Ranking

Densest barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula

Takut-takut (Jolo, Sulu) is the most crowded of the 2,314 barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula: about 172,764 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 2,314 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 Zamboanga Peninsula, 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	Carbon	Isabela City, Basilan	7,501	4,362	+72.0%	about 153,395
3	Alat	Jolo, Sulu	11,916	11,368	+4.8%	about 112,415
4	Tampakan Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	2,941	2,862	+2.8%	about 109,331
5	Kaumpurnah Zone III	Isabela City, Basilan	3,228	2,856	+13.0%	about 109,054
6	Kaumpurnah Zone II	Isabela City, Basilan	4,318	3,888	+11.1%	about 103,055
7	Chinese Pier	Jolo, Sulu	8,733	7,718	+13.2%	about 102,021
8	Tampalan	Isabela City, Basilan	7,055	5,175	+36.3%	about 97,850
9	North Silumpak	Siasi, Sulu	719	620	+16.0%	about 90,783
10	Kaumpurnah Zone I	Isabela City, Basilan	3,657	3,411	+7.2%	about 74,329
11	Asturias	Jolo, Sulu	27,000	26,997	+0.0%	about 74,176
12	Tulay	Jolo, Sulu	15,259	14,891	+2.5%	about 70,644
13	Timpul	Isabela City, Basilan	1,770	1,642	+7.8%	about 48,098
14	Port Area	Isabela City, Basilan	2,145	1,509	+42.2%	about 46,529
15	Walled City	Jolo, Sulu	13,554	12,468	+8.7%	about 43,723
16	North Manubul	Pandami, Sulu	4,712	4,487	+5.0%	about 40,621
17	Campo Islam	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,906	11,730	+1.5%	about 38,782
18	Bus-bus	Jolo, Sulu	39,070	38,650	+1.1%	about 37,932
19	San Rafael	Isabela City, Basilan	9,994	7,917	+26.2%	about 36,342
20	Marketsite	Isabela City, Basilan	2,781	4,184	−33.5%	about 35,292
21	San Raymundo	Jolo, Sulu	28,035	17,051	+64.4%	about 32,599
22	Bulihkullul	Siasi, Sulu	987	870	+13.5%	about 30,748
23	Poblacion	Maimbung, Sulu	25,120	18,213	+37.9%	about 29,588
24	San Roque	Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	1,178	1,076	+9.5%	about 28,662
25	Barangay Zone I	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,962	4,806	+3.3%	about 27,264
26	Riverside	Isabela City, Basilan	2,180	1,883	+15.8%	about 26,880
27	Isabela Proper	Isabela City, Basilan	1,609	1,386	+16.1%	about 25,101
28	Rio Hondo	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,892	8,827	+0.7%	about 24,632
29	San Pedro	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,936	8,110	−2.2%	about 23,976
30	Santa Catalina	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	16,156	16,644	−2.9%	about 23,347
31	Dumagoc	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,153	8,522	−16.1%	about 23,149
32	Kasanyangan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	29,697	28,819	+3.1%	about 22,162
33	Tong Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	4,065	2,922	+39.1%	about 22,092
34	Tabuk	Isabela City, Basilan	9,948	7,008	+42.0%	about 20,682
35	Barra	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,622	3,331	+8.7%	about 19,266
36	Aguada	Isabela City, Basilan	6,153	5,452	+12.9%	about 19,050
37	Santo Niño	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,027	8,611	−6.8%	about 18,243
38	Lawis	Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,556	2,885	−11.4%	about 17,507
39	Santo Niño	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,133	3,888	+6.3%	about 16,208
40	Punungan	Siasi, Sulu	1,041	934	+11.5%	about 15,869
41	Tengah Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	1,809	1,590	+13.8%	about 15,595
42	Baliwasan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	19,806	17,932	+10.5%	about 15,473
43	Santiago	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	2,585	3,125	−17.3%	about 15,206
44	Arena Blanco	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,848	13,671	+1.3%	about 14,623
45	Diki	Isabela City, Basilan	6,869	6,191	+11.0%	about 14,105
46	Recodo	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	23,812	23,254	+2.4%	about 13,685
47	Maloloy-on	Molave, Zamboanga del Sur	3,504	4,617	−24.1%	about 13,374
48	Santa Lucia	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	5,117	5,859	−12.7%	about 12,761
49	South Silumpak	Siasi, Sulu	1,606	1,560	+3.0%	about 12,167
50	Gampis	Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,144	1,721	+24.6%	about 12,045
51	Seaside	Isabela City, Basilan	401	328	+22.3%	about 11,864
52	Tumaga	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	33,320	33,399	−0.2%	about 11,257
