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Fastest-growing cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte

Sirawai (Zamboanga del Norte) grew fastest of the 27 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte that can be compared: up 27.8%, from 31,163 people in 2020 to 39,836 in 2024.[1, 2]

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

How the comparison is kept fair

27 of the 27 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte can be compared. The other 0 are left out.

  • Only places with at least 1,000 people in the 2020 census are ranked, so a village that gained a few families does not top the list.
  • A place is ranked only if the same place was counted in both censuses. Scene leaves out a place the PSA's list of changes shows as created, divided, merged or given a new code since the 2020 census, a place another one was carved out of, and a place with no 2020 count.
  • The PSA's data carries no field that flags a changed border by itself; Scene reads the change list and the notes to each count, so a border change the PSA has not listed cannot be seen here.

The change is the percent difference between the two counts, as Scene works it out.

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. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Summary of Changes, every change to a place since 1977. Published June 30, 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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