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Densest cities and municipalities in Surigao del Sur

Tandag City (Surigao del Sur) is the most crowded of the 19 cities and municipalities in Surigao del Sur: 358 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 19 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 Surigao del Sur, top 19
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Tandag CitySurigao del Sur63,09862,669+0.7%358
2Bislig CitySurigao del Sur99,87299,290+0.6%277
3BayabasSurigao del Sur9,0168,979+0.4%233
4BaroboSurigao del Sur53,72953,146+1.1%226
5CantilanSurigao del Sur34,23334,060+0.5%202
6CagwaitSurigao del Sur22,30521,747+2.6%151
7CortesSurigao del Sur18,02317,924+0.6%138
8MadridSurigao del Sur16,87216,653+1.3%137
9LiangaSurigao del Sur34,21333,869+1.0%131
10HinatuanSurigao del Sur44,47543,841+1.5%127
11TagoSurigao del Sur40,09739,831+0.7%104
12CarrascalSurigao del Sur25,67224,586+4.4%78
13LingigSurigao del Sur35,20335,142+0.2%77
14TagbinaSurigao del Sur41,15741,051+0.3%77
15San AgustinSurigao del Sur23,61222,855+3.3%67
16San MiguelSurigao del Sur41,94241,809+0.3%60
17MarihatagSurigao del Sur19,73019,441+1.5%56
18LanuzaSurigao del Sur13,75013,642+0.8%47
19CarmenSurigao del Sur11,85911,720+1.2%41

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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