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Densest barangays in Palawan

Bagong Silang (Puerto Princesa City, Palawan) is the most crowded of the 433 barangays in Palawan: about 24,239 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 433 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 Palawan, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Bagong SilangPuerto Princesa City, Palawan4,2664,223+1.0%about 24,239
2WahigCagayancillo, Palawan254215+18.1%about 20,820
3MasiglaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan597585+2.1%about 17,507
4PagkakaisaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan2251,178−80.9%about 17,176
5MasikapPuerto Princesa City, Palawan966968−0.2%about 16,800
6Poblacion IVBalabac, Palawan505491+2.9%about 16,450
7MandaragatPuerto Princesa City, Palawan9,85210,248−3.9%about 16,046
8LiwanagPuerto Princesa City, Palawan9261,273−27.3%about 15,382
9Lipot SouthCagayancillo, Palawan190196−3.1%about 11,243
10MaunladPuerto Princesa City, Palawan4,1544,369−4.9%about 11,137
11PrincesaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan8981,003−10.5%about 11,086
12MasipagPuerto Princesa City, Palawan2,1752,154+1.0%about 10,407
13MatiyagaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan497424+17.2%about 9,960
14KalipayPuerto Princesa City, Palawan548500+9.6%about 9,928
15Barangay IICoron, Palawan1,0131,136−10.8%about 8,733
16MilagrosaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan3,1973,100+3.1%about 8,282
17Bagong SikatPuerto Princesa City, Palawan7,0527,035+0.2%about 8,143
18TanglawPuerto Princesa City, Palawan1,6381,941−15.6%about 8,109
19SeasidePuerto Princesa City, Palawan330348−5.2%about 7,933
20ManingningPuerto Princesa City, Palawan937892+5.0%about 7,378
21Lipot NorthCagayancillo, Palawan267278−4.0%about 7,315
22CabigsingCuyo, Palawan2,1422,062+3.9%about 7,116
23MagkakaibiganPuerto Princesa City, Palawan361301+19.9%about 6,505
24Barangay 1Roxas, Palawan4,6914,597+2.0%about 6,197
25MangseeBalabac, Palawan8,9778,822+1.8%about 5,867
26LibisCulion, Palawan1,4391,479−2.7%about 5,643
27Poblacion IBalabac, Palawan275272+1.1%about 5,489
28Poblacion IBrooke's Point, Palawan4,5674,830−5.5%about 5,069
29Poblacion IIIBalabac, Palawan410413−0.7%about 5,025
30MaligayaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan297272+9.2%about 5,017
31San PedroPuerto Princesa City, Palawan29,82525,909+15.1%about 4,922
32ModelPuerto Princesa City, Palawan337347−2.9%about 4,870
33San MiguelPuerto Princesa City, Palawan17,87021,157−15.5%about 4,479
34Bagong Pag-AsaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan462730−36.7%about 4,358
35TagumpayPuerto Princesa City, Palawan510782−34.8%about 4,146
36TiniguibanPuerto Princesa City, Palawan13,89413,565+2.4%about 4,016
37Poblacion IIBalabac, Palawan524442+18.6%about 3,910
38Barangay IIICoron, Palawan304342−11.1%about 3,878
39CulangoCulion, Palawan409392+4.3%about 3,858
40TizaCulion, Palawan1,1561,181−2.1%about 3,590
41Bancao-bancaoPuerto Princesa City, Palawan15,30015,781−3.1%about 3,583
42Barangay ICoron, Palawan5,4375,730−5.1%about 3,531
43MatahimikPuerto Princesa City, Palawan5301,233−57.0%about 3,464
44San ManuelPuerto Princesa City, Palawan20,15218,509+8.9%about 3,314
