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Largest barangays in Samar

Mercedes (Catbalogan City, Samar) is the largest of the 951 barangays in Samar, with 12,964 people at the 2024 census.[1, 2]

Below are the first 100 of 951 barangays, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, 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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Largest barangays in Samar, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020
1MercedesCatbalogan City, Samar12,96412,281+5.6%
2CanlapwasCatbalogan City, Samar11,08511,805−6.1%
3San PolicarpoCalbayog City, Samar6,3546,674−4.8%
4MaulongCatbalogan City, Samar6,3145,954+6.1%
5DagumCalbayog City, Samar6,1996,127+1.2%
6San JoaquinCalbayog City, Samar6,1285,969+2.7%
7San AndresCatbalogan City, Samar6,0425,898+2.4%
8CapoocanCalbayog City, Samar5,2155,191+0.5%
9CaraymanCalbayog City, Samar5,1375,071+1.3%
10RawisCalbayog City, Samar5,0155,077−1.2%
11TingibBasey, Samar4,9103,632+35.2%
12Poblacion 13Catbalogan City, Samar4,7774,266+12.0%
13BunuananCatbalogan City, Samar4,7384,786−1.0%
14HamorawonCalbayog City, Samar4,6584,636+0.5%
15GuinsoronganCatbalogan City, Samar4,4904,255+5.5%
16TrinidadCalbayog City, Samar4,4014,441−0.9%
17ObreroCalbayog City, Samar4,2154,640−9.2%
18MatobatoCalbayog City, Samar4,1014,534−9.6%
19CautodSanta Margarita, Samar3,7693,640+3.5%
20GuindaponanCatbalogan City, Samar3,5513,597−1.3%
21PangdanCatbalogan City, Samar3,3913,334+1.7%
22BagacayCalbayog City, Samar3,3523,263+2.7%
23Tinambacan SurCalbayog City, Samar3,2863,269+0.5%
24NijagaCalbayog City, Samar3,2752,951+11.0%
25San AntonioBasey, Samar3,2622,979+9.5%
26PayahanCalbayog City, Samar3,2253,479−7.3%
27Poblacion 9Catbalogan City, Samar3,0952,988+3.6%
28MonbonSanta Margarita, Samar3,0333,339−9.2%
29PolangiCalbiga, Samar3,0202,935+2.9%
30Poblacion 3Catbalogan City, Samar3,0023,102−3.2%
31MabiniBasey, Samar2,9042,831+2.6%
32SilangaCatbalogan City, Samar2,8562,974−4.0%
33GuirangBasey, Samar2,8382,799+1.4%
34Danao ICalbayog City, Samar2,7842,965−6.1%
35PeñaCalbayog City, Samar2,6682,783−4.1%
36BaludCalbayog City, Samar2,6363,129−15.8%
37CarmenCalbayog City, Samar2,6152,571+1.7%
38CalapiMotiong, Samar2,6132,647−1.3%
39TenaniParanas, Samar2,4772,168+14.3%
40Barangay No. 8Jiabong, Samar2,4152,344+3.0%
41Aguit-itanCalbayog City, Samar2,4132,648−8.9%
42CagnipaCalbayog City, Samar2,4072,325+3.5%
43DampiganSanta Rita, Samar2,3342,268+2.9%
44OquendoCalbayog City, Samar2,2942,154+6.5%
45RawisHinabangan, Samar2,2762,074+9.7%
46ParasanonPinabacdao, Samar2,2572,098+7.6%
47Barangay 1San Jose De Buan, Samar2,2121,904+16.2%
48PabanogParanas, Samar2,1871,863+17.4%
49MagsaysaySanta Rita, Samar2,1872,131+2.6%
50PayaoCatbalogan City, Samar2,1732,093+3.8%
51Tinambacan NorteCalbayog City, Samar2,1502,134+0.8%
52CaticuganSanta Rita, Samar2,1442,251−4.8%
53TigdaranaoTarangnan, Samar2,1282,131−0.1%
54GadgaranCalbayog City, Samar2,1061,993+5.7%
55MalajogCalbayog City, Samar2,0972,132−1.6%
56TarabucanCalbayog City, Samar2,0792,035+2.2%
57TinabananMarabut, Samar2,0732,008+3.2%
58BagacayDaram, Samar2,0702,114−2.1%
59Jia-anJiabong, Samar2,0581,911+7.7%
60BinaliwCalbayog City, Samar2,0562,010+2.3%
61Old ManuncaSanta Rita, Samar2,0421,853+10.2%
62PilarCalbayog City, Samar2,0402,094−2.6%
63BaludSanta Margarita, Samar2,0332,109−3.6%
64MaligayaSanta Rita, Samar2,0182,906−30.6%
65Catorse De AgostoGandara, Samar2,0031,874+6.9%
66IguidCatbalogan City, Samar1,9991,697+17.8%
67BugtongCalbayog City, Samar1,9901,844+7.9%
68PagsulhogonSanta Rita, Samar1,9902,070−3.9%
69SolsogonSanta Margarita, Samar1,9872,153−7.7%
70Poblacion I-AMotiong, Samar1,9811,973+0.4%
71BurayParanas, Samar1,9562,044−4.3%
72MalagaCalbayog City, Samar1,9501,929+1.1%
73InoraguiaoSanta Margarita, Samar1,9401,933+0.4%
74CagsalaosaoCalbayog City, Samar1,9291,841+4.8%
75Rizal ICalbayog City, Samar1,9201,896+1.3%
76BanteCalbayog City, Samar1,9071,750+9.0%
77BuenavistaSanto Niño, Samar1,9031,694+12.3%
78Awang WestCalbayog City, Samar1,9002,066−8.0%
79Poblacion 10Catbalogan City, Samar1,8851,838+2.6%
80TominamosSanta Rita, Samar1,8761,872+0.2%
81SawaBasey, Samar1,8741,422+31.8%
82BurabodSanta Margarita, Samar1,8641,860+0.2%
83MajacobTarangnan, Samar1,8471,676+10.2%
84Ba-ayCalbayog City, Samar1,8421,863−1.1%
85Poblacion 2Daram, Samar1,8311,692+8.2%
86Cagmanipis NorteCalbayog City, Samar1,8061,774+1.8%
87Old San AgustinBasey, Samar1,8041,810−0.3%
88Awang EastCalbayog City, Samar1,8032,223−18.9%
89SocorroCatbalogan City, Samar1,8021,773+1.6%
90GuintarcanVillareal, Samar1,7891,940−7.8%
91RamaCatbalogan City, Samar1,7811,683+5.8%
92MacatingogCalbayog City, Samar1,7501,683+4.0%
93RoxasBasey, Samar1,7361,439+20.6%
94CanmucatVillareal, Samar1,7291,656+4.4%
95PalaypayBasey, Samar1,7281,480+16.8%
96TinaplacanCalbayog City, Samar1,7271,687+2.4%
97San FernandoBasey, Samar1,7251,669+3.4%
98Bokinggan Pob.Santa Rita, Samar1,7141,368+25.3%
99Adela HeightsGandara, Samar1,6821,467+14.7%
100AnibonganSanta Rita, Samar1,6821,681+0.1%

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

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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