Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), the total population of Loay as of 01 May 2020 was 17,855.

The total population of Loay accounted for about 1.28 percent of Bohol’s population in 2020.

In general, the total population of Loay is increasing in the last 20 years (Figure 1). The 2020 total population of the municipality is higher by 3,422 persons compared with the population in 2000 (Table 1). Meanwhile, in comparison to the 2015 counts, it is higher by 1,164 persons.

The total population of Loay increased by 1.43 percent annually, on average, during the period of 2015 to 2020. By comparison, the rate at which the municipal population grew during the period of 2010 to 2015 was at 0.50 percent (Table 2).

Among the twenty-four (24) barangays comprising the municipality, Villalimpia had the biggest population in 2020 with 1,867 persons, followed by Poblacion Ibabao with 1,250 and Alegria Sur with 1,190. Las Salinas Norte had the smallest population with 239 (Table 3).

Of the twenty-four (24) barangays, three (3) barangays posted more than 1,000 inhabitants (Table 4), while there were twenty-one (21) barangays with less than 1,000 inhabitants (Table 5).

The total land area of Loay is approximately 48.24 sq. m. In 2020, its population density was posted at 370 persons per square kilometer. This is 24 persons higher per sq. m. in 2015 which is posted at 346.

The population figures used in this report were from the results of the 2020 CP. To derive the population density of the number of persons per square kilometer of land, only the population residing in the Philippine territories were considered at the national level. Hence, Filipinos in the Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad were excluded from the population count. Meanwhile, the land areas were based on the 2013 Masterlist of Land Areas of Cities and Municipalities provided by the Land Management Bureau (LMB) to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The 2020 CPH was undertaken by the Philippine Statistics Authority pursuant to Republic Act No. 10625, also known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, Executive Order No. 352 – Designation of Statistical Activities That Will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making of the Government and the Private Sector, and Batas Pambansa (BP) Bilang 72, which provide the basis for the decennial conduct of the integrated census of population and housing.

May 2020 was declared as the National Census Month pursuant to the Proclamation No. 928, s. 2020, which provided that the 2020 CPH be conducted in May 2020, with 1 May 2020 as the census reference date.

However, in light of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the census enumeration was moved to September 2020. Information on the count of the population was collected with 12:01 AM of 1 May 2020 as the reference time and date, in accordance with the provisions indicated under BP 72.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has declared official for al purposes the population counts by province, city/municipality, and barangay based on the 2020 CPH under Proclamation No. 1179 dated 06 July 2021. The population counts were based on census questionnaires administered by about 112,000 enumerators deployed during the nationwide census taking.

The successful completion of the census-taking amidst the COVID-19 pandemic would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of the census respondents and barangay officials nationwide. The PSA would also like to thank the members of the national and local census coordinating boards, officials of national government agencies and local government units, media practitioners, private agencies, non-government organizations, homeowners’ associations, building administrators, and all other census stakeholders. Credits also go to the hundreds of enumerators, supervisors, and other census workers hired by the PSA for the 2020 CPH.

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