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Densest barangays in Western Visayas

Rizal Estanzuela (Iloilo City, Iloilo) is the most crowded of the 3,389 barangays in Western Visayas: about 94,661 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 3,389 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 Western Visayas, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Rizal EstanzuelaIloilo City, Iloilo3,3513,215+4.2%about 94,661
2Rizal Palapala IIloilo City, Iloilo1,6201,699−4.7%about 80,198
3Rizal Palapala IIIloilo City, Iloilo2,2452,228+0.8%about 79,610
4Bonifacio TanzaIloilo City, Iloilo2,9162,881+1.2%about 67,657
5Rima-RizalIloilo City, Iloilo623633−1.6%about 43,873
6Alalasan LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo2,8932,829+2.3%about 39,414
7North BaluarteIloilo City, Iloilo4,9074,878+0.6%about 38,638
8Simon LedesmaIloilo City, Iloilo2,2202,2200.0%about 36,694
9SinikwayIloilo City, Iloilo2,8902,786+3.7%about 35,417
10Timawa Tanza IIIloilo City, Iloilo1,5641,367+14.4%about 34,833
11San JuanIloilo City, Iloilo11,09111,449−3.1%about 34,551
12Molo BoulevardIloilo City, Iloilo8,3578,162+2.4%about 34,250
13Malipayon-DelgadoIloilo City, Iloilo785752+4.4%about 31,781
14Tanza-EsperanzaIloilo City, Iloilo1,7331,806−4.0%about 30,673
15KasingkasingIloilo City, Iloilo2,3652,434−2.8%about 30,204
16Punong-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo1,5141,475+2.6%about 28,893
17San RoqueIloilo City, Iloilo1,5671,507+4.0%about 28,543
18CalaparanIloilo City, Iloilo9,2429,158+0.9%about 28,177
19CalubihanIloilo City, Iloilo925971−4.7%about 26,580
20Timawa Tanza IIloilo City, Iloilo461413+11.6%about 25,330
21RizalIloilo City, Iloilo1,9781,897+4.3%about 25,262
22BakhawIloilo City, Iloilo6,1076,548−6.7%about 24,725
23AguinaldoIloilo City, Iloilo1,5231,492+2.1%about 23,216
24Veterans VillageIloilo City, Iloilo5,3965,373+0.4%about 22,962
25Santo Niño NorteIloilo City, Iloilo4,3423,922+10.7%about 21,929
26Monica BlumentrittIloilo City, Iloilo1,3801,305+5.8%about 21,870
27Obrero-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo6,8926,743+2.2%about 21,810
28GustiloIloilo City, Iloilo2,5102,436+3.0%about 21,638
29Mabolo-DelgadoIloilo City, Iloilo1,1301,044+8.2%about 21,442
30General Hughes-MontesIloilo City, Iloilo1,9431,895+2.5%about 21,258
31FajardoIloilo City, Iloilo1,2051,2050.0%about 21,140
32Mansaya-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo3,3743,350+0.7%about 20,957
33JereosIloilo City, Iloilo3,6723,511+4.6%about 20,629
34Libertad-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo780735+6.1%about 20,207
35RailwayIloilo City, Iloilo1,3341,277+4.5%about 19,940
36West Habog-habogIloilo City, Iloilo1,3141,401−6.2%about 19,583
37East BaluarteIloilo City, Iloilo1,8191,800+1.1%about 19,392
38West TimawaIloilo City, Iloilo2,0512,062−0.5%about 19,349
39BaldozaIloilo City, Iloilo6,2556,149+1.7%about 19,246
40CainginIloilo City, Iloilo4,6954,6950.0%about 19,242
41Poblacion IIRoxas City, Capiz1,3911,382+0.7%about 19,160
42InfanteIloilo City, Iloilo1,7261,631+5.8%about 19,114
43KatilingbanIloilo City, Iloilo927900+3.0%about 19,035
44DemocraciaIloilo City, Iloilo1,3731,452−5.4%about 18,886
45Zone VII Pob.Cabatuan, Iloilo228234−2.6%about 18,843
46San Pedro (Jaro)Iloilo City, Iloilo1,1471,133+1.2%about 18,500
47JavellanaIloilo City, Iloilo545329+65.7%about 18,412
48Rizal IbarraIloilo City, Iloilo534560−4.6%about 18,225
49Bgy. 5 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo852806+5.7%about 17,937
