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Densest barangays in Sulu

Takut-takut (Jolo, Sulu) is the most crowded of the 410 barangays in Sulu: about 172,764 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 410 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 Sulu, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Takut-takut	Jolo, Sulu	8,500	8,123	+4.6%	about 172,764
2	Alat	Jolo, Sulu	11,916	11,368	+4.8%	about 112,415
3	Tampakan Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	2,941	2,862	+2.8%	about 109,331
4	Chinese Pier	Jolo, Sulu	8,733	7,718	+13.2%	about 102,021
5	North Silumpak	Siasi, Sulu	719	620	+16.0%	about 90,783
6	Asturias	Jolo, Sulu	27,000	26,997	+0.0%	about 74,176
7	Tulay	Jolo, Sulu	15,259	14,891	+2.5%	about 70,644
8	Walled City	Jolo, Sulu	13,554	12,468	+8.7%	about 43,723
9	North Manubul	Pandami, Sulu	4,712	4,487	+5.0%	about 40,621
10	Bus-bus	Jolo, Sulu	39,070	38,650	+1.1%	about 37,932
11	San Raymundo	Jolo, Sulu	28,035	17,051	+64.4%	about 32,599
12	Bulihkullul	Siasi, Sulu	987	870	+13.5%	about 30,748
13	Poblacion	Maimbung, Sulu	25,120	18,213	+37.9%	about 29,588
14	Tong Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	4,065	2,922	+39.1%	about 22,092
15	Punungan	Siasi, Sulu	1,041	934	+11.5%	about 15,869
16	Tengah Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	1,809	1,590	+13.8%	about 15,595
17	South Silumpak	Siasi, Sulu	1,606	1,560	+3.0%	about 12,167
18	Luuk Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	1,646	1,442	+14.2%	about 10,224
19	Suba-suba	Pandami, Sulu	2,163	2,076	+4.2%	about 10,155
20	Puukan Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	2,570	2,328	+10.4%	about 8,801
21	Laud Kulasi	Maimbung, Sulu	5,130	3,392	+51.2%	about 8,622
22	Kaunayan	Patikul, Sulu	1,004	943	+6.5%	about 8,437
23	Laum Maimbung	Maimbung, Sulu	11,880	9,784	+21.4%	about 7,379
24	Kulasi	Maimbung, Sulu	5,020	5,008	+0.2%	about 5,871
25	Kulay-kulay	Old Panamao, Sulu	2,008	1,949	+3.0%	about 5,837
26	Su-uh	Old Panamao, Sulu	13,750	13,732	+0.1%	about 5,753
27	Sipanding	Siasi, Sulu	3,631	1,617	+124.6%	about 5,527
28	Tonglabah	Siasi, Sulu	1,256	1,193	+5.3%	about 5,368
29	Tenga Manubul	Pandami, Sulu	1,108	1,069	+3.7%	about 5,178
30	Kanaway	Parang, Sulu	4,954	3,637	+36.2%	about 4,905
31	Kud-kud	Siasi, Sulu	1,345	1,246	+8.0%	about 4,654
32	Bangas	Hadji Panglima Tahil, Sulu	2,244	2,052	+9.4%	about 4,315
33	Kong-Kong Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	1,853	1,686	+9.9%	about 4,240
34	Kajatian	Indanan, Sulu	22,578	18,437	+22.5%	about 4,181
35	Tandu Patong	Maimbung, Sulu	2,202	1,495	+47.3%	about 3,904
36	Punay	Panglima Estino, Sulu	11,449	9,377	+22.1%	about 3,578
37	Tabu Manuk	Old Panamao, Sulu	1,550	1,520	+2.0%	about 3,523
38	Poblacion	Siasi, Sulu	8,997	5,922	+51.9%	about 3,514
39	Gandasuli	Patikul, Sulu	3,317	3,393	−2.2%	about 3,430
40	Kamalig	Old Panamao, Sulu	1,506	1,482	+1.6%	about 3,400
41	Kanlibot	Talipao, Sulu	2,422	2,310	+4.9%	about 3,387
42	Anuling	Patikul, Sulu	29,005	24,874	+16.6%	about 3,334
43	South Manubul	Pandami, Sulu	2,140	2,088	+2.5%	about 3,092
44	Kutah Sairap	Parang, Sulu	1,758	1,607	+9.4%	about 2,965
45	Bato Ugis	Maimbung, Sulu	1,983	1,250	+58.6%	about 2,964
46	Duhol Tara	Siasi, Sulu	1,353	1,109	+22.0%	about 2,922
47	Bilaan	Talipao, Sulu	6,183	6,012	+2.8%	about 2,876
