Ranking
Densest barangays in Davao Oriental
Tibanban (Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental) is the most crowded of the 183 barangays in Davao Oriental: about 3,680 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]
Below are the first 100 of 183 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.
| Rank | Name | City or municipality | People, 2024 | People, 2020 | Change since 2020 | People per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibanban | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 10,597 | 10,016 | +5.8% | about 3,680 |
| 2 | Poblacion | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 17,427 | 17,362 | +0.4% | about 3,015 |
| 3 | Central | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 31,934 | 34,947 | −8.6% | about 3,015 |
| 4 | Poblacion | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 9,329 | 9,064 | +2.9% | about 1,840 |
| 5 | Poblacion | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 5,855 | 5,692 | +2.9% | about 1,717 |
| 6 | Matiao | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 16,719 | 16,234 | +3.0% | about 1,641 |
| 7 | Anitap | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 1,595 | 1,405 | +13.5% | about 1,437 |
| 8 | Lucod | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 5,432 | 5,087 | +6.8% | about 1,232 |
| 9 | Cabangcalan | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 1,971 | 1,721 | +14.5% | about 1,209 |
| 10 | Central | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 4,815 | 4,627 | +4.1% | about 1,149 |
| 11 | San Rafael | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 3,290 | 3,106 | +5.9% | about 968 |
| 12 | San Jose | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 751 | 716 | +4.9% | about 949 |
| 13 | Sibajay | Boston, Davao Oriental | 1,655 | 1,645 | +0.6% | about 866 |
| 14 | San Vicente | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 3,165 | 2,994 | +5.7% | about 858 |
| 15 | Corporacion | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 3,483 | 3,342 | +4.2% | about 852 |
| 16 | Poblacion | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 9,223 | 9,193 | +0.3% | about 832 |
| 17 | Don Aurelio Chicote | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 3,502 | 2,810 | +24.6% | about 828 |
| 18 | Lambajon | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 7,345 | 7,635 | −3.8% | about 737 |
| 19 | Macangao | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 2,328 | 2,285 | +1.9% | about 705 |
| 20 | Central | Tarragona, Davao Oriental | 4,339 | 4,260 | +1.9% | about 676 |
| 21 | Crispin Dela Cruz | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,690 | 2,323 | +15.8% | about 659 |
| 22 | Panikian | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 3,270 | 3,183 | +2.7% | about 642 |
| 23 | Calubihan | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 4,365 | 4,170 | +4.7% | about 634 |
| 24 | Santa Filomena | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 1,537 | 1,516 | +1.4% | about 630 |
| 25 | Dahican | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 18,756 | 18,253 | +2.8% | about 625 |
| 26 | Batobato | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 8,382 | 7,984 | +5.0% | about 622 |
| 27 | Caganganan | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 2,468 | 2,330 | +5.9% | about 558 |
| 28 | Badas | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 7,154 | 7,042 | +1.6% | about 550 |
| 29 | Piso Proper | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 3,227 | 2,982 | +8.2% | about 545 |
| 30 | Central | Manay, Davao Oriental | 9,588 | 9,676 | −0.9% | about 541 |
| 31 | Bagumbayan | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 5,581 | 5,764 | −3.2% | about 526 |
| 32 | Kinablangan | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 6,108 | 6,080 | +0.5% | about 521 |
| 33 | Poblacion | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 5,123 | 5,484 | −6.6% | about 506 |
| 34 | Don Enrique Lopez | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 4,303 | 4,296 | +0.2% | about 454 |
| 35 | Poblacion | Boston, Davao Oriental | 3,709 | 3,645 | +1.8% | about 422 |
| 36 | Dugmanon | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 1,782 | 1,754 | +1.6% | about 419 |
| 37 | San Roque | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 2,521 | 2,447 | +3.0% | about 404 |
| 38 | Monserrat | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,229 | 2,004 | +11.2% | about 402 |
| 39 | Sainz | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 10,710 | 10,377 | +3.2% | about 401 |
| 40 | Mogbongcogon | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 3,334 | 3,259 | +2.3% | about 399 |
| 41 | Ilangay | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 6,265 | 5,903 | +6.1% | about 387 |
| 42 | Limbahan | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 2,093 | 2,049 | +2.2% | about 376 |
| 43 | Lavigan | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,820 | 2,661 | +6.0% | about 365 |
| 44 | Dapnan | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 3,309 | 3,288 | +0.6% | about 360 |
| 45 | Tamisan | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 3,690 | 3,548 | +4.0% | about 354 |
| 46 | San Antonio | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 4,458 | 4,262 | +4.6% | about 353 |
| 47 | Rang-ay | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 2,579 | 2,441 | +5.7% | about 334 |
| 48 | Nangan | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 5,178 | 5,168 | +0.2% | about 331 |
