Ranking

Densest barangays in Eastern Visayas

Barangay 50-A (Tacloban City, Leyte) is the most crowded of the 4,365 barangays in Eastern Visayas: about 65,133 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 4,365 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 Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Barangay 50-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	736	660	+11.5%	about 65,133
2	Barangay 51	Tacloban City, Leyte	344	359	−4.2%	about 53,168
3	Barangay 57	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,061	1,037	+2.3%	about 51,505
4	Barangay 8 Poblacion	Can-Avid, Eastern Samar	968	916	+5.7%	about 44,201
5	Barangay 36	Tacloban City, Leyte	565	564	+0.2%	about 42,803
6	Poblacion Zone 16	Baybay City, Leyte	1,096	759	+44.4%	about 42,646
7	Poblacion 3	Catbalogan City, Samar	3,002	3,102	−3.2%	about 41,811
8	Poblacion 10	Catbalogan City, Samar	1,885	1,838	+2.6%	about 41,157
9	Barangay 42-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,508	1,504	+0.3%	about 40,106
10	Barangay No. 3	Jiabong, Samar	234	229	+2.2%	about 38,235
11	Barangay 23	Tacloban City, Leyte	545	451	+20.8%	about 37,075
12	Barangay 6-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,405	1,507	−6.8%	about 36,399
13	San Antonio Pob.	Alangalang, Leyte	1,753	1,506	+16.4%	about 34,238
14	Barangay 43-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	829	836	−0.8%	about 33,293
15	Poblacion Barangay 2	San Sebastian, Samar	391	396	−1.3%	about 33,136
16	Barangay 42	Tacloban City, Leyte	607	750	−19.1%	about 32,460
17	Barangay 39	Tacloban City, Leyte	2,720	3,027	−10.1%	about 31,776
18	Barangay 35-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	361	337	+7.1%	about 31,667
19	Bitaog Pob.	Palompon, Leyte	1,673	1,673	0.0%	about 30,199
20	Victory	Abuyog, Leyte	2,672	2,804	−4.7%	about 29,492
21	Poblacion Ward 9	Guiuan, Eastern Samar	648	676	−4.1%	about 29,455
22	Barangay 16	Tacloban City, Leyte	319	292	+9.3%	about 29,000
23	Barangay 18	Tacloban City, Leyte	218	188	+16.0%	about 28,989
24	Poblacion 8	Catbalogan City, Samar	1,266	1,169	+8.3%	about 28,773
25	Dawahon	Bato, Leyte	3,153	3,230	−2.4%	about 27,658
26	Barangay 36-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	2,555	2,477	+3.2%	about 27,355
27	Barangay 48	Tacloban City, Leyte	313	318	−1.6%	about 27,217
28	Poblacion 1	Catbalogan City, Samar	1,222	1,238	−1.3%	about 26,336
29	Barangay 56	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,395	1,191	+17.1%	about 25,978
30	Barangay 60	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,031	977	+5.5%	about 25,970
31	San Pablo	Catbalogan City, Samar	1,136	1,209	−6.0%	about 25,414
32	San Roque	Isabel, Leyte	1,609	1,486	+8.3%	about 25,299
33	Poblacion 2	Catbalogan City, Samar	812	799	+1.6%	about 25,139
34	Barangay 3 Poblacion	Can-Avid, Eastern Samar	751	881	−14.8%	about 24,950
35	Milagrosa	Alangalang, Leyte	841	1,096	−23.3%	about 24,808
36	Barangay 62-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	5,122	4,988	+2.7%	about 24,744
37	Santo Rosario	Isabel, Leyte	855	853	+0.2%	about 24,640
38	Poblacion 11	Catbalogan City, Samar	907	1,027	−11.7%	about 24,514
39	Barangay No. 2	Jiabong, Samar	229	218	+5.1%	about 24,105
40	San Roque	Alangalang, Leyte	862	1,116	−22.8%	about 23,944
41	Barangay Poblacion 6	Lawaan, Eastern Samar	466	474	−1.7%	about 23,417
42	Barangay 35	Tacloban City, Leyte	194	134	+44.8%	about 22,770
43	Poblacion 3	Paranas, Samar	1,154	1,062	+8.7%	about 22,539
44	Barangay 37	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,763	1,933	−8.8%	about 22,204
45	Balud	Calbayog City, Samar	2,636	3,129	−15.8%	about 21,967
46	Poblacion Ward 3	Guiuan, Eastern Samar	331	360	−8.1%	about 21,776
47	Yakal	Catarman, Northern Samar	2,509	2,664	−5.8%	about 21,084
48	Jose Abad Santos	Catarman, Northern Samar	1,983	2,241	−11.5%	about 21,073
49	Narra	Catarman, Northern Samar	2,927	3,149	−7.1%	about 20,907
