Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Northern Samar

San Vicente (Northern Samar) is the most crowded of the 24 cities and municipalities in Northern Samar: 730 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 24 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 Northern Samar, top 24
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	San Vicente	Northern Samar	7,308	6,928	+5.5%	730
2	Allen	Northern Samar	26,527	25,228	+5.2%	558
3	Biri	Northern Samar	11,005	11,274	−2.4%	443
4	Mapanas	Northern Samar	14,858	14,234	+4.4%	432
5	Catarman	Northern Samar	97,738	97,879	−0.1%	431
6	Capul	Northern Samar	12,127	12,323	−1.6%	362
7	Bobon	Northern Samar	27,266	25,964	+5.0%	320
8	San Antonio	Northern Samar	8,904	8,882	+0.3%	319
9	Lavezares	Northern Samar	29,801	29,390	+1.4%	279
10	San Jose	Northern Samar	18,301	17,641	+3.7%	271
11	Lapinig	Northern Samar	11,908	11,844	+0.5%	251
12	Laoang	Northern Samar	60,980	60,607	+0.6%	247
13	Gamay	Northern Samar	21,546	23,367	−7.8%	242
14	Palapag	Northern Samar	34,954	34,034	+2.7%	232
15	Pambujan	Northern Samar	34,174	35,532	−3.8%	200
16	San Roque	Northern Samar	29,993	29,882	+0.4%	198
17	Rosario	Northern Samar	11,726	10,949	+7.1%	164
18	Catubig	Northern Samar	32,688	32,174	+1.6%	162
19	Victoria	Northern Samar	16,085	15,361	+4.7%	140
20	Mondragon	Northern Samar	43,116	41,415	+4.1%	137
21	San Isidro	Northern Samar	26,068	27,867	−6.5%	134
22	Las Navas	Northern Samar	37,425	36,621	+2.2%	98
23	Silvino Lobos	Northern Samar	15,512	15,100	+2.7%	84
24	Lope De Vega	Northern Samar	15,779	14,690	+7.4%	48

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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