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Densest barangays in Samar

Poblacion 3 (Catbalogan City, Samar) is the most crowded of the 951 barangays in Samar: about 41,811 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 951 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 Samar, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Poblacion 3Catbalogan City, Samar3,0023,102−3.2%about 41,811
2Poblacion 10Catbalogan City, Samar1,8851,838+2.6%about 41,157
3Barangay No. 3Jiabong, Samar234229+2.2%about 38,235
4Poblacion Barangay 2San Sebastian, Samar391396−1.3%about 33,136
5Poblacion 8Catbalogan City, Samar1,2661,169+8.3%about 28,773
6Poblacion 1Catbalogan City, Samar1,2221,238−1.3%about 26,336
7San PabloCatbalogan City, Samar1,1361,209−6.0%about 25,414
8Poblacion 2Catbalogan City, Samar812799+1.6%about 25,139
9Poblacion 11Catbalogan City, Samar9071,027−11.7%about 24,514
10Barangay No. 2Jiabong, Samar229218+5.1%about 24,105
11Poblacion 3Paranas, Samar1,1541,062+8.7%about 22,539
12BaludCalbayog City, Samar2,6363,129−15.8%about 21,967
13HamorawonCalbayog City, Samar4,6584,636+0.5%about 18,707
14SulodBasey, Samar561650−13.7%about 18,515
15Poblacion 12Catbalogan City, Samar628620+1.3%about 18,471
16CentralVillareal, Samar203242−16.1%about 16,917
17Poblacion 5Paranas, Samar9571,023−6.5%about 16,303
18PinamitinanMarabut, Samar439525−16.4%about 16,140
19Poblacion 4Catbalogan City, Samar1,0941,038+5.4%about 15,878
20CanlapwasCatbalogan City, Samar11,08511,805−6.1%about 15,836
21Catato Pob.Marabut, Samar279307−9.1%about 15,330
22MercadoVillareal, Samar280274+2.2%about 14,000
23Poblacion 2Paranas, Samar597572+4.4%about 13,150
24Aguit-itanCalbayog City, Samar2,4132,648−8.9%about 12,634
25Poblacion 7Catbalogan City, Samar1,4561,368+6.4%about 12,552
26Poblacion 13Catbalogan City, Samar4,7774,266+12.0%about 12,094
27Santo Niño Pob.Marabut, Samar267280−4.6%about 11,609
28MercadoBasey, Samar336356−5.6%about 11,313
29MuñozCatbalogan City, Samar1,5221,712−11.1%about 11,029
30Awang WestCalbayog City, Samar1,9002,066−8.0%about 10,440
31Poblacion 9Catbalogan City, Samar3,0952,988+3.6%about 10,248
32Dumalo-ongGandara, Samar611510+19.8%about 9,792
33Poblacion 5Catbalogan City, Samar530537−1.3%about 9,689
34ObreroCalbayog City, Samar4,2154,640−9.2%about 9,472
35Poblacion CTarangnan, Samar236239−1.3%about 9,112
36ViejoPagsanghan, Samar457486−6.0%about 8,672
37Barangay 3Calbiga, Samar280306−8.5%about 8,642
38BaybayBasey, Samar406446−9.0%about 8,638
39MiramarVillareal, Samar336350−4.0%about 8,528
40Barangay 2Calbiga, Samar173177−2.3%about 8,009
41Poblacion 6Catbalogan City, Samar6351,344−52.8%about 7,987
42MercedesCatbalogan City, Samar12,96412,281+5.6%about 7,717
43TayudVillareal, Samar1,5141,050+44.2%about 7,608
44Barangay 5Calbiga, Samar239206+16.0%about 7,539
45Poblacion ETarangnan, Samar929920+1.0%about 7,092
46Barangay 1Calbiga, Samar365360+1.4%about 6,553
47Darahuway GoteCatbalogan City, Samar716689+3.9%about 6,509
48CapoocanCalbayog City, Samar5,2155,191+0.5%about 6,399
