Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Eastern Samar

Mercedes (Eastern Samar) is the most crowded of the 23 cities and municipalities in Eastern Samar: 343 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 23 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 Eastern Samar, top 23
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Mercedes	Eastern Samar	6,114	6,112	+0.0%	343
2	Guiuan	Eastern Samar	52,749	53,361	−1.2%	304
3	San Policarpo	Eastern Samar	15,597	15,365	+1.5%	237
4	Hernani	Eastern Samar	8,296	8,531	−2.8%	194
5	Salcedo	Eastern Samar	21,335	22,136	−3.6%	183
6	Oras	Eastern Samar	35,997	37,451	−3.9%	173
7	Giporlos	Eastern Samar	12,974	13,117	−1.1%	142
8	Dolores	Eastern Samar	45,314	44,626	+1.5%	140
9	Balangiga	Eastern Samar	14,473	14,341	+0.9%	134
10	General Macarthur	Eastern Samar	14,606	14,411	+1.4%	131
11	Balangkayan	Eastern Samar	10,014	10,185	−1.7%	121
12	Arteche	Eastern Samar	16,648	16,360	+1.8%	120
13	Borongan City	Eastern Samar	71,431	71,961	−0.7%	118
14	Maydolong	Eastern Samar	15,456	15,314	+0.9%	111
15	San Julian	Eastern Samar	14,509	14,800	−2.0%	104
16	Sulat	Eastern Samar	15,776	15,758	+0.1%	93
17	Taft	Eastern Samar	18,692	18,786	−0.5%	90
18	Can-Avid	Eastern Samar	21,942	21,682	+1.2%	78
19	Lawaan	Eastern Samar	13,063	13,003	+0.5%	77
20	Jipapad	Eastern Samar	8,726	8,439	+3.4%	60
21	Llorente	Eastern Samar	18,909	21,459	−11.9%	25
22	Quinapondan	Eastern Samar	14,624	14,507	+0.8%	19
23	Maslog	Eastern Samar	5,438	5,463	−0.5%	18

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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