50	Barangay 58	Tacloban City, Leyte	602	558	+7.9%	about 20,407
51	Barangay 1 Poblacion	Can-Avid, Eastern Samar	481	520	−7.5%	about 20,381
52	Victory Island	Guiuan, Eastern Samar	557	598	−6.9%	about 19,964
53	Poblacion District V	Burauen, Leyte	731	739	−1.1%	about 19,918
54	Santa Cruz	Isabel, Leyte	1,138	1,134	+0.4%	about 19,860
55	Poblacion District 6	Pambujan, Northern Samar	1,587	1,429	+11.1%	about 19,472
56	Kasoy	Catarman, Northern Samar	814	1,437	−43.4%	about 19,243
57	Barangay 53	Tacloban City, Leyte	494	506	−2.4%	about 19,073
58	Barangay 83-C	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,987	3,919	+1.7%	about 18,718
59	Hamorawon	Calbayog City, Samar	4,658	4,636	+0.5%	about 18,707
60	Balite	San Jose, Northern Samar	2,074	1,727	+20.1%	about 18,685
61	Little Venice	Laoang, Northern Samar	3,121	3,512	−11.1%	about 18,577
62	Sulod	Basey, Samar	561	650	−13.7%	about 18,515
63	Barangay Poblacion 5	Lawaan, Eastern Samar	209	217	−3.7%	about 18,496
64	Poblacion 12	Catbalogan City, Samar	628	620	+1.3%	about 18,471
65	Barangay 4	Giporlos, Eastern Samar	328	357	−8.1%	about 18,427
66	Zone 2	San Roque, Northern Samar	881	982	−10.3%	about 18,316
67	Barangay 23-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	300	345	−13.0%	about 18,182
68	Barangay 46	Tacloban City, Leyte	320	302	+6.0%	about 18,182
69	Barangay 8	Salcedo, Eastern Samar	122	154	−20.8%	about 17,889
70	Barangay 43	Tacloban City, Leyte	284	354	−19.8%	about 17,862
71	Barangay 5-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	423	412	+2.7%	about 17,552
72	Poblacion Zone 8	Baybay City, Leyte	995	649	+53.3%	about 17,518
73	Zone III	Sogod, Southern Leyte	1,832	2,174	−15.7%	about 17,448
74	Barangay 8	Tacloban City, Leyte	267	266	+0.4%	about 17,338
75	Barangay 48-B	Tacloban City, Leyte	192	182	+5.5%	about 17,297
76	Barangay 62	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,765	1,725	+2.3%	about 17,136
77	Zone II	Victoria, Northern Samar	583	561	+3.9%	about 17,097
78	Talisay	Catarman, Northern Samar	1,408	1,599	−11.9%	about 17,087
79	Central	Villareal, Samar	203	242	−16.1%	about 16,917
80	Canramos	Tanauan, Leyte	3,347	3,320	+0.8%	about 16,904
81	Barangay 59-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,425	3,670	−6.7%	about 16,872
82	Barangay 62-B	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,166	3,487	−9.2%	about 16,840
83	Tumaguingting	Laoang, Northern Samar	793	775	+2.3%	about 16,418
84	Calachuchi	Catarman, Northern Samar	1,455	1,539	−5.5%	about 16,367
85	Poblacion 5	Paranas, Samar	957	1,023	−6.5%	about 16,303
86	Barangay 21	Tacloban City, Leyte	277	280	−1.1%	about 16,294
87	Pinamitinan	Marabut, Samar	439	525	−16.4%	about 16,140
88	Barangay 2	Llorente, Eastern Samar	277	356	−22.2%	about 16,012
89	Barangay 4	Salcedo, Eastern Samar	121	155	−21.9%	about 15,963
90	Airport Village	Catarman, Northern Samar	1,685	2,115	−20.3%	about 15,896
91	Poblacion 4	Catbalogan City, Samar	1,094	1,038	+5.4%	about 15,878
92	Canlapwas	Catbalogan City, Samar	11,085	11,805	−6.1%	about 15,836
93	Barangay 2	Giporlos, Eastern Samar	403	457	−11.8%	about 15,804
94	Barangay Poblacion 6	Maydolong, Eastern Samar	759	771	−1.6%	about 15,747
95	Barangay 2 Poblacion	Can-Avid, Eastern Samar	266	334	−20.4%	about 15,740
96	Barangay 13	Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,512	2,326	+8.0%	about 15,700
97	Poblacion District 2	Pambujan, Northern Samar	990	1,149	−13.8%	about 15,542
98	Poblacion Zone 17	Baybay City, Leyte	590	636	−7.2%	about 15,526
99	Barangay West	San Jose, Northern Samar	1,003	1,044	−3.9%	about 15,526
100	Barangay 4	Llorente, Eastern Samar	247	327	−24.5%	about 15,438

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: 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.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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