Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Ilocos Region

Currimao (Ilocos Norte) is the most crowded of the 125 cities and municipalities in Ilocos Region: 11,672 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 125 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 Ilocos Region, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Currimao	Ilocos Norte	12,256	12,215	+0.3%	11,672
2	Dagupan City	Pangasinan	174,777	174,302	+0.3%	3,923
3	Marcos	Ilocos Norte	18,105	18,010	+0.5%	2,586
4	Mangaldan	Pangasinan	113,302	113,185	+0.1%	2,370
5	Vigan City	Ilocos Sur	54,498	53,935	+1.0%	2,275
6	Calasiao	Pangasinan	100,686	100,471	+0.2%	2,067
7	Mapandan	Pangasinan	38,228	38,058	+0.5%	1,820
8	Lingayen	Pangasinan	108,510	107,728	+0.7%	1,717
9	Santa Catalina	Ilocos Sur	14,319	14,493	−1.2%	1,530
10	Urdaneta City	Pangasinan	145,935	144,577	+0.9%	1,486
11	Binmaley	Pangasinan	88,006	86,881	+1.3%	1,431
12	Basista	Pangasinan	37,840	37,679	+0.4%	1,410
13	San Carlos City	Pangasinan	208,330	205,424	+1.4%	1,406
14	Manaoag	Pangasinan	76,606	76,045	+0.7%	1,379
15	Santa Barbara	Pangasinan	92,420	92,187	+0.3%	1,340
16	Urbiztondo	Pangasinan	56,349	55,557	+1.4%	1,320
17	San Jacinto	Pangasinan	44,713	44,351	+0.8%	1,292
18	San Fernando City	La Union	124,809	125,640	−0.7%	1,278
19	Agoo	La Union	65,256	66,028	−1.2%	1,237
20	Santo Tomas	Pangasinan	14,894	14,878	+0.1%	1,190
21	Sison	Pangasinan	51,439	52,320	−1.7%	1,143
22	Malasiqui	Pangasinan	144,344	143,094	+0.9%	1,124
23	San Fabian	Pangasinan	87,714	87,428	+0.3%	1,124
24	Bauang	La Union	77,670	78,449	−1.0%	1,078
25	Santo Tomas	La Union	42,777	40,846	+4.7%	1,071
26	Pozorrubio	Pangasinan	75,143	74,729	+0.6%	1,069
27	Caoayan	Ilocos Sur	19,715	19,574	+0.7%	1,062
28	Bangar	La Union	38,190	38,041	+0.4%	1,018
29	San Vicente	Ilocos Sur	13,074	13,118	−0.3%	987
30	Laoag City	Ilocos Norte	112,117	111,651	+0.4%	983
31	Rosales	Pangasinan	67,510	66,711	+1.2%	978
32	Binalonan	Pangasinan	56,560	56,382	+0.3%	977
33	Tayug	Pangasinan	45,476	45,241	+0.5%	976
34	San Nicolas	Ilocos Norte	39,116	38,895	+0.6%	933
35	Bayambang	Pangasinan	129,506	129,011	+0.4%	904
36	Alcala	Pangasinan	49,479	48,908	+1.2%	891
37	Luna	La Union	38,076	37,318	+2.0%	888
38	Laoac	Pangasinan	34,550	34,128	+1.2%	880
39	Tagudin	Ilocos Sur	41,606	41,538	+0.2%	854
40	Asingan	Pangasinan	58,349	57,811	+0.9%	823
41	Bautista	Pangasinan	35,728	35,398	+0.9%	798
42	Villasis	Pangasinan	65,086	65,047	+0.1%	796
43	Candon City	Ilocos Sur	61,315	61,432	−0.2%	795
44	Rosario	La Union	58,797	60,278	−2.5%	779
45	San Ildefonso	Ilocos Sur	8,213	8,190	+0.3%	778
46	San Juan	La Union	41,319	40,507	+2.0%	697
