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Densest barangays in Eastern Samar

Barangay 8 Poblacion (Can-Avid, Eastern Samar) is the most crowded of the 597 barangays in Eastern Samar: about 44,201 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 597 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 Eastern Samar, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Barangay 8 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar968916+5.7%about 44,201
2Poblacion Ward 9Guiuan, Eastern Samar648676−4.1%about 29,455
3Barangay 3 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar751881−14.8%about 24,950
4Barangay Poblacion 6Lawaan, Eastern Samar466474−1.7%about 23,417
5Poblacion Ward 3Guiuan, Eastern Samar331360−8.1%about 21,776
6Barangay 1 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar481520−7.5%about 20,381
7Victory IslandGuiuan, Eastern Samar557598−6.9%about 19,964
8Barangay Poblacion 5Lawaan, Eastern Samar209217−3.7%about 18,496
9Barangay 4Giporlos, Eastern Samar328357−8.1%about 18,427
10Barangay 8Salcedo, Eastern Samar122154−20.8%about 17,889
11Barangay 2Llorente, Eastern Samar277356−22.2%about 16,012
12Barangay 4Salcedo, Eastern Samar121155−21.9%about 15,963
13Barangay 2Giporlos, Eastern Samar403457−11.8%about 15,804
14Barangay Poblacion 6Maydolong, Eastern Samar759771−1.6%about 15,747
15Barangay 2 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar266334−20.4%about 15,740
16Barangay 13Dolores, Eastern Samar2,5122,326+8.0%about 15,700
17Barangay 4Llorente, Eastern Samar247327−24.5%about 15,438
18Barangay 3Giporlos, Eastern Samar313317−1.3%about 15,419
19Barangay Poblacion 3Lawaan, Eastern Samar122130−6.2%about 15,288
20Purok HBorongan City, Eastern Samar794857−7.4%about 15,240
21Barangay 10Llorente, Eastern Samar216319−32.3%about 15,105
22Poblacion Ward 1Guiuan, Eastern Samar332423−21.5%about 14,955
23Barangay 3Dolores, Eastern Samar256299−14.4%about 14,798
24Barangay Poblacion IVBalangiga, Eastern Samar356401−11.2%about 14,355
25Poblacion Barangay 2General Macarthur, Eastern Samar732849−13.8%about 14,214
26Barangay Poblacion VBalangiga, Eastern Samar557654−14.8%about 13,652
27Barangay 6 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar160161−0.6%about 13,559
28Barangay 5 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar264335−21.2%about 13,469
29Barangay 8Dolores, Eastern Samar126142−11.3%about 12,990
30Barangay 6Llorente, Eastern Samar138188−26.6%about 12,897
31Poblacion Barangay 2Taft, Eastern Samar708727−2.6%about 12,643
32Poblacion Ward 5Guiuan, Eastern Samar270364−25.8%about 12,273
33Poblacion Barangay 1Taft, Eastern Samar636770−17.4%about 11,932
34Barangay 5Dolores, Eastern Samar176206−14.6%about 11,812
35Poblacion Ward 11Guiuan, Eastern Samar785798−1.6%about 11,787
36Barangay 1Dolores, Eastern Samar811798+1.6%about 11,720
37Barangay 3Llorente, Eastern Samar197326−39.6%about 11,387
38Barangay 8Llorente, Eastern Samar719790−9.0%about 11,252
39Barangay 5Salcedo, Eastern Samar4344−2.3%about 11,227
40Barangay No. 4Quinapondan, Eastern Samar187208−10.1%about 11,065
41Barangay Poblacion 5Maydolong, Eastern Samar708849−16.6%about 10,892
42HollywoodGuiuan, Eastern Samar1,3611,469−7.4%about 10,717
43TabiSulat, Eastern Samar482456+5.7%about 10,410
44Purok D2Borongan City, Eastern Samar217249−12.9%about 10,284
45Purok GBorongan City, Eastern Samar299338−11.5%about 9,967
46Purok CBorongan City, Eastern Samar695869−20.0%about 9,957
47Poblacion Barangay 3General Macarthur, Eastern Samar355397−10.6%about 9,944
48Poblacion Barangay 6General Macarthur, Eastern Samar550662−16.9%about 9,786
