The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution). Samar, formerly but still colloquially named as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located on Samar Island in Eastern Visayas.Its capital is Catbalogan City.It is bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and the Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea.Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge (Marcos Bridge). Name Status Population Census 1990-05-01 Population Census 2000-05-01 photo from a friend on fb Show Full Signature. Contents: Population. Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) » Northern Samar; Northern Samar. The population development in Northern Samar as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

265 Posts #2 • Feb 21, 2018. Northern Samar. Northern Samar recorded the biggest decline in its poverty incidence among population to 34.0 percent in 2018 from 59.9 percent in 2015. Name Status Population Census 1990-05-01 Population Census 2000-05-01 Population Census 2010-05-01 Population Biliran had the smallest population with 172 thousand. The population development of Northern Samar as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). Northern Samar dropped to 36.6 percent in the first semester of 2018 … Northern Samar QuickStat - June 2018. Poverty incidence among families in Samar dropped to 29.0 percent in 2018 from 49.2 percent in 2015. Province in Philippines. Read more about Northern Samar QuickStat - June 2018; Northern Samar QuickStat - May 2018. Significant improvements in poverty incidence among population between the first semester of 2015 and first semester of 2018 were observed in Northern Samar and Leyte. Biri. Among the six provinces comprising the region, Leyte (excluding Tacloban City) had the biggest population in 2015 with 1.73 million, followed by Samar (Western Samar) with 780 thousand, Northern Samar with 632 thousand, Eastern Samar with 467 thousand, and Southern Leyte with 422 thousand.