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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Ilocos region population tops 5.3 M

Ilocos region population tops 5.3 M

Published Jul 29, 2021 02:25 pm

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The total population of Ilocos region (Region 1) has reached 5,301,139 based on the result of the recent 2020 Census of Population and Housing.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region 1 officer-in-charge Atty. Sheila de Guzman said the total population of the region increased 1.13 percent annually from 2010 up to 2015.

She said Pangasinan has the biggest population in the region with 3.16 million individuals or 59.7 percent of the region’s total population, followed by La Union with 822,352, Ilocos Sur with 706,009, and Ilocos Norte with 609,588.

De Guzman noted the population growth rate (PGR) in La Union, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte decreased while the PGR of Pangasinan increased 1.18 percent yearly from 2010 to 2015.

“Pangasinan was the fastest growing province in the region with an average annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.43 percent during the period of 2015 to 2020,” she said during a news conference here last Tuesday.

De Guzman added that La Union posted a 0.94 percent PGR; Ilocos Norte, 0.58 percent, and Ilocos Sur, 0.49 percent.

The PSA also identified the top 10 most populous cities and municipalities in the region – San Carlos City, Pangasinan (205,424); Dagupan City, Pangasinan (174,302); Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (144,577); Malasiqui, Pangasinan (143,094); Bayambang, Pangasinan (129,011); San Fernando City, La Union (125,640); Mangaldan, Pangasinan (113,185); Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (111,651); Lingayen, Pangasinan (107,728); and Calasiao, Pangasinan (100,471).

The Top 10 most populated barangays in the region are Bonuan Gueset, Pantal, Bonuan Boquig, Bonuan Binloc, and Lucao in Dagupan City; Poblacion in Lingayen, Pangasinan; Sevilla in San Fernando City, La Union; Poblacion in Bugallon, Pangasinan; Poblacion in Alaminos City, Pangasinan; and San Vicente in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.

She said the total population of the Ilocos region accounted to 4.86 percent of the over 109 million total population of the country as of May 1, 2020.

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