Ranking
Largest cities and municipalities in Samar
Calbayog City (Samar) is the largest of the 26 cities and municipalities in Samar, with 187,848 people at the 2024 census.[1]
Below are all 26 cities and municipalities, 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.
| Rank | Name | Province or region | People, 2024 | People, 2020 | Change since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calbayog City | Samar | 187,848 | 186,960 | +0.5% |
| 2 | Catbalogan City | Samar | 107,896 | 106,440 | +1.4% |
| 3 | Basey | Samar | 57,645 | 56,685 | +1.7% |
| 4 | Santa Rita | Samar | 42,397 | 42,384 | +0.0% |
| 5 | Daram | Samar | 41,932 | 41,608 | +0.8% |
| 6 | Gandara | Samar | 36,826 | 35,242 | +4.5% |
| 7 | Paranas | Samar | 35,281 | 32,374 | +9.0% |
| 8 | Villareal | Samar | 27,909 | 27,394 | +1.9% |
| 9 | Santa Margarita | Samar | 27,012 | 26,816 | +0.7% |
| 10 | Tarangnan | Samar | 26,013 | 25,713 | +1.2% |
| 11 | Calbiga | Samar | 23,309 | 23,310 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Jiabong | Samar | 19,482 | 19,205 | +1.4% |
| 13 | Pinabacdao | Samar | 18,639 | 18,136 | +2.8% |
| 14 | Marabut | Samar | 18,168 | 17,842 | +1.8% |
| 15 | San Jorge | Samar | 17,863 | 17,579 | +1.6% |
| 16 | Zumarraga | Samar | 16,051 | 16,279 | −1.4% |
| 17 | Motiong | Samar | 15,887 | 15,276 | +4.0% |
| 18 | Hinabangan | Samar | 13,791 | 13,693 | +0.7% |
| 19 | Santo Niño | Samar | 13,088 | 12,519 | +4.6% |
| 20 | Tagapul-An | Samar | 9,139 | 8,805 | +3.8% |
| 21 | San Sebastian | Samar | 9,110 | 8,704 | +4.7% |
| 22 | Almagro | Samar | 8,571 | 9,273 | −7.6% |
| 23 | Talalora | Samar | 8,530 | 7,856 | +8.6% |
| 24 | Pagsanghan | Samar | 8,145 | 7,959 | +2.3% |
| 25 | San Jose De Buan | Samar | 7,939 | 7,767 | +2.2% |
| 26 | Matuguinao | Samar | 7,708 | 7,364 | +4.7% |
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
Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.
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