Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Eastern Visayas

Tacloban City (Leyte) is the most crowded of the 143 cities and municipalities in Eastern Visayas: 2,514 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 143 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 Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Tacloban City	Leyte	259,353	251,881	+3.0%	2,514
2	Bontoc	Southern Leyte	32,082	29,799	+7.7%	1,844
3	Tolosa	Leyte	22,016	20,708	+6.3%	1,014
4	Limasawa	Southern Leyte	6,480	6,191	+4.7%	1,009
5	Tunga	Leyte	8,301	7,656	+8.4%	955
6	Palo	Leyte	80,291	76,213	+5.4%	917
7	Tabango	Leyte	33,888	33,868	+0.1%	893
8	Tanauan	Leyte	60,212	57,455	+4.8%	875
9	San Isidro	Leyte	30,792	30,722	+0.2%	770
10	Calubian	Leyte	31,990	31,646	+1.1%	746
11	Isabel	Leyte	46,858	46,781	+0.2%	732
12	San Vicente	Northern Samar	7,308	6,928	+5.5%	730
13	Villaba	Leyte	42,981	42,859	+0.3%	719
14	Albuera	Leyte	47,333	47,151	+0.4%	674
15	Mayorga	Leyte	18,713	18,071	+3.6%	651
16	Dulag	Leyte	50,728	48,992	+3.5%	628
17	Catbalogan City	Samar	107,896	106,440	+1.4%	606
18	Padre Burgos	Southern Leyte	11,515	11,159	+3.2%	600
19	Macarthur	Leyte	22,256	21,578	+3.1%	590
20	Naval	Biliran	59,236	58,187	+1.8%	563
21	Allen	Northern Samar	26,527	25,228	+5.2%	558
22	Dagami	Leyte	36,700	36,178	+1.4%	550
23	Bato	Leyte	39,275	38,505	+2.0%	543
24	Santa Fe	Leyte	22,889	22,102	+3.6%	517
25	Ormoc City	Leyte	238,545	230,998	+3.3%	514
26	Carigara	Leyte	56,060	54,656	+2.6%	509
27	Julita	Leyte	16,053	15,598	+2.9%	507
28	Tabontabon	Leyte	12,157	11,902	+2.1%	503
29	Liloan	Southern Leyte	23,787	24,800	−4.1%	468
30	Cabucgayan	Biliran	21,923	21,542	+1.8%	453
31	Biri	Northern Samar	11,005	11,274	−2.4%	443
32	Santo Niño	Samar	13,088	12,519	+4.6%	443
33	Daram	Samar	41,932	41,608	+0.8%	438
34	Mapanas	Northern Samar	14,858	14,234	+4.4%	432
35	Catarman	Northern Samar	97,738	97,879	−0.1%	431
36	Zumarraga	Samar	16,051	16,279	−1.4%	416
37	Maasin City	Southern Leyte	85,486	87,446	−2.2%	408
38	Merida	Leyte	32,373	31,574	+2.5%	401
39	Kananga	Leyte	60,885	59,696	+2.0%	391
40	Alangalang	Leyte	59,063	57,185	+3.3%	385
41	San Juan	Southern Leyte	15,036	14,912	+0.8%	379
42	Pastrana	Leyte	20,327	19,359	+5.0%	375
43	Barugo	Leyte	35,402	34,497	+2.6%	374
44	Kawayan	Biliran	21,422	20,455	+4.7%	372
45	Capul	Northern Samar	12,127	12,323	−1.6%	362
46	Macrohon	Southern Leyte	27,276	26,580	+2.6%	362
47	Almagro	Samar	8,571	9,273	−7.6%	360
48	Matag-Ob	Leyte	18,618	17,522	+6.3%	352
49	Hilongos	Leyte	66,774	64,514	+3.5%	347
50	Mercedes	Eastern Samar	6,114	6,112	+0.0%	343
51	Tagapul-An	Samar	9,139	8,805	+3.8%	335
52	Palompon	Leyte	59,486	58,313	+2.0%	322
53	Bobon	Northern Samar	27,266	25,964	+5.0%	320
54	Hinundayan	Southern Leyte	13,042	12,398	+5.2%	320
55	San Antonio	Northern Samar	8,904	8,882	+0.3%	319
56	Almeria	Biliran	18,716	17,954	+4.2%	317
57	Hindang	Leyte	21,520	20,849	+3.2%	308
58	Pagsanghan	Samar	8,145	7,959	+2.3%	306
59	Anahawan	Southern Leyte	8,766	8,429	+4.0%	306
60	Talalora	Samar	8,530	7,856	+8.6%	305
61	Guiuan	Eastern Samar	52,749	53,361	−1.2%	304
62	Tomas Oppus	Southern Leyte	16,846	16,990	−0.9%	298
63	Caibiran	Biliran	24,444	24,167	+1.2%	293
64	Malitbog	Southern Leyte	21,691	23,256	−6.7%	291
65	Saint Bernard	Southern Leyte	28,131	28,414	−1.0%	288
66	Villareal	Samar	27,909	27,394	+1.9%	287
67	San Ricardo	Southern Leyte	10,385	10,500	−1.1%	286
68	Baybay City	Leyte	114,708	111,848	+2.6%	284
69	Lavezares	Northern Samar	29,801	29,390	+1.4%	279
70	Matalom	Leyte	32,604	32,586	+0.1%	274
71	San Jose	Northern Samar	18,301	17,641	+3.7%	271
72	Biliran	Biliran	18,721	17,662	+6.0%	257
73	Lapinig	Northern Samar	11,908	11,844	+0.5%	251
74	Laoang	Northern Samar	60,980	60,607	+0.6%	247
75	Gamay	Northern Samar	21,546	23,367	−7.8%	242
76	Capoocan	Leyte	34,388	33,721	+2.0%	238
77	San Policarpo	Eastern Samar	15,597	15,365	+1.5%	237
78	Palapag	Northern Samar	34,954	34,034	+2.7%	232
79	Pintuyan	Southern Leyte	10,930	10,202	+7.1%	227
80	Leyte	Leyte	40,622	40,397	+0.6%	224
81	Calbayog City	Samar	187,848	186,960	+0.5%	223
82	Sogod	Southern Leyte	48,815	47,552	+2.7%	223
83	Maripipi	Biliran	6,070	6,373	−4.8%	221
84	San Sebastian	Samar	9,110	8,704	+4.7%	221
85	Jaro	Leyte	44,643	43,758	+2.0%	217
86	Babatngon	Leyte	29,587	28,823	+2.7%	215
87	Santa Margarita	Samar	27,012	26,816	+0.7%	209
88	Abuyog	Leyte	61,854	61,216	+1.0%	204
89	Javier	Leyte	27,759	26,658	+4.1%	201
90	Hinunangan	Southern Leyte	30,384	29,149	+4.2%	201
91	Pambujan	Northern Samar	34,174	35,532	−3.8%	200
92	Tarangnan	Samar	26,013	25,713	+1.2%	200
93	Inopacan	Leyte	21,629	21,389	+1.1%	198
94	San Roque	Northern Samar	29,993	29,882	+0.4%	198
95	La Paz	Leyte	19,797	19,174	+3.3%	196
96	Hernani	Eastern Samar	8,296	8,531	−2.8%	194
97	Jiabong	Samar	19,482	19,205	+1.4%	191
98	San Francisco	Southern Leyte	12,897	13,436	−4.0%	188
99	Culaba	Biliran	13,563	12,972	+4.6%	185
100	Salcedo	Eastern Samar	21,335	22,136	−3.6%	183

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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