Ranking
Densest barangays in Leyte
Ranks 1,301 to 1,400 of 1,616 barangays in Leyte. The first page has the leader.
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.
| Rank | Name | City or municipality | People, 2024 | People, 2020 | Change since 2020 | People per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Sagkahan | Jaro, Leyte | 324 | 530 | −38.9% | about 174 |
| 1,302 | Bugho | Julita, Leyte | 252 | 248 | +1.6% | about 174 |
| 1,303 | Bagong Lipunan | Matalom, Leyte | 745 | 815 | −8.6% | about 174 |
| 1,304 | Liberacion | Mahaplag, Leyte | 267 | 342 | −21.9% | about 173 |
| 1,305 | Masumbang | Merida, Leyte | 850 | 727 | +16.9% | about 173 |
| 1,306 | Anahaw | Hindang, Leyte | 470 | 390 | +20.5% | about 172 |
| 1,307 | Libertad | Kananga, Leyte | 1,983 | 1,969 | +0.7% | about 172 |
| 1,308 | Kokoy Romualdez | Calubian, Leyte | 634 | 623 | +1.8% | about 170 |
| 1,309 | Mahagna | Abuyog, Leyte | 550 | 529 | +4.0% | about 169 |
| 1,310 | Rivilla | Bato, Leyte | 379 | 334 | +13.5% | about 168 |
| 1,311 | Himamara | Mahaplag, Leyte | 1,239 | 1,248 | −0.7% | about 167 |
| 1,312 | Calumpang | Matalom, Leyte | 942 | 939 | +0.3% | about 167 |
| 1,313 | Magsaysay | Javier, Leyte | 387 | 335 | +15.5% | about 166 |
| 1,314 | Wague | Leyte, Leyte | 1,400 | 1,370 | +2.2% | about 166 |
| 1,315 | Himarco | Palompon, Leyte | 943 | 921 | +2.4% | about 166 |
| 1,316 | Bunacan | San Isidro, Leyte | 754 | 924 | −18.4% | about 166 |
| 1,317 | Cantonghao | Calubian, Leyte | 283 | 245 | +15.5% | about 164 |
| 1,318 | Monte Alegre | Matalom, Leyte | 572 | 582 | −1.7% | about 164 |
| 1,319 | Jurao | Julita, Leyte | 187 | 198 | −5.6% | about 163 |
| 1,320 | Balud | Tanauan, Leyte | 219 | 267 | −18.0% | about 163 |
| 1,321 | Bidlinan | Baybay City, Leyte | 447 | 428 | +4.4% | about 162 |
| 1,322 | Malaguinabot | Burauen, Leyte | 521 | 554 | −6.0% | about 162 |
| 1,323 | Canha-ayon | Hindang, Leyte | 569 | 534 | +6.6% | about 162 |
| 1,324 | Bunga | Baybay City, Leyte | 2,905 | 2,767 | +5.0% | about 161 |
| 1,325 | Leondoni | Ormoc City, Leyte | 992 | 934 | +6.2% | about 161 |
| 1,326 | Manlilinao | Ormoc City, Leyte | 2,340 | 2,214 | +5.7% | about 161 |
| 1,327 | Hugpa East | Burauen, Leyte | 351 | 281 | +24.9% | about 160 |
| 1,328 | Bias Zabala | Jaro, Leyte | 403 | 426 | −5.4% | about 160 |
| 1,329 | Hiagsam | Barugo, Leyte | 227 | 219 | +3.7% | about 159 |
| 1,330 | Santo Niño | Bato, Leyte | 379 | 336 | +12.8% | about 159 |
| 1,331 | San Francisco | Villaba, Leyte | 479 | 555 | −13.7% | about 159 |
| 1,332 | San Joaquin | Palompon, Leyte | 797 | 797 | 0.0% | about 158 |
| 1,333 | Can-andan | Isabel, Leyte | 273 | 335 | −18.5% | about 157 |
| 1,334 | Binulho | Javier, Leyte | 2,774 | 2,625 | +5.7% | about 156 |
| 1,335 | Hilusig | Mahaplag, Leyte | 996 | 1,430 | −30.4% | about 156 |
| 1,336 | Pansagan | Baybay City, Leyte | 504 | 539 | −6.5% | about 155 |
| 1,337 | Tagadtaran | Burauen, Leyte | 501 | 460 | +8.9% | about 155 |
| 1,338 | Mahayahay | Ormoc City, Leyte | 696 | 565 | +23.2% | about 155 |
| 1,339 | Tuy-a | Abuyog, Leyte | 621 | 636 | −2.4% | about 154 |
| 1,340 | Hilapnitan | Baybay City, Leyte | 2,017 | 2,132 | −5.4% | about 154 |
| 1,341 | Maypatag | Baybay City, Leyte | 1,012 | 955 | +6.0% | about 153 |
| 1,342 | San Agustin | Hilongos, Leyte | 273 | 266 | +2.6% | about 153 |
| 1,343 | San Pedro | Jaro, Leyte | 500 | 369 | +35.5% | about 153 |
| 1,344 | Iligay | Villaba, Leyte | 1,137 | 564 | +101.6% | about 153 |
| 1,345 | Bahay | Abuyog, Leyte | 458 | 343 | +33.5% | about 152 |
| 1,346 | Rizal II | Babatngon, Leyte | 1,554 | 1,474 | +5.4% | about 152 |
| 1,347 | Ulhay | Javier, Leyte | 655 | 905 | −27.6% | about 152 |
| 1,348 | Cancaraja | Pastrana, Leyte | 466 | 495 | −5.9% | about 152 |