45Barangay VI Pob.Roxas, Palawan561603−7.0%about 3,243
46Tenga-tengaCuyo, Palawan642637+0.8%about 3,147
47Santa MonicaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan21,78921,174+2.9%about 3,135
48ManggahanPuerto Princesa City, Palawan602569+5.8%about 3,056
49ConcepcionAgutaya, Palawan3,9333,431+14.6%about 2,980
50MabuhayPuerto Princesa City, Palawan111254−56.3%about 2,883
51Poblacion IIBrooke's Point, Palawan3,1163,351−7.0%about 2,859
52San JosePuerto Princesa City, Palawan25,48023,804+7.0%about 2,770
53Barangay IVCoron, Palawan738748−1.3%about 2,674
54BangcalCuyo, Palawan1,5981,449+10.3%about 2,607
55BalalaCulion, Palawan649659−1.5%about 2,185
56SicsicanPuerto Princesa City, Palawan22,94022,625+1.4%about 1,986
57CatadmanCuyo, Palawan1,2281,144+7.3%about 1,769
58Maligaya Pob.El Nido, Palawan1,3801,431−3.6%about 1,753
59Panacan 2Narra, Palawan6,2656,196+1.1%about 1,712
60Barangay VCoron, Palawan3,1214,275−27.0%about 1,601
61PoblacionAborlan, Palawan2,5192,526−0.3%about 1,594
62ConventoCagayancillo, Palawan316307+2.9%about 1,430
63PanlaitanBusuanga, Palawan3,1613,045+3.8%about 1,417
64PoblacionAraceli, Palawan3,1803,197−0.5%about 1,293
65Masagana Pob.El Nido, Palawan2,1532,262−4.8%about 1,259
66TagburosPuerto Princesa City, Palawan10,1189,824+3.0%about 1,212
67SubaCuyo, Palawan4,6334,444+4.3%about 1,173
68BantayanCagayancillo, Palawan409421−2.9%about 1,046
69Pag-AsaKalayaan, Palawan406193+110.4%about 1,010
70MampioCagayancillo, Palawan875827+5.8%about 984
71Barangay IIIRoxas, Palawan5,1485,371−4.2%about 968
72Alfonso XIIIQuezon, Palawan17,14016,145+6.2%about 952
73NusaCagayancillo, Palawan612559+9.5%about 929
74MangingisdaPuerto Princesa City, Palawan8,2277,988+3.0%about 742
75CalsadaCagayancillo, Palawan235215+9.3%about 728
76Los AngelesMagsaysay, Palawan855936−8.7%about 684
77TalagaCagayancillo, Palawan1,1451,164−1.6%about 651
78JardinCulion, Palawan1,4801,373+7.8%about 649
79MatarawisAgutaya, Palawan382359+6.4%about 628
80AlgecirasAgutaya, Palawan4,7604,955−3.9%about 593
81AlcobaMagsaysay, Palawan687685+0.3%about 577
82Barangay IIRoxas, Palawan670742−9.7%about 573
83PalyTaytay, Palawan2,1292,458−13.4%about 571
84LagaoriaoCuyo, Palawan866807+7.3%about 566
85AntipuluanNarra, Palawan8,3127,562+9.9%about 524
86MabiniAborlan, Palawan1,1901,167+2.0%about 506
87DanawanMagsaysay, Palawan758711+6.6%about 471
88FundaCuyo, Palawan615634−3.0%about 469
89CaponayanCuyo, Palawan1,3441,315+2.2%about 467
90ManamocCuyo, Palawan3,3842,904+16.5%about 439
91TacasCagayancillo, Palawan255202+26.2%about 437
92BaladingCuyo, Palawan850806+5.5%about 429
93LucbuanMagsaysay, Palawan2,2661,983+14.3%about 428
94MagsaysayCagayancillo, Palawan1,3971,325+5.4%about 426
95MaringianCuyo, Palawan1,4691,347+9.1%about 422
96TocadanCuyo, Palawan494455+8.6%about 422
97NangalaoLinapacan, Palawan2,5172,507+0.4%about 417
98LungsodCuyo, Palawan1,1481,141+0.6%about 416
99San CarlosCuyo, Palawan1,4011,406−0.4%about 396
100Rio TubaBataraza, Palawan22,94824,085−4.7%about 393

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: MIMAROPA Region (OpenSTAT table 0161A6DTHP5). Published August 3, 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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