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Fastest-growing cities and municipalities in Maguindanao del Sur

Datu Unsay (Maguindanao del Sur) grew fastest of the 24 cities and municipalities in Maguindanao del Sur that can be compared: up 33.3%, from 12,890 people in 2020 to 17,186 in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 24 cities and municipalities, ordered by how many more people they had in 2024 than in 2020, in percent, 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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Fastest-growing cities and municipalities in Maguindanao del Sur, top 24
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020
1Datu UnsayMaguindanao del Sur17,18612,890+33.3%
2Datu Anggal MidtimbangMaguindanao del Sur35,24328,224+24.9%
3Shariff Saydona MustaphaMaguindanao del Sur29,70725,080+18.5%
4MamasapanoMaguindanao del Sur32,83127,807+18.1%
5Datu Abdullah SangkiMaguindanao del Sur35,27430,117+17.1%
6South UpiMaguindanao del Sur50,01843,197+15.8%
7TalayanMaguindanao del Sur39,18234,156+14.7%
8GuindulunganMaguindanao del Sur28,47124,933+14.2%
9Datu PaglasMaguindanao del Sur38,44633,682+14.1%
10Sultan Sa BarongisMaguindanao del Sur27,92924,476+14.1%
11PaglatMaguindanao del Sur21,31718,727+13.8%
12Datu SaliboMaguindanao del Sur21,29518,795+13.3%
13PagagawanMaguindanao del Sur42,18137,314+13.0%
14Rajah BuayanMaguindanao del Sur31,32927,832+12.6%
15PandagMaguindanao del Sur29,24426,356+11.0%
16Shariff AguakMaguindanao del Sur37,43733,982+10.2%
17Datu PiangMaguindanao del Sur31,06328,380+9.5%
18AmpatuanMaguindanao del Sur31,56028,941+9.1%
19MangudadatuMaguindanao del Sur28,51126,203+8.8%
20Gen. S.K. PendatunMaguindanao del Sur33,71031,263+7.8%
21Datu Saudi AmpatuanMaguindanao del Sur33,37431,060+7.5%
22PagalunganMaguindanao del Sur49,32646,277+6.6%
23BuluanMaguindanao del Sur60,93157,406+6.1%
24Datu Hoffer AmpatuanMaguindanao del Sur27,67826,660+3.8%

How the comparison is kept fair

24 of the 24 cities and municipalities in Maguindanao del Sur can be compared. The other 0 are left out.

  • Only places with at least 1,000 people in the 2020 census are ranked, so a village that gained a few families does not top the list.
  • A place is ranked only if the same place was counted in both censuses. Scene leaves out a place the PSA's list of changes shows as created, divided, merged or given a new code since the 2020 census, a place another one was carved out of, and a place with no 2020 count.
  • The PSA's data carries no field that flags a changed border by itself; Scene reads the change list and the notes to each count, so a border change the PSA has not listed cannot be seen here.

The change is the percent difference between the two counts, as Scene works it out.

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. 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. 2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Summary of Changes, every change to a place since 1977. Published June 30, 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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