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Densest barangays in Leyte

Barangay 50-A (Tacloban City, Leyte) is the most crowded of the 1,616 barangays in Leyte: about 65,133 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 1,616 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 Leyte, 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 36	Tacloban City, Leyte	565	564	+0.2%	about 42,803
5	Poblacion Zone 16	Baybay City, Leyte	1,096	759	+44.4%	about 42,646
6	Barangay 42-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,508	1,504	+0.3%	about 40,106
7	Barangay 23	Tacloban City, Leyte	545	451	+20.8%	about 37,075
8	Barangay 6-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,405	1,507	−6.8%	about 36,399
9	San Antonio Pob.	Alangalang, Leyte	1,753	1,506	+16.4%	about 34,238
10	Barangay 43-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	829	836	−0.8%	about 33,293
11	Barangay 42	Tacloban City, Leyte	607	750	−19.1%	about 32,460
12	Barangay 39	Tacloban City, Leyte	2,720	3,027	−10.1%	about 31,776
13	Barangay 35-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	361	337	+7.1%	about 31,667
14	Bitaog Pob.	Palompon, Leyte	1,673	1,673	0.0%	about 30,199
15	Victory	Abuyog, Leyte	2,672	2,804	−4.7%	about 29,492
16	Barangay 16	Tacloban City, Leyte	319	292	+9.3%	about 29,000
17	Barangay 18	Tacloban City, Leyte	218	188	+16.0%	about 28,989
18	Dawahon	Bato, Leyte	3,153	3,230	−2.4%	about 27,658
19	Barangay 36-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	2,555	2,477	+3.2%	about 27,355
20	Barangay 48	Tacloban City, Leyte	313	318	−1.6%	about 27,217
21	Barangay 56	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,395	1,191	+17.1%	about 25,978
22	Barangay 60	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,031	977	+5.5%	about 25,970
23	San Roque	Isabel, Leyte	1,609	1,486	+8.3%	about 25,299
24	Milagrosa	Alangalang, Leyte	841	1,096	−23.3%	about 24,808
25	Barangay 62-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	5,122	4,988	+2.7%	about 24,744
26	Santo Rosario	Isabel, Leyte	855	853	+0.2%	about 24,640
27	San Roque	Alangalang, Leyte	862	1,116	−22.8%	about 23,944
28	Barangay 35	Tacloban City, Leyte	194	134	+44.8%	about 22,770
29	Barangay 37	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,763	1,933	−8.8%	about 22,204
30	Barangay 58	Tacloban City, Leyte	602	558	+7.9%	about 20,407
31	Poblacion District V	Burauen, Leyte	731	739	−1.1%	about 19,918
32	Santa Cruz	Isabel, Leyte	1,138	1,134	+0.4%	about 19,860
33	Barangay 53	Tacloban City, Leyte	494	506	−2.4%	about 19,073
34	Barangay 83-C	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,987	3,919	+1.7%	about 18,718
35	Barangay 23-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	300	345	−13.0%	about 18,182
36	Barangay 46	Tacloban City, Leyte	320	302	+6.0%	about 18,182
37	Barangay 43	Tacloban City, Leyte	284	354	−19.8%	about 17,862
38	Barangay 5-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	423	412	+2.7%	about 17,552
39	Poblacion Zone 8	Baybay City, Leyte	995	649	+53.3%	about 17,518
40	Barangay 8	Tacloban City, Leyte	267	266	+0.4%	about 17,338
41	Barangay 48-B	Tacloban City, Leyte	192	182	+5.5%	about 17,297
42	Barangay 62	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,765	1,725	+2.3%	about 17,136
43	Canramos	Tanauan, Leyte	3,347	3,320	+0.8%	about 16,904
44	Barangay 59-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,425	3,670	−6.7%	about 16,872
45	Barangay 62-B	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,166	3,487	−9.2%	about 16,840
46	Barangay 21	Tacloban City, Leyte	277	280	−1.1%	about 16,294
47	Poblacion Zone 17	Baybay City, Leyte	590	636	−7.2%	about 15,526
48	Barangay 64	Tacloban City, Leyte	2,115	2,135	−0.9%	about 15,326