47	Santa Maria	Pangasinan	34,452	34,220	+0.7%	685
48	Tubao	La Union	31,868	31,763	+0.3%	643
49	Bacnotan	La Union	45,203	44,388	+1.8%	615
50	Alaminos City	Pangasinan	100,430	99,397	+1.0%	603
51	Santa Lucia	Ilocos Sur	26,200	25,966	+0.9%	580
52	Anda	Pangasinan	42,688	41,548	+2.7%	567
53	Aringay	La Union	50,786	50,380	+0.8%	559
54	Santo Domingo	Ilocos Sur	29,372	29,041	+1.1%	554
55	Bacarra	Ilocos Norte	32,734	33,496	−2.3%	538
56	Balaoan	La Union	40,440	40,339	+0.3%	521
57	Bantay	Ilocos Sur	37,088	37,118	−0.1%	518
58	Naguilian	La Union	53,443	52,189	+2.4%	517
59	Caba	La Union	23,432	23,119	+1.4%	503
60	Santa Maria	Ilocos Sur	30,076	30,006	+0.2%	476
61	Santa Cruz	Ilocos Sur	41,296	41,366	−0.2%	461
62	Sarrat	Ilocos Norte	26,294	25,186	+4.4%	448
63	San Manuel	Pangasinan	56,876	54,271	+4.8%	443
64	San Esteban	Ilocos Sur	8,621	8,381	+2.9%	433
65	Bolinao	Pangasinan	84,658	83,979	+0.8%	432
66	Balungao	Pangasinan	30,678	30,004	+2.3%	429
67	Cabugao	Ilocos Sur	38,981	38,884	+0.3%	422
68	Bugallon	Pangasinan	76,027	74,962	+1.4%	420
69	Badoc	Ilocos Norte	32,832	32,530	+0.9%	407
70	Santiago	Ilocos Sur	19,771	19,471	+1.5%	404
71	Narvacan	Ilocos Sur	46,265	46,234	+0.1%	373
72	Paoay	Ilocos Norte	24,204	25,001	−3.2%	366
73	Magsingal	Ilocos Sur	31,970	31,308	+2.1%	366
74	Dingras	Ilocos Norte	40,176	40,127	+0.1%	356
75	San Juan	Ilocos Sur	26,709	26,674	+0.1%	356
76	Batac City	Ilocos Norte	56,781	55,484	+2.3%	353
77	Sinait	Ilocos Sur	26,059	25,998	+0.2%	341
78	San Quintin	Pangasinan	34,322	33,980	+1.0%	339
79	Galimuyod	Ilocos Sur	10,263	10,244	+0.2%	335
80	Banayoyo	Ilocos Sur	7,953	7,931	+0.3%	332
81	Burgos	La Union	9,121	9,006	+1.3%	312
82	Sual	Pangasinan	38,625	39,091	−1.2%	301
83	Umingan	Pangasinan	78,940	77,074	+2.4%	296
84	Labrador	Pangasinan	26,995	26,811	+0.7%	276
85	Pinili	Ilocos Norte	17,705	17,626	+0.5%	269
86	Burgos	Ilocos Sur	13,026	12,793	+1.8%	265
87	Bani	Pangasinan	52,715	52,603	+0.2%	262
88	Mangatarem	Pangasinan	79,648	79,323	+0.4%	257
89	Santa	Ilocos Sur	15,164	14,992	+1.2%	239
90	Aguilar	Pangasinan	45,363	45,100	+0.6%	233
91	Natividad	Pangasinan	26,721	25,771	+3.7%	206
92	Banna	Ilocos Norte	19,363	19,297	+0.3%	199
93	Dasol	Pangasinan	31,842	31,355	+1.6%	196
94	Sugpon	Ilocos Sur	4,238	4,930	−14.0%	187
95	Sudipen	La Union	16,888	17,187	−1.7%	177
96	Agno	Pangasinan	29,270	29,947	−2.3%	173
97	Piddig	Ilocos Norte	22,781	22,475	+1.4%	163
98	San Gabriel	La Union	18,579	18,943	−1.9%	159
99	Lidlidda	Ilocos Sur	4,846	4,705	+3.0%	158
100	Solsona	Ilocos Norte	26,249	24,851	+5.6%	157

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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