53	San Jose Gusu	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	16,379	16,260	+0.7%	about 10,847
54	Lumbia	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,593	4,226	+8.7%	about 10,833
55	Balangasan	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,875	15,006	−7.5%	about 10,432
56	Bantayan	Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,907	2,236	−14.7%	about 10,308
57	Camino Nuevo	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,544	7,421	+1.7%	about 10,236
58	Luuk Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	1,646	1,442	+14.2%	about 10,224
59	Cawa-cawa	Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,628	2,634	−0.2%	about 10,186
60	Tuburan	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	9,123	9,535	−4.3%	about 10,182
61	San Jose	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	6,382	7,991	−20.1%	about 10,179
62	Suba-suba	Pandami, Sulu	2,163	2,076	+4.2%	about 10,155
63	Barangay Zone II	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,548	1,802	−14.1%	about 10,118
64	Tetuan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	29,831	29,621	+0.7%	about 9,878
65	Canelar	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	10,467	10,512	−0.4%	about 9,782
66	Santa Cruz	Isabela City, Basilan	1,018	916	+11.1%	about 9,604
67	Calarian	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	37,263	33,563	+11.0%	about 9,604
68	La Roche San Miguel	Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,455	1,639	−11.2%	about 9,572
69	Guiwan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,579	13,231	+2.6%	about 9,563
70	Kawit	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,638	9,510	−9.2%	about 9,268
71	La Piedad	Isabela City, Basilan	1,827	2,292	−20.3%	about 9,227
72	Makuguihon	Molave, Zamboanga del Sur	4,056	4,121	−1.6%	about 9,115
73	Santo Niño	Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	7,838	7,731	+1.4%	about 9,051
74	Antonino	Labason, Zamboanga del Norte	3,581	4,253	−15.8%	about 8,997
75	Puukan Laminusa	Siasi, Sulu	2,570	2,328	+10.4%	about 8,801
76	Madasigon	Molave, Zamboanga del Sur	3,987	4,833	−17.5%	about 8,724
77	Tugbungan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	27,301	26,538	+2.9%	about 8,667
78	Laud Kulasi	Maimbung, Sulu	5,130	3,392	+51.2%	about 8,622
79	Kaunayan	Patikul, Sulu	1,004	943	+6.5%	about 8,437
80	Dona Ramona T. Alano	Isabela City, Basilan	1,253	1,067	+17.4%	about 8,032
81	San Jose Cawa-cawa	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,497	4,292	−18.5%	about 7,771
82	Riverside	Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	1,799	1,898	−5.2%	about 7,527
83	Estaca	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	5,982	7,806	−23.4%	about 7,506
84	Biasong	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,397	3,128	−23.4%	about 7,491
85	Taytay Manubo	Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,476	1,465	+0.8%	about 7,455
86	Poblacion	Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,698	4,654	+1.0%	about 7,422
87	Laum Maimbung	Maimbung, Sulu	11,880	9,784	+21.4%	about 7,379
88	Poblacion	Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	7,940	7,327	+8.4%	about 7,284
89	Poblacion	Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,843	1,670	+10.4%	about 7,143
90	Bagting	Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	800	1,019	−21.5%	about 7,080
91	Santa Isabel	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,877	7,777	+1.3%	about 7,033
92	Poblacion	Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte	5,580	5,702	−2.1%	about 6,863
93	Putik	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	22,296	22,271	+0.1%	about 6,818
94	Magsaysay	Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,652	1,552	+6.4%	about 6,743
95	Ayala	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	27,119	26,658	+1.7%	about 6,647
96	San Francisco	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,917	3,091	−38.0%	about 6,565
97	San Carlos	Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	2,962	3,063	−3.3%	about 6,481
98	Santa Maria	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	25,041	24,133	+3.8%	about 6,388
99	Poblacion	Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	7,450	9,315	−20.0%	about 6,208
100	Taluksangay	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	9,455	9,437	+0.2%	about 6,180

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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