49LoyoBasey, Samar9811,207−18.7%about 6,288
50Barangay No. 5Jiabong, Samar770668+15.3%about 6,210
51Poblacion BTarangnan, Samar1,2371,110+11.4%about 6,005
52Burabod IIGandara, Samar1,1681,072+9.0%about 5,929
53Adela HeightsGandara, Samar1,6821,467+14.7%about 5,721
54BanteCalbayog City, Samar1,9071,750+9.0%about 5,592
55Catorse De AgostoGandara, Samar2,0031,874+6.9%about 5,533
56Barangay 6Calbiga, Samar844830+1.7%about 5,308
57Barangay 4Calbiga, Samar370388−4.6%about 5,286
58GuinsoronganCatbalogan City, Samar4,4904,255+5.5%about 5,179
59SocorroCatbalogan City, Samar1,8021,773+1.6%about 4,818
60MatobatoCalbayog City, Samar4,1014,534−9.6%about 4,714
61BunuananCatbalogan City, Samar4,7384,786−1.0%about 4,307
62NijagaCalbayog City, Samar3,2752,951+11.0%about 3,575
63Awang EastCalbayog City, Samar1,8032,223−18.9%about 3,421
64TigdaranaoTarangnan, Samar2,1282,131−0.1%about 3,389
65DagumCalbayog City, Samar6,1996,127+1.2%about 3,351
66NapalisanGandara, Samar987835+18.2%about 3,153
67Poblacion 1Zumarraga, Samar290262+10.7%about 3,135
68PayahanCalbayog City, Samar3,2253,479−7.3%about 2,932
69Poblacion ATarangnan, Samar1,034970+6.6%about 2,929
70San JoseHinabangan, Samar800789+1.4%about 2,827
71Poblacion 2Daram, Samar1,8311,692+8.2%about 2,826
72San AntonioBasey, Samar3,2622,979+9.5%about 2,812
73CaraymanCalbayog City, Samar5,1375,071+1.3%about 2,676
74Barangay 7Calbiga, Samar544543+0.2%about 2,667
75RoñoMarabut, Samar506518−2.3%about 2,543
76SoledadVillareal, Samar515537−4.1%about 2,464
77CautodSanta Margarita, Samar3,7693,640+3.5%about 2,447
78MonbonSanta Margarita, Samar3,0333,339−9.2%about 2,370
79Darahuway DacoCatbalogan City, Samar849810+4.8%about 2,358
80Poblacion 2Hinabangan, Samar441502−12.2%about 2,346
81San Jorge IISan Jorge, Samar530501+5.8%about 2,294
82EstakaCatbalogan City, Samar1,1611,148+1.1%about 2,268
83San Jorge ISan Jorge, Samar784743+5.5%about 2,227
84CentralCalbayog City, Samar595512+16.2%about 2,172
85BagacayCalbayog City, Samar3,3523,263+2.7%about 2,149
86San PolicarpoCalbayog City, Samar6,3546,674−4.8%about 2,132
87LonoyCalbayog City, Samar1,1141,083+2.9%about 2,102
88LamingaoVillareal, Samar1,3601,412−3.7%about 2,054
89AnislagCalbayog City, Samar1,5331,428+7.4%about 1,988
90RawisCalbayog City, Samar5,0155,077−1.2%about 1,951
91BuluanCatbalogan City, Samar797791+0.8%about 1,949
92Lawa-anBasey, Samar615676−9.0%about 1,916
93LegaspiMarabut, Samar1,1241,104+1.8%about 1,915
94CarmenCalbayog City, Samar2,6152,571+1.7%about 1,909
95Barangay No. 8Jiabong, Samar2,4152,344+3.0%about 1,872
96GuindaponanCatbalogan City, Samar3,5513,597−1.3%about 1,869
97Bokinggan Pob.Santa Rita, Samar1,7141,368+25.3%about 1,851
98BuntayZumarraga, Samar515529−2.7%about 1,846
99PalaypayBasey, Samar1,7281,480+16.8%about 1,796
100PoroZumarraga, Samar373458−18.6%about 1,727

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: Eastern Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0081A6DTPH7). 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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