50Zamora-MellizaIloilo City, Iloilo2,7772,698+2.9%about 17,916
51BolilaoIloilo City, Iloilo6,3655,332+19.4%about 17,879
52Aquino Nobleza EastJaniuay, Iloilo1,6311,766−7.6%about 17,709
53CalumpangIloilo City, Iloilo15,56815,994−2.7%about 17,551
54Taytay Zone IIIloilo City, Iloilo1,0091,028−1.9%about 17,397
55BenedictoIloilo City, Iloilo2,9542,834+4.2%about 16,977
56Habog-habog SalvacionIloilo City, Iloilo2,1932,172+1.0%about 16,740
57Lopez Jaena NorteIloilo City, Iloilo1,8791,849+1.6%about 16,482
58Poblacion Zone IIIEstancia, Iloilo1,0261,036−1.0%about 16,107
59Poblacion VIRoxas City, Capiz479490−2.2%about 16,074
60South BaluarteIloilo City, Iloilo1,5241,477+3.2%about 15,647
61DesamparadosIloilo City, Iloilo423459−7.8%about 15,495
62Poblacion IRoxas City, Capiz1,5001,443+4.0%about 15,369
63KahirupanIloilo City, Iloilo456443+2.9%about 15,150
64CompaniaIloilo City, Iloilo3,3123,257+1.7%about 14,786
65Lopez JaenaIloilo City, Iloilo713617+15.6%about 14,731
66Purok IIPavia, Iloilo1,3681,472−7.1%about 14,678
67Santo Rosario-DuranIloilo City, Iloilo1,6651,608+3.5%about 14,478
68MacarthurIloilo City, Iloilo640577+10.9%about 14,382
69Jalandoni Estate-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo1,8471,838+0.5%about 14,208
70Poblacion VRoxas City, Capiz1,9551,934+1.1%about 14,065
71PescadoresGuimbal, Iloilo815782+4.2%about 13,837
72Don Esteban-LapuzIloilo City, Iloilo3,5013,146+11.3%about 13,783
73CocheroIloilo City, Iloilo806689+17.0%about 13,615
74MalaibaSan Jose, Antique1,9801,745+13.5%about 13,289
75OrtizIloilo City, Iloilo1,2811,272+0.7%about 13,220
76Jalandoni-WilsonIloilo City, Iloilo799827−3.4%about 13,207
77Ilaud PoblacionBarotac Nuevo, Iloilo1,9811,956+1.3%about 13,033
78Marcelo H. del PilarIloilo City, Iloilo3,8963,796+2.6%about 12,987
79PHHC Block 17Iloilo City, Iloilo1,7871,777+0.6%about 12,949
80San Pedro (Molo)Iloilo City, Iloilo3,2303,029+6.6%about 12,817
81HipodromoIloilo City, Iloilo683629+8.6%about 12,672
82Muelle Loney-MontesIloilo City, Iloilo1,1091,1090.0%about 12,617
83Capt. A. TiradorJaniuay, Iloilo654676−3.3%about 12,553
84Barangay 2Tigbauan, Iloilo9601,176−18.4%about 12,500
85San Jose (City Proper)Iloilo City, Iloilo382231+65.4%about 12,484
86Poblacion EastOton, Iloilo4,4134,239+4.1%about 12,224
87Maria CristinaIloilo City, Iloilo673663+1.5%about 12,039
88Barangay 4San Jose, Antique3,1342,884+8.7%about 11,916
89East TimawaIloilo City, Iloilo775728+6.5%about 11,905
90Poblacion IXRoxas City, Capiz1,7611,794−1.8%about 11,899
91Lapuz SurIloilo City, Iloilo1,4681,486−1.2%about 11,839
92Barangay 8Tigbauan, Iloilo1,3491,548−12.9%about 11,629
93THTP Pob.Maasin, Iloilo8941,083−17.5%about 11,447
94San AntonioIloilo City, Iloilo2,4772,356+5.1%about 11,311
95Poblacion MoloIloilo City, Iloilo736760−3.2%about 11,068
96DivinagraciaIloilo City, Iloilo998784+27.3%about 11,064
97PoblacionKalibo, Aklan12,27612,000+2.3%about 11,059
98Concepcion-MontesIloilo City, Iloilo2,4552,550−3.7%about 11,059
99BolhoMiagao, Iloilo480387+24.0%about 10,959
100Our Lady Of LourdesIloilo City, Iloilo2,5672,449+4.8%about 10,923

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. 1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Western Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0061A6DTPH5). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  2. 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. 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. 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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