48	Gapas Rugasan	Lugus, Sulu	3,159	2,739	+15.3%	about 2,821
49	Alu Pangkoh	Parang, Sulu	3,002	2,909	+3.2%	about 2,806
50	Siganggang	Pandami, Sulu	4,400	4,338	+1.4%	about 2,785
51	Bualo Lipid	Maimbung, Sulu	4,912	2,316	+112.1%	about 2,775
52	Parian Kayawan	Lugus, Sulu	9,935	5,182	+91.7%	about 2,635
53	Kahawa	Talipao, Sulu	1,817	1,652	+10.0%	about 2,633
54	Kalang	Tapul, Sulu	2,900	2,793	+3.8%	about 2,522
55	Taingting	Parang, Sulu	1,517	1,407	+7.8%	about 2,451
56	Liang	Parang, Sulu	1,667	1,524	+9.4%	about 2,409
57	Gimba Lagasan	Parang, Sulu	2,557	2,320	+10.2%	about 2,325
58	East Sisangat	Siasi, Sulu	1,607	1,306	+23.1%	about 2,296
59	Alu Bus-Bus	Lugus, Sulu	3,277	2,950	+11.1%	about 2,276
60	Poblacion	Parang, Sulu	4,216	2,597	+62.3%	about 2,267
61	Lupa Abu	Parang, Sulu	2,370	2,067	+14.7%	about 2,236
62	Piyahan	Parang, Sulu	1,733	1,638	+5.8%	about 2,208
63	Lapa	Maimbung, Sulu	915	651	+40.6%	about 2,179
64	Kan Islam	Indanan, Sulu	2,264	2,112	+7.2%	about 2,177
65	Baunoh	Old Panamao, Sulu	1,278	1,240	+3.1%	about 2,159
66	Payuhan	Parang, Sulu	1,740	1,690	+3.0%	about 2,130
67	Timbangan	Indanan, Sulu	5,600	5,480	+2.2%	about 2,090
68	Sisangat	Siasi, Sulu	1,233	1,035	+19.1%	about 2,076
69	Paiksa	Panglima Estino, Sulu	2,112	2,079	+1.6%	about 2,050
70	Alu Layag-Layag	Parang, Sulu	5,743	4,587	+25.2%	about 2,044
71	South Musu Laud	Siasi, Sulu	951	738	+28.9%	about 1,998
72	Tulayan Island	Luuk, Sulu	3,050	2,236	+36.4%	about 1,955
73	Hambilan	Pandami, Sulu	5,219	4,982	+4.8%	about 1,933
74	Buanza	Indanan, Sulu	7,169	5,842	+22.7%	about 1,922
75	Datag	Old Panamao, Sulu	980	881	+11.2%	about 1,910
76	Bulansing Tara	Siasi, Sulu	806	726	+11.0%	about 1,910
77	Tagbak	Indanan, Sulu	5,436	4,497	+20.9%	about 1,874
78	Mauboh	Patikul, Sulu	4,481	4,180	+7.2%	about 1,859
79	Katian	Indanan, Sulu	1,593	1,460	+9.1%	about 1,844
80	Anak Jati	Maimbung, Sulu	1,028	608	+69.1%	about 1,807
81	Dalih	Talipao, Sulu	2,310	1,965	+17.6%	about 1,805
82	North Laud	Siasi, Sulu	4,734	3,198	+48.0%	about 1,780
83	North Musu Laud	Siasi, Sulu	1,050	953	+10.2%	about 1,777
84	Buntod	Talipao, Sulu	3,501	3,290	+6.4%	about 1,777
85	Alu-Duyong	Lugus, Sulu	4,470	4,469	+0.0%	about 1,760
86	Minapan	Siasi, Sulu	2,744	2,641	+3.9%	about 1,748
87	Dungon	Tongkil, Sulu	7,106	6,373	+11.5%	about 1,746
88	Tubig-Samin	Maimbung, Sulu	1,372	1,074	+27.8%	about 1,732
89	Upper Patibulan	Old Panamao, Sulu	2,007	1,825	+10.0%	about 1,715
90	Kahoy Sinah	Parang, Sulu	1,750	1,737	+0.8%	about 1,667
91	Kan Ague	Patikul, Sulu	1,849	1,780	+3.9%	about 1,651
92	Tubig Dakulah	Indanan, Sulu	3,183	2,229	+42.8%	about 1,641
93	Kaha	Parang, Sulu	2,553	2,525	+1.1%	about 1,626
94	Kabbon Maas	Indanan, Sulu	1,576	1,506	+4.7%	about 1,608
95	Lungan Gitong	Parang, Sulu	1,516	1,473	+2.9%	about 1,601
96	Asin	Old Panamao, Sulu	1,759	1,685	+4.4%	about 1,599
97	Sampunay	Parang, Sulu	1,399	1,285	+8.9%	about 1,599
98	Puhagan	Old Panamao, Sulu	1,219	1,149	+6.1%	about 1,593
99	Taglibi	Patikul, Sulu	2,358	2,240	+5.3%	about 1,583
100	Luuk Tara	Siasi, Sulu	883	766	+15.3%	about 1,571

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: Zamboanga Peninsula (OpenSTAT table 0091A6DTPH8). Published August 5, 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

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

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