49	Poblacion Zone 20	Baybay City, Leyte	517	661	−21.8%	about 15,251
50	Barangay 85	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,065	1,190	−10.5%	about 15,236
51	Barangay 38	Tacloban City, Leyte	366	328	+11.6%	about 15,187
52	Poblacion Zone 5	Baybay City, Leyte	697	760	−8.3%	about 15,152
53	Barangay 80	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,389	1,342	+3.5%	about 15,114
54	Barangay 28	Tacloban City, Leyte	237	190	+24.7%	about 15,000
55	Barangay 59	Tacloban City, Leyte	3,449	3,437	+0.4%	about 14,931
56	Barangay 33	Tacloban City, Leyte	203	193	+5.2%	about 14,818
57	Barangay 20	Tacloban City, Leyte	430	421	+2.1%	about 14,777
58	Mazawalo Pob.	Palompon, Leyte	4,223	4,510	−6.4%	about 14,562
59	Santo Rosario	Baybay City, Leyte	1,769	2,087	−15.2%	about 14,500
60	Barangay 19	Tacloban City, Leyte	228	186	+22.6%	about 14,340
61	Pinaghi-usa Pob.	Palompon, Leyte	2,148	1,565	+37.3%	about 14,225
62	Barangay 48-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	341	284	+20.1%	about 14,208
63	Buri	Palo, Leyte	1,283	1,264	+1.5%	about 13,548
64	District IV	Jaro, Leyte	1,407	1,305	+7.8%	about 13,529
65	Barangay 5	Tacloban City, Leyte	381	318	+19.8%	about 13,511
66	Alegria	Ormoc City, Leyte	1,557	977	+59.4%	about 13,308
67	Barangay 7	Tacloban City, Leyte	215	205	+4.9%	about 13,190
68	Barangay 6	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,520	1,457	+4.3%	about 13,103
69	Barangay 52	Tacloban City, Leyte	579	594	−2.5%	about 13,041
70	San Jose Pob.	Dagami, Leyte	870	249	+249.4%	about 12,851
71	Baybay	Carigara, Leyte	2,204	2,291	−3.8%	about 12,667
72	Pinagdait Pob.	Palompon, Leyte	1,592	1,687	−5.6%	about 12,635
73	Barangay 32	Tacloban City, Leyte	186	299	−37.8%	about 12,568
74	Poblacion Zone 3	Baybay City, Leyte	317	331	−4.2%	about 12,530
75	Poblacion Zone 19	Baybay City, Leyte	195	184	+6.0%	about 12,500
76	Iniguihan District	Bato, Leyte	1,871	1,644	+13.8%	about 12,229
77	Poblacion Zone 15	Baybay City, Leyte	406	750	−45.9%	about 12,192
78	Batuan	Ormoc City, Leyte	313	670	−53.3%	about 12,085
79	Barangay 30	Tacloban City, Leyte	140	126	+11.1%	about 11,966
80	Poblacion District VII	Burauen, Leyte	1,021	976	+4.6%	about 11,858
81	Barangay 21-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	102	108	−5.6%	about 11,819
82	Barangay 51-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	198	108	+83.3%	about 11,786
83	Poblacion	Calubian, Leyte	379	325	+16.6%	about 11,734
84	Barangay 54-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	288	354	−18.6%	about 11,613
85	Kalanggaman District	Bato, Leyte	1,427	1,392	+2.5%	about 11,508
86	Poblacion Zone 4	Baybay City, Leyte	712	813	−12.4%	about 11,502
87	Barangay 60-A	Tacloban City, Leyte	412	403	+2.2%	about 11,476
88	Pontod	Hilongos, Leyte	2,616	2,212	+18.3%	about 11,474
89	District III	Jaro, Leyte	2,062	1,981	+4.1%	about 11,330
90	San Fernando	Palo, Leyte	1,767	2,031	−13.0%	about 11,327
91	Barangay 24	Tacloban City, Leyte	277	230	+20.4%	about 11,260
92	Buntay	Dulag, Leyte	1,020	1,271	−19.8%	about 11,258
93	San Roque	Tanauan, Leyte	3,542	3,541	+0.0%	about 11,209
94	Barangay 14	Tacloban City, Leyte	244	226	+8.0%	about 11,091
95	Barangay 45	Tacloban City, Leyte	403	251	+60.6%	about 11,041
96	Barangay West	Ormoc City, Leyte	2,664	2,863	−7.0%	about 11,008
97	Salvacion Poblacion	Alangalang, Leyte	578	1,184	−51.2%	about 10,906
98	Barangay 96	Tacloban City, Leyte	6,410	6,263	+2.4%	about 10,883
99	Barangay 29	Tacloban City, Leyte	150	149	+0.7%	about 10,791
100	Barangay 76	Tacloban City, Leyte	1,135	1,069	+6.2%	about 10,708

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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