Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Leyte

Tacloban City (Leyte) is the most crowded of the 43 cities and municipalities in Leyte: 2,514 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 43 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 Leyte, top 43
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	Tolosa	Leyte	22,016	20,708	+6.3%	1,014
3	Tunga	Leyte	8,301	7,656	+8.4%	955
4	Palo	Leyte	80,291	76,213	+5.4%	917
5	Tabango	Leyte	33,888	33,868	+0.1%	893
6	Tanauan	Leyte	60,212	57,455	+4.8%	875
7	San Isidro	Leyte	30,792	30,722	+0.2%	770
8	Calubian	Leyte	31,990	31,646	+1.1%	746
9	Isabel	Leyte	46,858	46,781	+0.2%	732
10	Villaba	Leyte	42,981	42,859	+0.3%	719
11	Albuera	Leyte	47,333	47,151	+0.4%	674
12	Mayorga	Leyte	18,713	18,071	+3.6%	651
13	Dulag	Leyte	50,728	48,992	+3.5%	628
14	Macarthur	Leyte	22,256	21,578	+3.1%	590
15	Dagami	Leyte	36,700	36,178	+1.4%	550
16	Bato	Leyte	39,275	38,505	+2.0%	543
17	Santa Fe	Leyte	22,889	22,102	+3.6%	517
18	Ormoc City	Leyte	238,545	230,998	+3.3%	514
19	Carigara	Leyte	56,060	54,656	+2.6%	509
20	Julita	Leyte	16,053	15,598	+2.9%	507
21	Tabontabon	Leyte	12,157	11,902	+2.1%	503
22	Merida	Leyte	32,373	31,574	+2.5%	401
23	Kananga	Leyte	60,885	59,696	+2.0%	391
24	Alangalang	Leyte	59,063	57,185	+3.3%	385
25	Pastrana	Leyte	20,327	19,359	+5.0%	375
26	Barugo	Leyte	35,402	34,497	+2.6%	374
27	Matag-Ob	Leyte	18,618	17,522	+6.3%	352
28	Hilongos	Leyte	66,774	64,514	+3.5%	347
29	Palompon	Leyte	59,486	58,313	+2.0%	322
30	Hindang	Leyte	21,520	20,849	+3.2%	308
31	Baybay City	Leyte	114,708	111,848	+2.6%	284
32	Matalom	Leyte	32,604	32,586	+0.1%	274
33	Capoocan	Leyte	34,388	33,721	+2.0%	238
34	Leyte	Leyte	40,622	40,397	+0.6%	224
35	Jaro	Leyte	44,643	43,758	+2.0%	217
36	Babatngon	Leyte	29,587	28,823	+2.7%	215
37	Abuyog	Leyte	61,854	61,216	+1.0%	204
38	Javier	Leyte	27,759	26,658	+4.1%	201
39	Inopacan	Leyte	21,629	21,389	+1.1%	198
40	La Paz	Leyte	19,797	19,174	+3.3%	196
41	Mahaplag	Leyte	28,424	27,865	+2.0%	174
42	Burauen	Leyte	54,635	52,511	+4.0%	172
43	San Miguel	Leyte	20,322	19,753	+2.9%	140

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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