Ranking

Densest barangays in Mountain Province

Poblacion (Bontoc, Mountain Province) is the most crowded of the 144 barangays in Mountain Province: about 6,480 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 144 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 Mountain Province, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Poblacion	Bontoc, Mountain Province	2,430	2,946	−17.5%	about 6,480
2	Poblacion	Sabangan, Mountain Province	888	1,065	−16.6%	about 1,842
3	Besao West	Besao, Mountain Province	398	376	+5.9%	about 858
4	Besao East	Besao, Mountain Province	297	289	+2.8%	about 758
5	Caluttit	Bontoc, Mountain Province	2,708	2,571	+5.3%	about 630
6	Dagdag	Sagada, Mountain Province	673	806	−16.5%	about 623
7	Gawana	Barlig, Mountain Province	601	717	−16.2%	about 527
8	Guinzadan Sur	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,579	1,874	−15.7%	about 490
9	Poblacion	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,719	1,691	+1.7%	about 490
10	Bao-angan	Sabangan, Mountain Province	363	394	−7.9%	about 472
11	Bontoc Ili	Bontoc, Mountain Province	4,921	4,642	+6.0%	about 463
12	Pide	Sagada, Mountain Province	397	423	−6.2%	about 458
13	Guinzadan Norte	Bauko, Mountain Province	996	1,113	−10.5%	about 431
14	Mayag	Bauko, Mountain Province	962	1,007	−4.5%	about 383
15	Sumadel	Tadian, Mountain Province	691	765	−9.7%	about 376
16	Banao	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,509	1,671	−9.7%	about 353
17	Abatan	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,052	1,102	−4.5%	about 350
18	Sinto	Bauko, Mountain Province	955	1,247	−23.4%	about 344
19	Masla	Tadian, Mountain Province	1,181	1,216	−2.9%	about 344
20	Angkeling	Sagada, Mountain Province	976	1,023	−4.6%	about 335
21	Ambasing	Sagada, Mountain Province	823	826	−0.4%	about 321
22	Suquib	Besao, Mountain Province	311	293	+6.1%	about 319
23	Tapapan	Bauko, Mountain Province	2,465	2,391	+3.1%	about 312
24	Bangaan	Sagada, Mountain Province	875	911	−4.0%	about 311
25	Kayan East	Tadian, Mountain Province	723	718	+0.7%	about 303
26	Guinzadan Central	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,324	1,388	−4.6%	about 299
27	Demang	Sagada, Mountain Province	681	742	−8.2%	about 294
28	Banaao	Tadian, Mountain Province	779	975	−20.1%	about 293
29	Lagawa	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,140	1,168	−2.4%	about 292
30	Bagnen Oriente	Bauko, Mountain Province	728	752	−3.2%	about 291
31	Otucan Norte	Bauko, Mountain Province	463	460	+0.7%	about 289
32	Leseb	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,104	1,182	−6.6%	about 282
33	Otucan Sur	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,316	1,274	+3.3%	about 281
34	Poblacion	Natonin, Mountain Province	1,442	1,510	−4.5%	about 276
35	Kin-iway	Besao, Mountain Province	822	851	−3.4%	about 267
36	Mount Data	Bauko, Mountain Province	685	646	+6.0%	about 263
37	Samoki	Bontoc, Mountain Province	3,112	3,206	−2.9%	about 254
38	Poblacion	Tadian, Mountain Province	3,087	3,200	−3.5%	about 244
39	Nacagang	Sagada, Mountain Province	217	200	+8.5%	about 234
40	Fidelisan	Sagada, Mountain Province	416	444	−6.3%	about 232
41	Balugan	Sagada, Mountain Province	909	841	+8.1%	about 230
42	Payeo	Besao, Mountain Province	403	408	−1.2%	about 226
43	Tetepan Sur	Sagada, Mountain Province	266	420	−36.7%	about 222
44	Pingad	Sabangan, Mountain Province	289	375	−22.9%	about 221
45	Cagubatan	Tadian, Mountain Province	872	836	+4.3%	about 221
46	Sadsadan	Bauko, Mountain Province	3,022	2,899	+4.2%	about 210
47	Lenga	Tadian, Mountain Province	634	687	−7.7%	about 207
48	Monamon Norte	Bauko, Mountain Province	3,096	2,967	+4.4%	about 197
