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Densest barangays in Northern Mindanao

Barangay 35 (Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental) is the most crowded of the 2,022 barangays in Northern Mindanao: about 46,424 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 2,022 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 Northern Mindanao, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Barangay 35Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental2,0382,002+1.8%about 46,424
2MacabalanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental18,84819,562−3.7%about 46,310
3Baybay San RoqueOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental3,3983,358+1.2%about 36,656
4TambacanIligan City, Lanao del Norte17,79619,261−7.6%about 32,239
5Barangay 6Balingasag, Misamis Oriental2,0652,048+0.8%about 25,122
6Poblacion 3Villanueva, Misamis Oriental4,1784,163+0.4%about 25,018
7Barangay 3Balingasag, Misamis Oriental2,4542,426+1.2%about 24,838
8Barangay 13Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental655659−0.6%about 20,662
9Barangay 8Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental399406−1.7%about 20,254
10Barangay 18Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental9621,269−24.2%about 20,168
11TinagoOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental9,66210,170−5.0%about 19,209
12Baybay Santa CruzOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental1,5891,724−7.8%about 18,607
13LapasanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental40,49839,234+3.2%about 18,577
14NazarethCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental12,6546,971+81.5%about 18,051
15CarmenOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental5,2955,902−10.3%about 17,889
16SarayIligan City, Lanao del Norte9,3479,386−0.4%about 16,902
17Barangay 34Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental511529−3.4%about 16,809
18ConsolacionCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental8,4549,396−10.0%about 16,609
19Barangay 17Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental1,5872,058−22.9%about 16,514
20Villa VerdeIligan City, Lanao del Norte5,7595,514+4.4%about 16,454
21MahayahayIligan City, Lanao del Norte8,0927,965+1.6%about 16,347
22Bagong SilangIligan City, Lanao del Norte6,8086,104+11.5%about 16,326
23Baybay TriunfoOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental2,5202,517+0.1%about 16,051
24Taboc NorteOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental2,2032,452−10.2%about 15,964
25TibangaIligan City, Lanao del Norte8,0038,089−1.1%about 15,072
26Barangay 16Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental960976−1.6%about 14,838
27Loboc LowerOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental1,6211,924−15.8%about 14,345
28Barangay 26Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental1,3101,215+7.8%about 13,981
29Barangay 24Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental3,7093,333+11.3%about 13,342
30BonbonCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental10,36210,976−5.6%about 12,840
31Barangay 9Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental342374−8.6%about 12,761
32Barangay 2Balingasag, Misamis Oriental852878−3.0%about 12,474
33Langcangan UpperOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental2,9012,806+3.4%about 12,345
34Barangay 15Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental1,5261,847−17.4%about 12,208
35Barangay 21Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental518363+42.7%about 12,160
36Barangay 18-AGingoog City, Misamis Oriental6,4246,230+3.1%about 12,144
37Barangay 17Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental2,0571,813+13.5%about 11,822
38Camaman-anCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental37,77535,238+7.2%about 11,695
39Barangay 5Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental249227+9.7%about 11,581
40Barangay 6Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental261246+6.1%about 11,106
41Barangay 30Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental645678−4.9%about 11,063
42CanubayOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental2,8673,181−9.9%about 10,778
43Barangay 10Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental575557+3.2%about 10,728
44Barangay 8Malaybalay City, Bukidnon613579+5.9%about 10,569
45PuntodCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental14,73818,775−21.5%about 10,452
46Barangay 12Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental271301−10.0%about 10,423
47PoblacionInitao, Misamis Oriental7,4067,847−5.6%about 10,300
