Ranking
Densest barangays in Maguindanao del Sur
Poblacion (Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur) is the most crowded of the 287 barangays in Maguindanao del Sur: about 18,199 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]
Below are the first 100 of 287 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.
| Rank | Name | City or municipality | People, 2024 | People, 2020 | Change since 2020 | People per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poblacion | Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur | 9,900 | 9,806 | +1.0% | about 18,199 |
| 2 | Kanguan | Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,281 | 2,943 | +11.5% | about 6,751 |
| 3 | Poblacion | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 9,055 | 8,011 | +13.0% | about 5,659 |
| 4 | Mapayag | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,453 | 3,685 | +48.0% | about 4,362 |
| 5 | Poblacion | Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur | 30,849 | 29,702 | +3.9% | about 4,232 |
| 6 | Labu-labu | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,960 | 5,949 | +0.2% | about 3,056 |
| 7 | Labu-labu II | Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,323 | 3,311 | +0.4% | about 2,769 |
| 8 | Poblacion | Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 11,347 | 10,579 | +7.3% | about 2,664 |
| 9 | Poblacion | Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur | 7,237 | 6,079 | +19.1% | about 2,566 |
| 10 | Dapiawan | Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,147 | 4,084 | +1.5% | about 2,206 |
| 11 | Sambulawan | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,221 | 5,053 | +23.1% | about 1,994 |
| 12 | Poblacion II | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,788 | 2,542 | +9.7% | about 1,787 |
| 13 | Talibadok | Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,388 | 3,360 | +0.8% | about 1,746 |
| 14 | Dabenayan | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,806 | 1,494 | +20.9% | about 1,657 |
| 15 | Paglat | Paglat, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,298 | 5,078 | +24.0% | about 1,657 |
| 16 | Linandangan | Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,559 | 2,465 | +3.8% | about 1,640 |
| 17 | Tukanalipao | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,139 | 2,501 | +65.5% | about 1,617 |
| 18 | Libutan | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,049 | 1,702 | +20.4% | about 1,588 |
| 19 | Damalasak | Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,192 | 2,882 | +10.8% | about 1,535 |
| 20 | Talayan | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,910 | 5,188 | +13.9% | about 1,535 |
| 21 | Labu-labu I | Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,809 | 2,488 | +12.9% | about 1,527 |
| 22 | Poblacion I | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,524 | 3,303 | +6.7% | about 1,506 |
| 23 | Kitango | Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,408 | 6,139 | +4.4% | about 1,450 |
| 24 | Tambunan II | Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,505 | 5,594 | +16.3% | about 1,423 |
| 25 | Lower Dilag | Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,900 | 2,291 | +70.2% | about 1,291 |
| 26 | Adaon | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,000 | 3,856 | +3.7% | about 1,262 |
| 27 | Tulunan | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,758 | 2,365 | +58.9% | about 1,261 |
| 28 | Damalusay | Paglat, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,009 | 2,910 | +3.4% | about 1,254 |
| 29 | Satan | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,602 | 2,568 | +1.3% | about 1,239 |
| 30 | Alonganan | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 669 | 652 | +2.6% | about 1,214 |
| 31 | Libutan | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,585 | 2,367 | +9.2% | about 1,202 |
| 32 | Tambunan I | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,588 | 3,725 | +23.2% | about 1,147 |
| 33 | Pagatin | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,400 | 2,298 | +4.4% | about 1,137 |
| 34 | Butilen | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,789 | 1,772 | +1.0% | about 1,132 |
| 35 | Kalipapa | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 617 | 552 | +11.8% | about 1,130 |
| 36 | Binangga North | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,532 | 1,418 | +8.0% | about 1,118 |
| 37 | Upper Dilag | Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,260 | 2,899 | +12.5% | about 1,094 |
| 38 | Digal | Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur | 8,842 | 7,965 | +11.0% | about 1,081 |
| 39 | Buayan | Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,935 | 3,690 | +6.6% | about 1,075 |
| 40 | Sampao | Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,318 | 1,163 | +13.3% | about 1,063 |
| 41 | Tual | Paglat, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,954 | 1,752 | +11.5% | about 1,039 |
| 42 | Madia | Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,585 | 3,564 | +0.6% | about 1,010 |
| 43 | Nunangan | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,933 | 4,062 | +21.4% | about 975 |
| 44 | Binangga South | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,646 | 5,195 | +8.7% | about 941 |
| 45 | Tugal | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,082 | 3,978 | +27.8% | about 932 |
| 46 | Lapok | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,607 | 1,359 | +18.3% | about 929 |
| 47 | Damablac | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,123 | 1,799 | +18.0% | about 907 |
| 48 | Campo | Paglat, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,623 | 2,214 | +18.5% | about 901 |
