Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Davao Region

Tagum City (Davao del Norte) is the most crowded of the 49 cities and municipalities in Davao Region: 1,610 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 49 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 Davao Region, top 49
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Tagum City	Davao del Norte	300,042	296,202	+1.3%	1,610
2	Panabo City	Davao del Norte	211,242	209,230	+1.0%	841
3	Davao City	Davao del Sur	1,848,947	1,776,949	+4.1%	660
4	Digos City	Davao del Sur	192,063	188,376	+2.0%	653
5	Santo Tomas	Davao del Norte	131,100	128,667	+1.9%	583
6	Hagonoy	Davao del Sur	58,689	56,919	+3.1%	494
7	Carmen	Davao del Norte	85,423	82,018	+4.2%	471
8	Island Garden City of Samal	Davao del Norte	119,701	116,771	+2.5%	426
9	Braulio E. Dujali	Davao del Norte	36,092	35,729	+1.0%	363
10	Santa Cruz	Davao del Sur	104,793	101,125	+3.6%	360
11	Padada	Davao del Sur	29,888	29,878	+0.0%	347
12	Nabunturan	Davao de Oro	85,949	84,340	+1.9%	318
13	Magsaysay	Davao del Sur	57,936	56,263	+3.0%	294
14	Mawab	Davao de Oro	41,050	39,631	+3.6%	283
15	Bansalan	Davao del Sur	64,816	62,737	+3.3%	273
16	Santa Maria	Davao Occidental	58,886	57,526	+2.4%	258
17	Maco	Davao de Oro	87,680	83,237	+5.3%	252
18	Sulop	Davao del Sur	40,134	35,151	+14.2%	249
19	Sarangani	Davao Occidental	22,041	22,515	−2.1%	248
20	Matanao	Davao del Sur	62,773	60,493	+3.8%	243
21	New Corella	Davao del Norte	60,454	57,913	+4.4%	242
22	Asuncion	Davao del Norte	62,929	61,893	+1.7%	236
23	Mati City	Davao Oriental	148,672	147,547	+0.8%	235
24	Compostela	Davao de Oro	89,224	89,884	−0.7%	226
25	Banaybanay	Davao Oriental	46,231	44,451	+4.0%	196
26	Pantukan	Davao de Oro	91,312	90,786	+0.6%	191
27	Malalag	Davao del Sur	40,280	40,158	+0.3%	189
28	Malita	Davao Occidental	118,438	118,197	+0.2%	189
29	Sawata	Davao del Norte	27,552	27,233	+1.2%	172
30	Governor Generoso	Davao Oriental	63,695	59,891	+6.4%	168
31	Montevista	Davao de Oro	46,581	46,558	+0.1%	163
32	Kiblawan	Davao del Sur	53,757	49,381	+8.9%	147
33	Monkayo	Davao de Oro	96,405	93,937	+2.6%	146
34	Lupon	Davao Oriental	68,717	66,979	+2.6%	120
35	San Isidro	Davao Oriental	35,984	33,664	+6.9%	117
36	Don Marcelino	Davao Occidental	45,681	45,540	+0.3%	110
37	Jose Abad Santos	Davao Occidental	72,552	73,381	−1.1%	105
38	Cateel	Davao Oriental	45,623	44,207	+3.2%	102
39	Laak	Davao de Oro	83,632	79,744	+4.9%	101
40	Mabini	Davao de Oro	43,971	43,552	+1.0%	97
41	Kapalong	Davao del Norte	80,731	81,068	−0.4%	95
42	New Bataan	Davao de Oro	50,212	51,466	−2.4%	91
43	Maragusan	Davao de Oro	67,759	64,412	+5.2%	81
44	Tarragona	Davao Oriental	27,349	26,996	+1.3%	79
45	Manay	Davao Oriental	39,271	39,572	−0.8%	65
46	Baganga	Davao Oriental	59,796	58,714	+1.8%	64
47	Caraga	Davao Oriental	39,630	39,704	−0.2%	50
48	Boston	Davao Oriental	15,074	14,618	+3.1%	33
49	Talaingod	Davao del Norte	28,665	28,333	+1.2%	31

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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