Ranking

Largest cities and municipalities in Western Visayas

Iloilo City (Iloilo) is the largest of the 101 cities and municipalities in Western Visayas, with 473,728 people at the 2024 census.^[1]

Below are the first 100 of 101 cities and municipalities, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, 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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Largest cities and municipalities in Western Visayas, top 100
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Iloilo City	Iloilo	473,728	457,626	+3.5%
2	Roxas City	Capiz	185,236	179,292	+3.3%
3	Oton	Iloilo	99,920	98,509	+1.4%
4	Kalibo	Aklan	93,218	89,127	+4.6%
5	Passi City	Iloilo	90,313	88,873	+1.6%
6	Lambunao	Iloilo	80,724	81,236	−0.6%
7	Pototan	Iloilo	78,919	78,298	+0.8%
8	Dumangas	Iloilo	75,239	73,899	+1.8%
9	Pavia	Iloilo	74,594	70,388	+6.0%
10	Carles	Iloilo	74,177	72,637	+2.1%
11	San Jose	Antique	69,522	65,140	+6.7%
12	Santa Barbara	Iloilo	68,467	67,630	+1.2%
13	Miagao	Iloilo	68,163	68,115	+0.1%
14	Janiuay	Iloilo	67,509	66,786	+1.1%
15	Sibalom	Antique	67,155	63,833	+5.2%
16	Tigbauan	Iloilo	65,657	65,245	+0.6%
17	Malay	Aklan	64,723	60,077	+7.7%
18	Calinog	Iloilo	63,896	62,853	+1.7%
19	Cabatuan	Iloilo	62,717	61,110	+2.6%
20	Barotac Nuevo	Iloilo	59,184	58,176	+1.7%
21	Tapaz	Capiz	57,684	54,423	+6.0%
22	Sara	Iloilo	55,476	54,637	+1.5%
23	Estancia	Iloilo	54,882	53,200	+3.2%
24	Hamtic	Antique	54,455	52,685	+3.4%
25	Buenavista	Guimaras	54,352	52,899	+2.8%
26	Ajuy	Iloilo	54,100	53,462	+1.2%
27	Ibajay	Aklan	53,399	52,364	+2.0%
28	Leon	Iloilo	52,777	51,990	+1.5%
29	San Joaquin	Iloilo	52,773	52,617	+0.3%
30	Pontevedra	Capiz	51,956	49,725	+4.5%
31	Dumarao	Capiz	51,633	49,506	+4.3%
32	Panay	Capiz	50,946	48,890	+4.2%
33	Barotac Viejo	Iloilo	49,736	48,614	+2.3%
34	New Washington	Aklan	49,204	47,955	+2.6%
35	Pilar	Capiz	48,789	47,100	+3.6%
36	Culasi	Antique	46,442	44,494	+4.4%
37	Dingle	Iloilo	46,032	45,965	+0.2%
38	Concepcion	Iloilo	45,737	44,633	+2.5%
39	Panitan	Capiz	44,246	42,565	+4.0%
40	Nueva Valencia	Guimaras	43,822	42,771	+2.5%
41	Ma-Ayon	Capiz	42,997	41,226	+4.3%
42	Caluya	Antique	42,895	38,908	+10.3%
43	Mambusao	Capiz	41,768	40,690	+2.7%
44	Nabas	Aklan	41,568	40,632	+2.3%
45	Banga	Aklan	41,188	40,318	+2.2%
46	Jordan	Guimaras	40,647	39,566	+2.7%
47	Jamindan	Capiz	40,472	38,670	+4.7%
48	Patnongon	Antique	40,070	38,329	+4.5%
49	Alimodian	Iloilo	39,814	39,722	+0.2%
50	San Dionisio	Iloilo	39,423	39,048	+1.0%
51	Maasin	Iloilo	38,761	38,461	+0.8%
52	Numancia	Aklan	37,428	35,693	+4.9%
53	San Enrique	Iloilo	37,381	36,911	+1.3%
54	Pandan	Antique	37,325	35,965	+3.8%
55	Leganes	Iloilo	36,542	34,725	+5.2%
56	San Remigio	Antique	36,170	34,045	+6.2%
57	Bugasong	Antique	36,060	34,676	+4.0%
58	Balasan	Iloilo	35,193	35,064	+0.4%
59	Guimbal	Iloilo	35,129	35,022	+0.3%
60	Dueñas	Iloilo	34,941	34,597	+1.0%
61	Dao	Capiz	34,555	33,842	+2.1%
62	Tobias Fornier	Antique	34,411	33,816	+1.8%
63	Batan	Aklan	33,932	33,484	+1.3%
64	Banate	Iloilo	33,790	33,376	+1.2%
65	Ivisan	Capiz	32,853	31,278	+5.0%
66	Lemery	Iloilo	32,836	31,414	+4.5%
67	Sigma	Capiz	32,628	31,688	+3.0%
68	Igbaras	Iloilo	32,442	32,197	+0.8%
69	President Roxas	Capiz	32,436	31,269	+3.7%
70	San Miguel	Iloilo	31,093	30,115	+3.3%
71	Dumalag	Capiz	30,872	30,098	+2.6%
72	Makato	Aklan	30,650	29,717	+3.1%
73	Anilao	Iloilo	30,612	30,520	+0.3%
74	Balete	Aklan	30,310	30,090	+0.7%
75	San Lorenzo	Guimaras	30,266	29,444	+2.8%
76	Tibiao	Antique	29,608	28,703	+3.2%
77	Cuartero	Capiz	28,650	27,993	+2.4%
78	Libacao	Aklan	28,525	28,272	+0.9%
79	Laua-An	Antique	28,177	26,580	+6.0%
80	Zarraga	Iloilo	27,852	27,305	+2.0%
81	Sapi-An	Capiz	27,377	26,697	+2.6%
82	Badiangan	Iloilo	27,088	27,056	+0.1%
83	Altavas	Aklan	26,181	25,639	+2.1%
84	Malinao	Aklan	24,971	24,517	+1.9%
85	Barbaza	Antique	24,925	23,359	+6.7%
86	New Lucena	Iloilo	24,785	24,314	+1.9%
87	Mina	Iloilo	24,145	24,042	+0.4%
88	Tangalan	Aklan	24,004	23,704	+1.3%
89	Sibunag	Guimaras	23,787	23,162	+2.7%
90	Tubungan	Iloilo	23,083	23,021	+0.3%
91	Anini-Y	Antique	22,713	22,018	+3.2%
92	Batad	Iloilo	22,174	22,157	+0.1%
93	Valderrama	Antique	20,762	19,971	+4.0%
94	Buruanga	Aklan	19,878	19,357	+2.7%
95	Sebaste	Antique	19,365	18,816	+2.9%
96	Madalag	Aklan	19,043	18,890	+0.8%
97	Libertad	Antique	18,685	17,507	+6.7%
98	San Rafael	Iloilo	18,293	17,795	+2.8%
99	Bingawan	Iloilo	16,247	16,164	+0.5%
100	Lezo	Aklan	16,200	15,639	+3.6%

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

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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