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Densest barangays in South Cotabato

Dadiangas West (General Santos City, South Cotabato) is the most crowded of the 225 barangays in South Cotabato: about 15,395 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 225 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 South Cotabato, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Dadiangas West	General Santos City, South Cotabato	13,009	13,090	−0.6%	about 15,395
2	Bula	General Santos City, South Cotabato	31,356	30,845	+1.7%	about 10,417
3	Calumpang	General Santos City, South Cotabato	90,480	87,718	+3.2%	about 10,132
4	Labangal	General Santos City, South Cotabato	81,223	77,052	+5.4%	about 8,496
5	Improgo Village	Banga, South Cotabato	1,339	1,374	−2.6%	about 7,608
6	Dadiangas South	General Santos City, South Cotabato	4,755	4,815	−1.3%	about 7,548
7	Zone I	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	4,025	4,125	−2.4%	about 6,952
8	Dadiangas North	General Santos City, South Cotabato	6,731	6,801	−1.0%	about 6,946
9	Yangco Poblacion	Banga, South Cotabato	1,489	1,526	−2.4%	about 5,909
10	Dadiangas East	General Santos City, South Cotabato	3,345	3,387	−1.2%	about 5,430
11	City Heights	General Santos City, South Cotabato	24,539	24,343	+0.8%	about 5,060
12	Lagao	General Santos City, South Cotabato	56,403	53,706	+5.0%	about 4,689
13	San Isidro	General Santos City, South Cotabato	66,971	64,958	+3.1%	about 4,480
14	Zone II	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	3,419	3,999	−14.5%	about 4,290
15	Poblacion	Polomolok, South Cotabato	51,082	51,490	−0.8%	about 4,170
16	Santa Cruz	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	20,544	18,724	+9.7%	about 4,101
17	Zone III	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	12,614	13,013	−3.1%	about 3,811
18	Zone IV	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	7,283	7,856	−7.3%	about 3,754
19	General Paulino Santos	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	22,025	23,242	−5.2%	about 3,695
20	Fatima	General Santos City, South Cotabato	78,478	72,613	+8.1%	about 3,441
21	Santo Niño	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	17,064	16,062	+6.2%	about 2,963
22	Libertad	Surallah, South Cotabato	14,986	15,364	−2.5%	about 2,899
23	Apopong	General Santos City, South Cotabato	54,096	58,314	−7.2%	about 2,620
24	Morales	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	9,539	9,133	+4.5%	about 2,484
25	Buayan	General Santos City, South Cotabato	11,748	11,487	+2.3%	about 2,442
26	Poblacion	Santo Niño, South Cotabato	10,855	10,688	+1.6%	about 1,865
27	Cannery Site	Polomolok, South Cotabato	23,658	24,543	−3.6%	about 1,771
28	Poblacion	Tupi, South Cotabato	16,065	no 2020 count	not compared	about 1,673
29	Magsaysay	Polomolok, South Cotabato	14,223	13,953	+1.9%	about 1,616
30	San Isidro	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	9,088	8,421	+7.9%	about 1,418
31	Benitez	Banga, South Cotabato	3,363	3,205	+4.9%	about 1,390
32	San Felipe	Tantangan, South Cotabato	6,213	5,263	+18.1%	about 1,354
33	Poblacion	T'Boli, South Cotabato	10,860	9,967	+9.0%	about 1,336
34	Liwanay	Banga, South Cotabato	6,589	6,447	+2.2%	about 1,246
35	Baluan	General Santos City, South Cotabato	14,079	11,861	+18.7%	about 1,170
36	Ligaya	General Santos City, South Cotabato	7,232	6,688	+8.1%	about 1,161
37	Poblacion	Tampakan, South Cotabato	7,757	7,442	+4.2%	about 1,129
38	Caloocan	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	5,468	5,159	+6.0%	about 971
39	Rizal Poblacion	Banga, South Cotabato	4,881	4,846	+0.7%	about 961
40	Concepcion	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	6,366	5,818	+9.4%	about 915
41	Katangawan	General Santos City, South Cotabato	18,047	17,355	+4.0%	about 913
42	Mabuhay	General Santos City, South Cotabato	38,750	37,629	+3.0%	about 881
43	Reyes	Banga, South Cotabato	4,486	4,883	−8.1%	about 878
44	Silway 8	Polomolok, South Cotabato	13,569	12,814	+5.9%	about 849
45	Poblacion	Lake Sebu, South Cotabato	8,767	8,882	−1.3%	about 841
46	Rang-ay	Banga, South Cotabato	5,574	5,238	+6.4%	about 801
47	Carpenter Hill	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	7,962	7,652	+4.1%	about 798