48San AntonioOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental4,3924,049+8.5%about 10,214
49Barangay 4Balingasag, Misamis Oriental1,1001,124−2.1%about 10,185
50PoblacionIligan City, Lanao del Norte3,6153,613+0.1%about 10,098
51Barangay 5Balingasag, Misamis Oriental795870−8.6%about 10,051
52Barangay 22Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental484623−22.3%about 9,959
53CarmenCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental78,61277,756+1.1%about 9,913
54Barangay 1Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental296329−10.0%about 9,801
55Barangay 11Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental241254−5.1%about 9,451
56Barangay 18Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental1,3651,387−1.6%about 9,349
57Barangay 23Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental758936−19.0%about 9,323
58Barangay 22Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental1,6603,324−50.1%about 9,274
59SantiagoIligan City, Lanao del Norte9,0639,212−1.6%about 9,155
60MigcanawayTangub City, Misamis Occidental2,6712,649+0.8%about 9,147
61TubodIligan City, Lanao del Norte31,81333,243−4.3%about 9,064
62Barangay 14Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental298364−18.1%about 8,765
63Barangay 2Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental237230+3.0%about 8,713
64Catadman-ManabayOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental5,8875,804+1.4%about 8,645
65Barangay 36Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental496447+11.0%about 8,626
66Barangay 32Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental681792−14.0%about 8,491
67Barangay 6Malaybalay City, Bukidnon629474+32.7%about 8,489
68PoblacionKauswagan, Lanao del Norte3,5493,866−8.2%about 8,430
69Barangay 23Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental3,5493,218+10.3%about 8,430
70KauswaganCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental41,35640,239+2.8%about 8,338
71Poblacion IClarin, Misamis Occidental2,1242,121+0.1%about 8,265
72Barangay 7Malaybalay City, Bukidnon1,9341,891+2.3%about 8,230
73RiversideKolambugan, Lanao del Norte2,3021,857+24.0%about 8,221
74Poblacion IVClarin, Misamis Occidental2,2792,318−1.7%about 8,139
75Barangay 14Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental366351+4.3%about 8,079
76San JoseTalisayan, Misamis Oriental3,8033,763+1.1%about 7,906
77Barangay 7Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental198195+1.5%about 7,888
78Barangay 1Balingasag, Misamis Oriental1,1981,330−9.9%about 7,779
79PoblacionTagoloan, Misamis Oriental10,40610,326+0.8%about 7,708
80Barangay 4Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental1871870.0%about 7,633
81Barangay 13Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental760965−21.2%about 7,451
82SugbongcogonTagoloan, Misamis Oriental4,5024,602−2.2%about 7,392
83San MiguelIligan City, Lanao del Norte3,7223,801−2.1%about 7,356
84PoblacionOpol, Misamis Oriental3,2803,376−2.8%about 7,115
85LayawanOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental768811−5.3%about 7,046
86Poblacion 2Villanueva, Misamis Oriental3,5472,704+31.2%about 6,901
87PoblacionSalay, Misamis Oriental6,1076,034+1.2%about 6,726
88IbabaoAloran, Misamis Occidental796795+0.1%about 6,689
89San JuanBaroy, Lanao del Norte1,0161,206−15.8%about 6,684
90Acmac-Mariano Badelles Sr.Iligan City, Lanao del Norte6,9866,856+1.9%about 6,653
91Barangay 24-AGingoog City, Misamis Oriental4,3594,046+7.7%about 6,585
92BaluarteTagoloan, Misamis Oriental11,50510,860+5.9%about 6,500
93Eastern LoocPlaridel, Misamis Occidental1,3511,342+0.7%about 6,464
94Santo RosarioIligan City, Lanao del Norte2,0291,839+10.3%about 6,462
95BayabasCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental12,83613,991−8.3%about 6,386
96GusaCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental29,30328,974+1.1%about 6,384
97InobulanSalay, Misamis Oriental3,1473,109+1.2%about 6,294
98BanaderoOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental7,6926,878+11.8%about 6,254
99Barangay 19Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental153227−32.6%about 6,096
100Barangay 10Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental162150+8.0%about 6,090

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. 1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). Published August 5, 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), 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. 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. 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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