Ranking

Densest barangays in Ilocos Norte

San Rufino (San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte) is the most crowded of the 559 barangays in Ilocos Norte: about 16,933 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are the first 100 of 559 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 Ilocos Norte, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	San Rufino	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	955	1,145	−16.6%	about 16,933
2	San Paulo	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	866	945	−8.4%	about 16,527
3	San Fernando	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,072	1,131	−5.2%	about 16,048
4	San Lucas	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,545	1,280	+20.7%	about 15,765
5	Bgy. No. 15, San Guillermo	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,411	1,039	+35.8%	about 15,455
6	Bgy. No. 21, San Pedro	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,332	1,262	+5.6%	about 14,816
7	San Silvestre	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	842	857	−1.8%	about 14,223
8	Bgy. No. 6, San Agustin	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,196	1,267	−5.6%	about 12,394
9	Bgy. No. 20, San Miguel	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,174	955	+22.9%	about 12,128
10	Bry. No. 18, San Quirino	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	767	732	+4.8%	about 11,604
11	San Eugenio	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	930	1,021	−8.9%	about 10,776
12	Bgy. No. 4, San Guillermo	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,126	1,190	−5.4%	about 10,523
13	San Miguel	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,657	1,699	−2.5%	about 10,487
14	Bgy. No. 7-A, Nstra. Sra. De Natividad	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	840	913	−8.0%	about 9,722
15	Bgy. No. 17, San Francisco	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	695	719	−3.3%	about 9,482
16	San Cayetano	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	722	847	−14.8%	about 9,162
17	Cangrunaan	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	740	721	+2.6%	about 9,147
18	San Jose	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,331	1,452	−8.3%	about 9,116
19	Acosta Pob.	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	1,027	1,058	−2.9%	about 9,088
20	Ablan Pob.	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	716	740	−3.2%	about 8,961
21	Bgy. No. 8, San Vicente	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	833	878	−5.1%	about 8,900
22	Gaang	Currimao, Ilocos Norte	1,265	1,287	−1.7%	about 8,785
23	Bgy. No. 27, Nstra. Sra. De Soledad	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,784	1,660	+7.5%	about 8,618
24	Aglipay	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	1,060	1,059	+0.1%	about 8,413
25	Bgy. No. 3, Nstra. Sra. Del Rosario	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,079	1,011	+6.7%	about 8,364
26	San Gregorio	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,569	1,987	−21.0%	about 8,302
27	Bgy. No. 16, San Jacinto	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,058	1,026	+3.1%	about 7,723
28	Bgy. No. 19, Santa Marcela	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,013	885	+14.5%	about 7,449
29	Santo Cristo II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	428	459	−6.8%	about 7,133
30	Bgy. No. 24, Nstra. Sra. De Consolacion	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,063	1,074	−1.0%	about 7,087
31	Bgy. No. 11, Santa Balbina	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	833	881	−5.5%	about 7,059
32	Bgy. No. 9, Santa Angela	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	589	598	−1.5%	about 7,029
33	Suabit	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	1,279	1,209	+5.8%	about 6,803
34	Bgy. No. 12, San Isidro	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,803	1,890	−4.6%	about 6,509
35	Barani	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	663	636	+4.3%	about 6,500
36	Ben-agan	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	660	714	−7.6%	about 6,408
37	Bgy. No. 22, San Andres	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	983	1,063	−7.5%	about 6,383
38	San Gabriel I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	288	294	−2.0%	about 6,330
39	San Pedro II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	621	585	+6.2%	about 6,317
40	Bgy. No. 25, Santa Cayetana	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,091	1,144	−4.6%	about 6,199
41	San Pedro I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	365	393	−7.1%	about 6,145
42	Santa Maria	Vintar, Ilocos Norte	941	1,036	−9.2%	about 6,071
43	San Andres I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	755	796	−5.2%	about 5,992
44	Bgy. No. 10, San Jose	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	791	970	−18.5%	about 5,992
45	Lacub	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	519	422	+23.0%	about 5,966