| 49 | Dasikil | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,133 | 934 | +21.3% | about 899 |
| 50 | Midconding | Gen. S.K. Pendatun, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,342 | 2,290 | +2.3% | about 897 |
| 51 | Sayap | Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,311 | 2,090 | +10.6% | about 892 |
| 52 | Pimbalakan | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,498 | 1,359 | +10.2% | about 892 |
| 53 | Manongkaling | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 7,680 | 7,564 | +1.5% | about 888 |
| 54 | Dale-Bong | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,625 | 1,301 | +24.9% | about 888 |
| 55 | Mamasapano | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,328 | 4,039 | +7.2% | about 880 |
| 56 | Lusay | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,134 | 890 | +27.4% | about 866 |
| 57 | Pusao | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,118 | 1,775 | +19.3% | about 861 |
| 58 | Tonggol | Gen. S.K. Pendatun, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,950 | 1,863 | +4.7% | about 852 |
| 59 | Barurao | Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,761 | 4,452 | +6.9% | about 849 |
| 60 | Elian | Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,661 | 3,575 | +2.4% | about 840 |
| 61 | Dungguan | Pagagawan, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,811 | 6,059 | +12.4% | about 834 |
| 62 | Nabundas | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,374 | 2,008 | +18.2% | about 824 |
| 63 | Andavit | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,141 | 1,075 | +6.1% | about 821 |
| 64 | Meta | Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,662 | 3,391 | +67.0% | about 815 |
| 65 | Midtimbang | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,765 | 3,902 | +22.1% | about 805 |
| 66 | Pagatin (Pagatin I) | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,736 | 2,079 | +31.6% | about 805 |
| 67 | Dapantis | Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,280 | 2,893 | +13.4% | about 796 |
| 68 | Tumbao | Mangudadatu, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,680 | 5,715 | +16.9% | about 786 |
| 69 | Kuloy | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,580 | 1,361 | +16.1% | about 786 |
| 70 | Kayaga | Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,414 | 4,393 | +0.5% | about 785 |
| 71 | Sapakan | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,832 | 1,324 | +38.4% | about 783 |
| 72 | Upper Idtig | Paglat, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,925 | 1,842 | +4.5% | about 783 |
| 73 | Sampao | Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,367 | 1,772 | +33.6% | about 779 |
| 74 | Pagatin | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,725 | 2,510 | +8.6% | about 761 |
| 75 | Buayan | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,893 | 1,541 | +22.8% | about 760 |
| 76 | Baital | Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,952 | 2,780 | +6.2% | about 759 |
| 77 | Pandag | Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,398 | 3,298 | +3.0% | about 758 |
| 78 | Linamunan | Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,035 | 2,759 | +10.0% | about 753 |
| 79 | Brar | Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur | 7,252 | 6,376 | +13.7% | about 742 |
| 80 | Datang | Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,932 | 1,743 | +10.8% | about 735 |
| 81 | Tapikan | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,198 | 1,108 | +8.1% | about 735 |
| 82 | Pandi | Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,143 | 1,003 | +14.0% | about 733 |
| 83 | Bagumbong | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,473 | 1,283 | +14.8% | about 733 |
| 84 | Kilangan | Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,712 | 5,527 | +3.4% | about 733 |
| 85 | Limpongo | Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,841 | 3,791 | +1.3% | about 727 |
| 86 | Salbu | Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 6,014 | 4,591 | +31.0% | about 710 |
| 87 | Bulod | Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,266 | 1,140 | +11.1% | about 696 |
| 88 | Pagagawan | Pagagawan, Maguindanao del Sur | 5,888 | 4,578 | +28.6% | about 688 |
| 89 | Pamalian | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,596 | 1,304 | +22.4% | about 688 |
| 90 | Malibpolok | Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,754 | 2,465 | +11.7% | about 687 |
| 91 | Daladap | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,453 | 1,245 | +16.7% | about 676 |
| 92 | Magaslong | Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,161 | 932 | +24.6% | about 675 |
| 93 | Liab | Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,046 | 857 | +22.1% | about 671 |
| 94 | Upper Siling | Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,183 | 2,581 | +23.3% | about 663 |
| 95 | Iganagampong | Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur | 3,300 | 2,639 | +25.1% | about 657 |
| 96 | Dicalongan | Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur | 4,752 | 4,531 | +4.9% | about 647 |
| 97 | Maslabeng | Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur | 10,351 | 10,341 | +0.1% | about 636 |
| 98 | Kalipapa | Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur | 904 | 836 | +8.1% | about 628 |
| 99 | Bialong | Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 2,346 | 2,034 | +15.3% | about 627 |
| 100 | Datu Kilay | Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur | 700 | 593 | +18.0% | about 619 |
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 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 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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