| 1,349 | Pongso | Barugo, Leyte | 269 | 308 | −12.7% | about 151 |
| 1,350 | Bobon | Burauen, Leyte | 289 | 299 | −3.3% | about 151 |
| 1,351 | Halaba | Pastrana, Leyte | 463 | 449 | +3.1% | about 151 |
| 1,352 | Cadahunan | Burauen, Leyte | 450 | 389 | +15.7% | about 150 |
| 1,353 | Sari-sari | Jaro, Leyte | 350 | 253 | +38.3% | about 150 |
| 1,354 | Gitabla | Julita, Leyte | 157 | 206 | −23.8% | about 150 |
| 1,355 | Caltayan | La Paz, Leyte | 382 | 360 | +6.1% | about 150 |
| 1,356 | Odiong | Javier, Leyte | 1,994 | 1,313 | +51.9% | about 149 |
| 1,357 | Butason I | Tabango, Leyte | 1,699 | 1,665 | +2.0% | about 149 |
| 1,358 | Marcos | Baybay City, Leyte | 1,435 | 1,455 | −1.4% | about 148 |
| 1,359 | Lanawan | Macarthur, Leyte | 332 | 344 | −3.5% | about 148 |
| 1,360 | Capilian | Abuyog, Leyte | 744 | 747 | −0.4% | about 147 |
| 1,361 | Balud | Barugo, Leyte | 754 | 752 | +0.3% | about 146 |
| 1,362 | Caduhaan | Palompon, Leyte | 524 | 566 | −7.4% | about 146 |
| 1,363 | Cangag | Isabel, Leyte | 615 | 609 | +1.0% | about 145 |
| 1,364 | Tuba | Jaro, Leyte | 870 | 869 | +0.1% | about 145 |
| 1,365 | San Ignacio | Kananga, Leyte | 461 | 379 | +21.6% | about 145 |
| 1,366 | Piliway | La Paz, Leyte | 329 | 322 | +2.2% | about 145 |
| 1,367 | Canbantug | Merida, Leyte | 1,267 | 1,257 | +0.8% | about 145 |
| 1,368 | Laray | Abuyog, Leyte | 341 | 398 | −14.3% | about 144 |
| 1,369 | Tib-o | Abuyog, Leyte | 641 | 661 | −3.0% | about 144 |
| 1,370 | Katipunan | Hindang, Leyte | 393 | 387 | +1.6% | about 144 |
| 1,371 | Salvacion | Macarthur, Leyte | 196 | 200 | −2.0% | about 144 |
| 1,372 | Ampihanon | Baybay City, Leyte | 608 | 629 | −3.3% | about 143 |
| 1,373 | Laguiwan | Burauen, Leyte | 249 | 265 | −6.0% | about 143 |
| 1,374 | Hitoog | Matalom, Leyte | 701 | 798 | −12.2% | about 143 |
| 1,375 | Himamaa | Bato, Leyte | 630 | 670 | −6.0% | about 142 |
| 1,376 | Candelaria | Matag-Ob, Leyte | 761 | 731 | +4.1% | about 142 |
| 1,377 | Hapunan | Burauen, Leyte | 421 | 421 | 0.0% | about 141 |
| 1,378 | Bon-ot | Hilongos, Leyte | 267 | 174 | +53.5% | about 141 |
| 1,379 | Rizal | Kananga, Leyte | 4,638 | 4,640 | −0.0% | about 141 |
| 1,380 | Tongonan | Ormoc City, Leyte | 2,579 | 2,230 | +15.7% | about 141 |
| 1,381 | Kansungka | Baybay City, Leyte | 925 | 1,043 | −11.3% | about 140 |
| 1,382 | Mahayahay | Mahaplag, Leyte | 1,190 | 863 | +37.9% | about 140 |
| 1,383 | Alahag | Jaro, Leyte | 254 | 168 | +51.2% | about 138 |
| 1,384 | Igang | Baybay City, Leyte | 1,705 | 1,775 | −3.9% | about 137 |
| 1,385 | San Agustin | Baybay City, Leyte | 1,598 | 1,420 | +12.5% | about 137 |
| 1,386 | Balatson | Burauen, Leyte | 314 | 338 | −7.1% | about 137 |
| 1,387 | Hinabay | Inopacan, Leyte | 471 | 470 | +0.2% | about 137 |
| 1,388 | Batug | Jaro, Leyte | 396 | 444 | −10.8% | about 137 |
| 1,389 | Santiago | Palompon, Leyte | 954 | 952 | +0.2% | about 137 |
| 1,390 | Bugabuga | Villaba, Leyte | 599 | 577 | +3.8% | about 137 |
| 1,391 | Moroboro | La Paz, Leyte | 322 | 346 | −6.9% | about 135 |
| 1,392 | Capiz | Alangalang, Leyte | 624 | 622 | +0.3% | about 134 |
| 1,393 | Victory | Babatngon, Leyte | 483 | 628 | −23.1% | about 132 |
| 1,394 | Malaihao | Burauen, Leyte | 628 | 624 | +0.6% | about 132 |
| 1,395 | Basud | Leyte, Leyte | 207 | 180 | +15.0% | about 132 |
| 1,396 | Busay | San Isidro, Leyte | 1,408 | 1,774 | −20.6% | about 132 |
| 1,397 | Butason II | Tabango, Leyte | 986 | 826 | +19.4% | about 132 |
| 1,398 | Planza | Babatngon, Leyte | 817 | 743 | +10.0% | about 131 |
| 1,399 | Cebuana | Bato, Leyte | 251 | 249 | +0.8% | about 131 |
| 1,400 | Macagoco | Inopacan, Leyte | 281 | 302 | −7.0% | about 131 |
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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