[1] According to the information obtained from GeoNames geographical database, the population of Ila Orangun in Osun State, Nigeria is 179,192.

In addition to Ila Orangun, other towns and villages in Ila Local Government Area include Abalagemo, Aba Ododo, Ajaba, Alagbede, Ayetoro Obaaro, Edemosi, Ejigbo-Orangun, Gaa Fulani, Oyi Ayegunle and so on.

The people of Ila speak the distinctive dialect of the Yoruba language called Igbomina (or Igbonna).

A folk song also says Ila ni mi, ise mi o le/ti mo ba wa l'orun ope bi 'ofusia' ni i ri, which translates into English as "I am a citizen of Ila, my profession is very easy; if I am on top of a palm tree, I feel like I am upstairs in a multi-storey building.

Prominent Ila Orangun indigenes include Alhaji Adebisi Akande, former Osun state Governor,[9] Tafa Balogun, former IGP Nigeria, Group Captain Tola Adediji, pioneer Nigerian Airforce spokesman, Aisha Olajide, Engr.