49	Mabaay	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,385	1,362	+1.7%	about 188
50	Demang	Sadanga, Mountain Province	724	893	−18.9%	about 180
51	Madongo	Sagada, Mountain Province	563	525	+7.2%	about 179
52	Poblacion	Sagada, Mountain Province	1,335	1,490	−10.4%	about 179
53	Bila	Bauko, Mountain Province	1,158	1,055	+9.8%	about 178
54	Monamon Sur	Bauko, Mountain Province	3,921	3,877	+1.1%	about 177
55	Guinaang	Bontoc, Mountain Province	1,308	1,390	−5.9%	about 171
56	Taccong	Sagada, Mountain Province	336	347	−3.2%	about 166
57	Kilong	Sagada, Mountain Province	338	411	−17.8%	about 159
58	Padangan	Besao, Mountain Province	413	424	−2.6%	about 158
59	Poblacion	Paracelis, Mountain Province	6,459	6,786	−4.8%	about 153
60	Poblacion	Sadanga, Mountain Province	1,377	1,536	−10.4%	about 151
61	Cadad-anan	Tadian, Mountain Province	1,006	1,205	−16.5%	about 148
62	Pandayan	Tadian, Mountain Province	737	859	−14.2%	about 147
63	Balaoa	Tadian, Mountain Province	1,090	1,130	−3.5%	about 145
64	Sta. Isabel	Natonin, Mountain Province	599	705	−15.0%	about 136
65	Tambingan	Sabangan, Mountain Province	592	644	−8.1%	about 131
66	Bunga	Tadian, Mountain Province	719	710	+1.3%	about 123
67	Alab Proper	Bontoc, Mountain Province	858	893	−3.9%	about 120
68	Kayan West	Tadian, Mountain Province	817	816	+0.1%	about 116
69	Data	Sabangan, Mountain Province	695	837	−17.0%	about 113
70	Butigue	Paracelis, Mountain Province	3,033	3,402	−10.9%	about 112
71	Bantay	Paracelis, Mountain Province	4,967	5,298	−6.3%	about 107
72	Tue	Tadian, Mountain Province	762	884	−13.8%	about 107
73	Lubon	Tadian, Mountain Province	1,732	1,850	−6.4%	about 106
74	Tetepan Norte	Sagada, Mountain Province	242	331	−26.9%	about 98
75	Bagnen Proper	Bauko, Mountain Province	738	734	+0.5%	about 96
76	Batayan	Tadian, Mountain Province	503	623	−19.3%	about 95
77	Supang	Sabangan, Mountain Province	607	587	+3.4%	about 94
78	Namatec	Sabangan, Mountain Province	558	810	−31.1%	about 92
79	Tanulong	Sagada, Mountain Province	312	388	−19.6%	about 92
80	Agawa	Besao, Mountain Province	332	356	−6.7%	about 91
81	Gayang	Sabangan, Mountain Province	382	434	−12.0%	about 87
82	Dalican	Bontoc, Mountain Province	999	949	+5.3%	about 86
83	Alab Oriente	Bontoc, Mountain Province	467	519	−10.0%	about 80
84	Camatagan	Sabangan, Mountain Province	731	856	−14.6%	about 77
85	Bananao	Paracelis, Mountain Province	2,283	2,261	+1.0%	about 75
86	Busa	Sabangan, Mountain Province	349	379	−7.9%	about 75
87	Palitud	Paracelis, Mountain Province	2,716	3,028	−10.3%	about 74
88	Losad	Sabangan, Mountain Province	612	640	−4.4%	about 74
89	Betwagan	Sadanga, Mountain Province	1,999	2,122	−5.8%	about 74
90	Chupac	Barlig, Mountain Province	437	467	−6.4%	about 70
91	Laylaya	Besao, Mountain Province	760	873	−12.9%	about 70
92	Bantey	Tadian, Mountain Province	602	721	−16.5%	about 70
93	Mabalite	Tadian, Mountain Province	462	451	+2.4%	about 69
94	Capinitan	Sabangan, Mountain Province	622	624	−0.3%	about 67
95	Suyo	Sagada, Mountain Province	430	397	+8.3%	about 65
96	Banguitan	Besao, Mountain Province	599	631	−5.1%	about 62
97	Bunot	Paracelis, Mountain Province	1,975	1,779	+11.0%	about 62
98	Bun-ayan	Sabangan, Mountain Province	682	817	−16.5%	about 60
99	Dacudac	Tadian, Mountain Province	1,466	1,438	+2.0%	about 60
100	Lacmaan	Besao, Mountain Province	184	184	0.0%	about 58

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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). Published August 3, 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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