Skip to content

Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte

Dipolog City (Zamboanga del Norte) is the most crowded of the 27 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte: 1,049 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2]

Below are all 27 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.

Open Zamboanga del Norte
Densest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte, top 27
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1Dipolog CityZamboanga del Norte136,528138,141−1.2%1,049
2Dapitan CityZamboanga del Norte87,69985,202+2.9%385
3LiloyZamboanga del Norte41,88142,213−0.8%330
4SibutadZamboanga del Norte18,19917,453+4.3%278
5ManukanZamboanga del Norte35,66936,887−3.3%251
6LabasonZamboanga del Norte44,61543,934+1.6%241
7SalugZamboanga del Norte33,06032,134+2.9%233
8KatipunanZamboanga del Norte43,42744,661−2.8%213
9RizalZamboanga del Norte15,34715,052+2.0%205
10SindanganZamboanga del Norte104,514103,952+0.5%195
11PolancoZamboanga del Norte40,48542,265−4.2%189
12TampilisanZamboanga del Norte24,65324,680−0.1%163
13Pres. Manuel A. RoxasZamboanga del Norte38,64939,198−1.4%161
14SioconZamboanga del Norte51,23948,524+5.6%161
15Jose DalmanZamboanga del Norte27,95128,881−3.2%150
16MutiaZamboanga del Norte12,19711,726+4.0%147
17La LibertadZamboanga del Norte7,8748,119−3.0%140
18SirawaiZamboanga del Norte39,83631,163+27.8%131
19PiñanZamboanga del Norte19,18420,221−5.1%115
20Leon T. PostigoZamboanga del Norte29,53527,639+6.9%112
21GutalacZamboanga del Norte37,51236,090+3.9%88
22SiayanZamboanga del Norte40,93736,236+13.0%83
23KalawitZamboanga del Norte23,38123,812−1.8%74
24GododZamboanga del Norte18,04017,510+3.0%71
25BaliguianZamboanga del Norte25,58523,771+7.6%58
26Sergio Osmeña Sr.Zamboanga del Norte31,18731,942−2.4%56
27SibucoZamboanga del Norte37,88336,049+5.1%55

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. 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. 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.

Report a mistake on this page: write to hello@scene.ph with the page address.