| 49 | Saoquegue | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 3,643 | 3,598 | +1.3% | about 330 |
| 50 | Buso | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 3,970 | 3,784 | +4.9% | about 328 |
| 51 | Langka | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 2,143 | 1,960 | +9.3% | about 325 |
| 52 | San Ignacio | Manay, Davao Oriental | 6,987 | 6,893 | +1.4% | about 321 |
| 53 | Mamali | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 2,362 | 2,295 | +2.9% | about 316 |
| 54 | San Luis | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 2,521 | 2,491 | +1.2% | about 309 |
| 55 | San Pedro | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 2,960 | 2,880 | +2.8% | about 281 |
| 56 | Santa Fe | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 2,118 | 2,028 | +4.4% | about 278 |
| 57 | San Alfonso | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 4,068 | 3,979 | +2.2% | about 276 |
| 58 | Baybay | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 901 | 887 | +1.6% | about 261 |
| 59 | Mahanub | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 4,471 | 4,462 | +0.2% | about 257 |
| 60 | Manikling | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 2,812 | 2,684 | +4.8% | about 248 |
| 61 | New Taokanga | Manay, Davao Oriental | 2,931 | 2,955 | −0.8% | about 242 |
| 62 | Jovellar | Tarragona, Davao Oriental | 2,646 | 2,546 | +3.9% | about 240 |
| 63 | Cabadiangan | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 1,515 | 1,415 | +7.1% | about 236 |
| 64 | Mayo | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 3,129 | 3,261 | −4.1% | about 235 |
| 65 | Cabagayan | Tarragona, Davao Oriental | 4,042 | 3,977 | +1.6% | about 234 |
| 66 | Baon | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 3,318 | 3,186 | +4.1% | about 231 |
| 67 | Magsaysay | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 925 | 903 | +2.4% | about 228 |
| 68 | Dawan | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 4,052 | 4,002 | +1.3% | about 228 |
| 69 | Tiblawan | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 4,582 | 4,538 | +1.0% | about 217 |
| 70 | Don Martin Marundan | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 5,098 | 4,866 | +4.8% | about 215 |
| 71 | Holy Cross | Manay, Davao Oriental | 3,320 | 3,725 | −10.9% | about 214 |
| 72 | Mahayahay | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 1,064 | 1,042 | +2.1% | about 213 |
| 73 | San Vicente | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 933 | 896 | +4.1% | about 212 |
| 74 | Bobon | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 5,142 | 5,057 | +1.7% | about 208 |
| 75 | Tagboa | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 1,906 | 1,800 | +5.9% | about 199 |
| 76 | Pundaguitan | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,549 | 2,485 | +2.6% | about 197 |
| 77 | Causwagan | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 1,085 | 812 | +33.6% | about 196 |
| 78 | Carmen | Boston, Davao Oriental | 1,754 | 1,697 | +3.4% | about 194 |
| 79 | Libudon | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 2,513 | 2,492 | +0.8% | about 193 |
| 80 | Upper Tibanban | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 1,528 | 1,493 | +2.3% | about 192 |
| 81 | Salingcomot | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 3,046 | 3,013 | +1.1% | about 191 |
| 82 | Iba | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 951 | 887 | +7.2% | about 191 |
| 83 | Mabini | Manay, Davao Oriental | 637 | 478 | +33.3% | about 188 |
| 84 | Don Leon Balante | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 1,123 | 1,034 | +8.6% | about 187 |
| 85 | San Jose | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 1,635 | 1,598 | +2.3% | about 186 |
| 86 | Tamban | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 1,654 | 1,650 | +0.2% | about 184 |
| 87 | Cocornon | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 2,223 | 2,210 | +0.6% | about 181 |
| 88 | Manorigao | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 1,740 | 1,661 | +4.8% | about 174 |
| 89 | San Antonio | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 2,265 | 2,333 | −2.9% | about 174 |
| 90 | Maputi | Banaybanay, Davao Oriental | 4,157 | 4,102 | +1.3% | about 172 |
| 91 | Lambog | Manay, Davao Oriental | 884 | 817 | +8.2% | about 172 |
| 92 | Lawigan | Mati City, Davao Oriental | 3,239 | 3,202 | +1.2% | about 170 |
| 93 | Sergio Osmeña | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,289 | 1,973 | +16.0% | about 169 |
| 94 | Banao | Baganga, Davao Oriental | 1,901 | 1,874 | +1.4% | about 167 |
| 95 | Mainit | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 2,133 | 2,069 | +3.1% | about 167 |
| 96 | Tagugpo | Lupon, Davao Oriental | 2,284 | 2,278 | +0.3% | about 161 |
| 97 | La Union | San Isidro, Davao Oriental | 5,591 | 4,487 | +24.6% | about 160 |
| 98 | Manuel Roxas | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 2,759 | 2,665 | +3.5% | about 158 |
| 99 | Tandang Sora | Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental | 1,760 | 1,557 | +13.0% | about 151 |
| 100 | Santiago | Caraga, Davao Oriental | 2,727 | 2,659 | +2.6% | about 150 |
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.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region XI (Davao Region) (OpenSTAT table 0111A6DTHP0). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
- 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.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.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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