Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula

Jolo (Sulu) is the most crowded of the 91 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula: 6,711 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 91 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 Zamboanga Peninsula, top 91
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Jolo	Sulu	152,067	137,266	+10.8%	6,711
2	Maimbung	Sulu	85,681	59,597	+43.8%	1,479
3	Parang	Sulu	83,092	71,495	+16.2%	1,129
4	Dipolog City	Zamboanga del Norte	136,528	138,141	−1.2%	1,049
5	Siasi	Sulu	100,076	81,689	+22.5%	980
6	Indanan	Sulu	105,384	93,168	+13.1%	936
7	Panglima Estino	Sulu	37,157	34,249	+8.5%	868
8	Pagadian City	Zamboanga del Sur	206,483	210,452	−1.9%	711
9	Old Panamao	Sulu	53,903	49,849	+8.1%	699
10	Isabela City	Basilan	151,297	130,379	+16.0%	670
11	Zamboanga City	Zamboanga del Sur	1,018,849	977,234	+4.3%	663
12	Talipao	Sulu	107,901	100,088	+7.8%	637
13	Pandami	Sulu	35,369	33,177	+6.6%	620
14	Patikul	Sulu	92,600	79,564	+16.4%	608
15	Luuk	Sulu	44,741	37,873	+18.1%	588
16	Kalingalan Caluang	Sulu	42,845	39,549	+8.3%	578
17	Ipil	Zamboanga Sibugay	96,363	89,401	+7.8%	572
18	Olutanga	Zamboanga Sibugay	34,124	38,438	−11.2%	532
19	Margosatubig	Zamboanga del Sur	36,025	38,660	−6.8%	416
20	Pata	Sulu	27,974	24,736	+13.1%	389
21	Dapitan City	Zamboanga del Norte	87,699	85,202	+2.9%	385
22	Pitogo	Zamboanga del Sur	28,375	27,516	+3.1%	372
23	Talusan	Zamboanga Sibugay	17,925	27,873	−35.7%	356
24	Imelda	Zamboanga Sibugay	29,652	27,870	+6.4%	353
25	Tabina	Zamboanga del Sur	24,591	25,734	−4.4%	344
26	Vincenzo A. Sagun	Zamboanga del Sur	22,619	24,852	−9.0%	343
27	Liloy	Zamboanga del Norte	41,881	42,213	−0.8%	330
28	Aurora	Zamboanga del Sur	52,746	52,995	−0.5%	330
29	Tukuran	Zamboanga del Sur	42,683	42,429	+0.6%	321
30	Mabuhay	Zamboanga Sibugay	24,296	37,390	−35.0%	299
31	Dimataling	Zamboanga del Sur	33,156	31,340	+5.8%	292
32	Ramon Magsaysay	Zamboanga del Sur	28,419	27,280	+4.2%	292
33	Dumalinao	Zamboanga del Sur	34,188	32,928	+3.8%	291
34	Sibutad	Zamboanga del Norte	18,199	17,453	+4.3%	278
35	Mahayag	Zamboanga del Sur	48,695	48,258	+0.9%	276
36	Malangas	Zamboanga Sibugay	33,194	32,022	+3.7%	275
37	Omar	Sulu	30,847	28,070	+9.9%	270
38	Buug	Zamboanga Sibugay	38,730	38,425	+0.8%	266
39	Tambulig	Zamboanga del Sur	37,400	37,480	−0.2%	265
40	Labangan	Zamboanga del Sur	45,343	44,262	+2.4%	258
41	Tongkil	Sulu	39,202	35,616	+10.1%	255
42	Diplahan	Zamboanga Sibugay	32,423	32,585	−0.5%	254
43	Manukan	Zamboanga del Norte	35,669	36,887	−3.3%	251
44	Tapul	Sulu	21,830	20,799	+5.0%	243
45	Labason	Zamboanga del Norte	44,615	43,934	+1.6%	241
46	Guipos	Zamboanga del Sur	22,173	21,738	+2.0%	239