46	Victoria	Currimao, Ilocos Norte	912	899	+1.5%	about 5,884
47	San Gabriel II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	347	406	−14.5%	about 5,698
48	San Simon II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	295	341	−13.5%	about 5,662
49	San Juan Bautista	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	3,123	2,940	+6.2%	about 5,587
50	Poblacion 1	Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte	1,108	1,051	+5.4%	about 5,568
51	San Julian	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	518	465	+11.4%	about 5,546
52	Sangladan Pob.	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	390	383	+1.8%	about 5,508
53	Bgy. No. 33-B, La Paz Proper	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	989	1,127	−12.2%	about 5,494
54	Callaguip	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	845	832	+1.6%	about 5,152
55	San Andres II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	669	724	−7.6%	about 5,030
56	San Vicente	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	513	723	−29.1%	about 4,933
57	San Baltazar	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	774	804	−3.7%	about 4,838
58	San Leandro	Sarrat, Ilocos Norte	1,272	1,268	+0.3%	about 4,782
59	Bgy. No. 7-B, Nstra. Sra. De Natividad	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	617	827	−25.4%	about 4,710
60	Bgy. No. 2, Santa Joaquina	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	3,017	2,501	+20.6%	about 4,606
61	Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	5,310	5,458	−2.7%	about 4,538
62	Bgy. No. 32-A, La Paz East	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,545	1,395	+10.8%	about 4,491
63	Garreta	Badoc, Ilocos Norte	1,313	1,383	−5.1%	about 4,436
64	Bgy. No. 5, San Pedro	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,350	1,383	−2.4%	about 4,397
65	San Bartolome	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	864	834	+3.6%	about 4,386
66	Santa Barbara	Sarrat, Ilocos Norte	572	569	+0.5%	about 3,945
67	San Vicente	Sarrat, Ilocos Norte	937	933	+0.4%	about 3,840
68	Albano	Dingras, Ilocos Norte	857	871	−1.6%	about 3,742
69	San Pedro	Vintar, Ilocos Norte	857	901	−4.9%	about 3,726
70	Santo Cristo I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	456	422	+8.1%	about 3,648
71	Anao	Piddig, Ilocos Norte	1,172	1,234	−5.0%	about 3,595
72	Poblacion 3	Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte	893	934	−4.4%	about 3,586
73	San Roque II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	394	399	−1.3%	about 3,582
74	San Francisco	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,701	1,783	−4.6%	about 3,581
75	San Juan	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	211	222	−5.0%	about 3,459
76	Ricarte Pob.	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	620	765	−19.0%	about 3,425
77	San Roque I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	485	530	−8.5%	about 3,415
78	San Agustin I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	455	544	−16.4%	about 3,346
79	San Simon I	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	563	637	−11.6%	about 3,254
80	Palpalicong	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	695	828	−16.1%	about 3,089
81	San Nicolas	Vintar, Ilocos Norte	993	1,126	−11.8%	about 3,018
82	San Agustin	Sarrat, Ilocos Norte	563	565	−0.4%	about 3,011
83	Bgy. No. 60-A, Caaoacan	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,376	1,331	+3.4%	about 2,991
84	Alogoog	Badoc, Ilocos Norte	963	974	−1.1%	about 2,849
85	Santa Filomena II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	332	344	−3.5%	about 2,838
86	San Ildefonso	San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,785	1,743	+2.4%	about 2,785
87	San Agustin II	Bacarra, Ilocos Norte	246	281	−12.5%	about 2,755
88	Valdez Pob.	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	786	808	−2.7%	about 2,748
89	Pannaratan	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	199	241	−17.4%	about 2,737
90	Bgy. No. 14, Santo Tomas	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	444	1,041	−57.4%	about 2,724
91	San Blas	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	217	234	−7.3%	about 2,692
92	Pambaran	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	157	189	−16.9%	about 2,684
93	Madamba	Dingras, Ilocos Norte	2,210	1,961	+12.7%	about 2,628
94	Bry. No. 48-A, Cabungaan North	Laoag City, Ilocos Norte	2,359	2,058	+14.6%	about 2,621
95	San Francisco	Sarrat, Ilocos Norte	963	969	−0.6%	about 2,554
96	Caunayan	Batac City, Ilocos Norte	994	1,105	−10.1%	about 2,529
97	Puruganan	Dingras, Ilocos Norte	850	868	−2.1%	about 2,507
98	Loing	Piddig, Ilocos Norte	1,507	1,575	−4.3%	about 2,439
99	Veronica	Paoay, Ilocos Norte	210	251	−16.3%	about 2,428
100	Dancel	Dingras, Ilocos Norte	624	654	−4.6%	about 2,400

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: Ilocos Region (OpenSTAT table 0011A6DTPH0). Published August 4, 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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