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Densest cities and municipalities in SOCCSKSARGEN

General Santos City (South Cotabato) is the most crowded of the 49 cities and municipalities in SOCCSKSARGEN: 1,436 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 49 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 SOCCSKSARGEN, top 49
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1General Santos CitySouth Cotabato722,059697,315+3.6%1,436
2Tacurong CitySultan Kudarat116,945109,319+7.0%762
3Koronadal CitySouth Cotabato201,844195,398+3.3%719
4MidsayapCotabato115,735117,365−1.4%671
5PolomolokSouth Cotabato176,671172,605+2.4%516
6Santo NiñoSouth Cotabato41,02639,796+3.1%483
7Kidapawan CityCotabato160,864160,791+0.1%473
8PikitCotabato67,22067,024+0.3%391
9LambayongSultan Kudarat81,28879,739+1.9%376
10KabacanCotabato77,94577,164+1.0%373
11BangaSouth Cotabato91,53689,164+2.7%370
12President QuirinoSultan Kudarat44,34442,244+5.0%354
13TantanganSouth Cotabato48,57045,744+6.2%324
14SurallahSouth Cotabato91,41289,340+2.3%307
15LibunganCotabato57,77656,269+2.7%302
16PigkawayanCotabato53,59352,744+1.6%270
17NoralaSouth Cotabato48,49946,682+3.9%258
18LutayanSultan Kudarat65,42565,644−0.3%239
19MakilalaCotabato88,52287,927+0.7%238
20M'LangCotabato98,64698,195+0.5%237
21AntipasCotabato26,94626,817+0.5%234
22AleosanCotabato38,02336,892+3.1%222
23MatalamCotabato81,61081,355+0.3%200
24TupiSouth Cotabato78,59973,459+7.0%195
25EsperanzaSultan Kudarat73,82274,696−1.2%187
26IsulanSultan Kudarat101,45597,490+4.1%186
27AlabelSarangani90,12088,294+2.1%176
28CarmenCotabato79,74179,140+0.8%170
29BanisilanCotabato48,01346,995+2.2%165
30LebakSultan Kudarat93,31291,344+2.2%162
31TulunanCotabato61,90160,978+1.5%157
32GlanSarangani117,017109,547+6.8%157
33MalungonSarangani108,429105,465+2.8%157
34KiambaSarangani68,74565,774+4.5%154
35TampakanSouth Cotabato42,30441,018+3.1%150
36MalapatanSarangani82,57780,741+2.3%137
37MaasimSarangani67,90764,940+4.6%136
38President RoxasCotabato51,24552,512−2.4%128
39MaitumSarangani46,12044,185+4.4%126
40Sen. Ninoy AquinoSultan Kudarat48,00347,374+1.3%123
41T'BoliSouth Cotabato105,296101,049+4.2%115
42MagpetCotabato55,25553,800+2.7%108
43KalamansigSultan Kudarat52,25750,900+2.7%106
44BagumbayanSultan Kudarat69,83068,947+1.3%102
45Lake SebuSouth Cotabato84,25281,221+3.7%98
46ArakanCotabato51,58450,558+2.0%97
47PalimbangSultan Kudarat83,63392,828−9.9%91
48AlamadaCotabato71,52368,659+4.2%90
49ColumbioSultan Kudarat33,33733,527−0.6%37

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. 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. 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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