47	Salug	Zamboanga del Norte	33,060	32,134	+2.9%	233
48	San Miguel	Zamboanga del Sur	20,037	19,838	+1.0%	233
49	San Pablo	Zamboanga del Sur	26,166	26,648	−1.8%	233
50	Alicia	Zamboanga Sibugay	39,484	39,456	+0.1%	216
51	Katipunan	Zamboanga del Norte	43,427	44,661	−2.8%	213
52	Roseller Lim	Zamboanga Sibugay	44,735	43,575	+2.7%	206
53	Rizal	Zamboanga del Norte	15,347	15,052	+2.0%	205
54	Dinas	Zamboanga del Sur	35,409	36,291	−2.4%	205
55	Kumalarang	Zamboanga del Sur	30,815	29,479	+4.5%	204
56	Naga	Zamboanga Sibugay	42,270	41,743	+1.3%	203
57	Sindangan	Zamboanga del Norte	104,514	103,952	+0.5%	195
58	Polanco	Zamboanga del Norte	40,485	42,265	−4.2%	189
59	Molave	Zamboanga del Sur	52,540	53,140	−1.1%	189
60	Lapuyan	Zamboanga del Sur	28,686	27,737	+3.4%	187
61	Josefina	Zamboanga del Sur	11,190	12,205	−8.3%	185
62	Payao	Zamboanga Sibugay	33,156	33,102	+0.2%	172
63	Tampilisan	Zamboanga del Norte	24,653	24,680	−0.1%	163
64	Pres. Manuel A. Roxas	Zamboanga del Norte	38,649	39,198	−1.4%	161
65	Siocon	Zamboanga del Norte	51,239	48,524	+5.6%	161
66	Titay	Zamboanga Sibugay	55,534	53,994	+2.9%	160
67	Kabasalan	Zamboanga Sibugay	48,366	46,884	+3.2%	154
68	Siay	Zamboanga Sibugay	43,233	40,585	+6.5%	153
69	Jose Dalman	Zamboanga del Norte	27,951	28,881	−3.2%	150
70	Mutia	Zamboanga del Norte	12,197	11,726	+4.0%	147
71	Sominot	Zamboanga del Sur	17,247	19,061	−9.5%	146
72	Tigbao	Zamboanga del Sur	19,716	21,675	−9.0%	144
73	La Libertad	Zamboanga del Norte	7,874	8,119	−3.0%	140
74	Pangutaran	Sulu	41,575	36,374	+14.3%	136
75	Sirawai	Zamboanga del Norte	39,836	31,163	+27.8%	131
76	Midsalip	Zamboanga del Sur	35,643	33,711	+5.7%	126
77	Dumingag	Zamboanga del Sur	48,495	48,881	−0.8%	125
78	Hadji Panglima Tahil	Sulu	8,441	7,906	+6.8%	120
79	Lakewood	Zamboanga del Sur	23,599	21,559	+9.5%	120
80	Piñan	Zamboanga del Norte	19,184	20,221	−5.1%	115
81	Leon T. Postigo	Zamboanga del Norte	29,535	27,639	+6.9%	112
82	Tungawan	Zamboanga Sibugay	48,013	46,497	+3.3%	108
83	Bayog	Zamboanga del Sur	32,687	34,519	−5.3%	92
84	Lugus	Sulu	35,412	29,043	+21.9%	91
85	Gutalac	Zamboanga del Norte	37,512	36,090	+3.9%	88
86	Siayan	Zamboanga del Norte	40,937	36,236	+13.0%	83
87	Kalawit	Zamboanga del Norte	23,381	23,812	−1.8%	74
88	Godod	Zamboanga del Norte	18,040	17,510	+3.0%	71
89	Baliguian	Zamboanga del Norte	25,585	23,771	+7.6%	58
90	Sergio Osmeña Sr.	Zamboanga del Norte	31,187	31,942	−2.4%	56
91	Sibuco	Zamboanga del Norte	37,883	36,049	+5.1%	55

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.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.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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