49Barangay Poblacion 4Lawaan, Eastern Samar163139+17.3%about 9,760
50Barangay 11Llorente, Eastern Samar1,5021,833−18.1%about 9,753
51Poblacion Barangay 1General Macarthur, Eastern Samar831898−7.5%about 9,719
52Purok EBorongan City, Eastern Samar332368−9.8%about 9,623
53RiversideOras, Eastern Samar8741,059−17.5%about 9,510
54CentralArteche, Eastern Samar402377+6.6%about 9,415
55Purok BBorongan City, Eastern Samar1,5301,546−1.0%about 9,053
56Purok FBorongan City, Eastern Samar236256−7.8%about 8,973
57Poblacion Ward 10Guiuan, Eastern Samar688681+1.0%about 8,889
58Barangay 10Dolores, Eastern Samar476654−27.2%about 8,799
59Purok D1Borongan City, Eastern Samar524642−18.4%about 8,719
60Barangay 5Llorente, Eastern Samar104141−26.2%about 8,667
61MaramaraSulat, Eastern Samar476567−16.1%about 8,655
62RawisArteche, Eastern Samar1,4801,532−3.4%about 8,315
63Barangay No. 5 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar332342−2.9%about 7,849
64Barangay Poblacion 2Lawaan, Eastern Samar11198+13.3%about 7,817
65Poblacion Ward 8Guiuan, Eastern Samar2,2032,283−3.5%about 7,570
66Barangay 6Salcedo, Eastern Samar8381+2.5%about 6,803
67Poblacion Ward 2Guiuan, Eastern Samar265309−14.2%about 6,795
68Barangay Poblacion IIBalangiga, Eastern Samar468522−10.3%about 6,518
69Barangay 9Llorente, Eastern Samar121140−13.6%about 6,436
70Poblacion Ward 7Guiuan, Eastern Samar337374−9.9%about 6,172
71Barangay No. 4San Policarpo, Eastern Samar877919−4.6%about 5,926
72Barangay No. 3 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar789810−2.6%about 5,844
73Barangay 7Llorente, Eastern Samar539591−8.8%about 5,827
74Poblacion Barangay 4General Macarthur, Eastern Samar226294−23.1%about 5,622
75SongcoBorongan City, Eastern Samar4,6844,773−1.9%about 5,378
76CampoyongGuiuan, Eastern Samar1,9631,899+3.4%about 5,020
77LupokGuiuan, Eastern Samar2,4522,682−8.6%about 5,014
78Barangay No. 2 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar330358−7.8%about 4,985
79Barangay Poblacion 1Lawaan, Eastern Samar1,1681,085+7.7%about 4,970
80Poblacion Barangay 5General Macarthur, Eastern Samar410396+3.5%about 4,958
81Barangay 12Dolores, Eastern Samar1,5161,521−0.3%about 4,875
82Poblacion Ward 4-AGuiuan, Eastern Samar556625−11.0%about 4,520
83Barangay 4Dolores, Eastern Samar368354+4.0%about 4,477
84Barangay 8Giporlos, Eastern Samar518646−19.8%about 4,427
85Barangay 11Dolores, Eastern Samar372534−30.3%about 4,222
86Poblacion Barangay 7General Macarthur, Eastern Samar7921,127−29.7%about 4,104
87BalocaweOras, Eastern Samar1,0091,075−6.1%about 4,085
88Poblacion Ward 9-AGuiuan, Eastern Samar481568−15.3%about 4,042
89CogonGuiuan, Eastern Samar3,5993,635−1.0%about 3,695
90Barangay No. 2San Policarpo, Eastern Samar458400+14.5%about 3,444
91Barangay 2Dolores, Eastern Samar3,6423,615+0.8%about 3,404
92Barangay 9Dolores, Eastern Samar274359−23.7%about 3,329
93Barangay 14Dolores, Eastern Samar1,4541,420+2.4%about 3,260
94Poblacion Barangay 4Taft, Eastern Samar638593+7.6%about 3,239
95Barangay 9 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar690728−5.2%about 3,224
96Poblacion Ward 4Guiuan, Eastern Samar959975−1.6%about 3,207
97Barangay 12Llorente, Eastern Samar936967−3.2%about 3,173
98Poblacion Ward 6Guiuan, Eastern Samar201855−76.5%about 3,160
99Barangay No. 1Quinapondan, Eastern Samar653687−5.0%about 3,110
100Barangay No. 4 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar358383−6.5%about 3,034

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: Eastern Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0081A6DTPH7). 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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