2%about 506
98Del CarmenPresident Roxas, Cotabato3,3933,303+2.7%about 505
99BagumbaMidsayap, Cotabato1,4581,462−0.3%about 501
100TacupanCarmen, Cotabato3,4303,066+11.9%about 498

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 : Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). Published August 3, 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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