48	Rotonda	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	4,841	4,369	+10.8%	about 796
49	Namnama	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	4,705	4,245	+10.8%	about 763
50	Ambalgan	Santo Niño, South Cotabato	3,833	3,473	+10.4%	about 755
51	Tambler	General Santos City, South Cotabato	33,678	31,539	+6.8%	about 754
52	Cinco	Banga, South Cotabato	7,940	7,558	+5.1%	about 752
53	Batomelong	General Santos City, South Cotabato	3,776	2,967	+27.3%	about 728
54	Poblacion	Norala, South Cotabato	13,495	13,238	+1.9%	about 689
55	Santa Cruz	Tampakan, South Cotabato	3,147	3,016	+4.3%	about 681
56	New Lambunao	Tantangan, South Cotabato	2,374	2,113	+12.4%	about 678
57	Lapu	Polomolok, South Cotabato	2,237	2,083	+7.4%	about 672
58	Koronadal Proper	Polomolok, South Cotabato	4,138	3,953	+4.7%	about 645
59	Avanceña	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	4,781	4,618	+3.5%	about 632
60	New Pangasinan	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	5,059	4,321	+17.1%	about 631
61	Glamang	Polomolok, South Cotabato	10,174	8,404	+21.1%	about 615
62	Sulit	Polomolok, South Cotabato	6,173	5,972	+3.4%	about 606
63	Lumakil	Polomolok, South Cotabato	4,165	3,796	+9.7%	about 605
64	Rubber	Polomolok, South Cotabato	4,047	3,648	+10.9%	about 597
65	Zulueta	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	10,441	9,814	+6.4%	about 577
66	Magon	Tantangan, South Cotabato	2,101	2,547	−17.5%	about 577
67	New Iloilo	Tantangan, South Cotabato	4,897	4,802	+2.0%	about 565
68	Lapuz	Norala, South Cotabato	3,247	3,163	+2.7%	about 563
69	Centrala	Surallah, South Cotabato	12,195	11,453	+6.5%	about 552
70	Siluton	Lake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,773	3,008	+25.4%	about 548
71	San Isidro	Santo Niño, South Cotabato	3,822	3,517	+8.7%	about 541
72	San Isidro	Tampakan, South Cotabato	1,792	1,726	+3.8%	about 535
73	Crossing Rubber	Tupi, South Cotabato	4,561	no 2020 count	not compared	about 535
74	Bacdulong	Lake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,259	2,138	+5.7%	about 527
75	Cabuling	Banga, South Cotabato	3,239	3,101	+4.5%	about 522
76	Dajay	Surallah, South Cotabato	11,459	11,104	+3.2%	about 519
77	Dumaguil	Norala, South Cotabato	3,135	2,270	+38.1%	about 517
78	Sajaneba	Santo Niño, South Cotabato	1,826	1,696	+7.7%	about 516
79	Sumbakil	Polomolok, South Cotabato	1,446	1,723	−16.1%	about 504
80	Klinan 6	Polomolok, South Cotabato	4,318	4,245	+1.7%	about 493
81	Tubiala	Surallah, South Cotabato	5,725	5,294	+8.1%	about 490
82	Maltana	Tampakan, South Cotabato	4,044	4,380	−7.7%	about 484
83	Magsaysay	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	3,391	3,266	+3.8%	about 482
84	San Roque	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	4,537	4,476	+1.4%	about 478
85	Derilon	Banga, South Cotabato	1,800	1,436	+25.4%	about 468
86	Palian	Tupi, South Cotabato	3,141	no 2020 count	not compared	about 465
87	Esperanza	Norala, South Cotabato	2,543	2,300	+10.6%	about 461
88	Simbo	Tupi, South Cotabato	2,374	no 2020 count	not compared	about 459
89	Esperanza	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	2,015	1,942	+3.8%	about 456
90	Paraiso	Koronadal City, South Cotabato	6,796	6,631	+2.5%	about 442
91	Pagalungan	Polomolok, South Cotabato	3,419	3,215	+6.4%	about 440
92	Punong Grande	Banga, South Cotabato	4,043	3,687	+9.7%	about 439
93	San Jose	Banga, South Cotabato	4,573	4,541	+0.7%	about 438
94	Lambingi	Banga, South Cotabato	3,583	3,633	−1.4%	about 432
95	Siguel	General Santos City, South Cotabato	15,985	15,687	+1.9%	about 431
96	Benigno Aquino, Jr.	Norala, South Cotabato	1,699	1,653	+2.8%	about 430
97	San Miguel	Norala, South Cotabato	5,135	4,974	+3.2%	about 428
98	San Vicente	Santo Niño, South Cotabato	3,430	3,424	+0.2%	about 426
99	San Vicente	Banga, South Cotabato	7,188	6,807	+5.6%	about 425
100	Liberty	Norala, South Cotabato	2,210	2,200	+0.5%	about 423

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.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
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.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.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

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