The Atlas

Barangays

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Map of the Philippines, every barangay in a colour of its own — Every barangay in a colour of its own, no two side by side alike.

At a glance

Barangays: 42,010^[2]; in 1,642 cities and municipalities
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 112,727,776^[3]; Of the 112,729,484 the census counted, 1,708 were in embassies abroad, in no region.
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 8,209 urban^[4]; 33,801 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Commonwealth^[5]; Quezon City; 215,035 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Cogon Ramos^{[7, 8]}; Cebu City, Cebu; 36.65% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 14,075 barangays^[8]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Mayapa, −13.70% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

42,010 barangays, 5,051 to 5,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
5,051	RizalBansalan, Davao del Sur	4,378	about 617	about 7.10 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
5,052	CabunbataIsabela City, Basilan	4,377	about 390	about 11.22 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
5,053	OchandoNew Washington, Aklan	4,377	about 2,256	about 1.94 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
5,054	TadlakLos Baños, Laguna	4,377	about 4,377	about 1.00 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
5,055	Barangay 829Manila	4,375	about 25,735	about 0.17 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
5,056	SalvacionDaraga, Albay	4,375	about 1,402	about 3.12 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
5,057	PawaTabaco City, Albay	4,374	about 2,635	about 1.66 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
5,058	MababanabaSan Jose, Tarlac	4,373	about 203	about 21.55 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
5,059	MonchingSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,373	about 496	about 8.81 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
5,060	Santa Rosa NorteJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte	4,372	about 477	about 9.16 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
5,061	BaludDalaguete, Cebu	4,371	about 4,285	about 1.02 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
5,062	Doña ConsueloOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,371	about 5,540	about 0.789 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
5,063	PinamucanBatangas City, Batangas	4,371	about 2,242	about 1.95 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
5,064	Babo PanguloPorac, Pampanga	4,370	about 3,190	about 1.37 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
5,065	E. AlegadoGlan, Sarangani	4,370	about 40	about 110.61 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
5,066	Fatima IIDasmariñas City, Cavite	4,370	about 45,426	about 0.0962 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
5,067	San VicenteLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	4,370	about 1,502	about 2.91 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
5,068	San AndresSanto Domingo, Albay	4,369	about 1,442	about 3.03 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
5,069	TugalKadayangan, Special Geographic Area	4,369	about 881	about 4.96 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
5,070	HijoMaco, Davao de Oro	4,368	about 747	about 5.85 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
5,071	PunangSofronio Española, Palawan	4,368	about 47	about 92.68 km²	8.40% a year	Urban
5,072	PalatPorac, Pampanga	4,366	about 2,251	about 1.94 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
5,073	BayabasDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,365	about 339	about 12.89 km²	5.52% a year	Rural
5,074	CalubihanBanaybanay, Davao Oriental	4,365	about 634	about 6.88 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
5,075	San AntonioSanto Tomas, Pangasinan	4,365	about 1,323	about 3.30 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
5,076	Gumaoc CentralSan Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan	4,364	about 35,480	about 0.123 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
5,077	Ipil HeightsIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,364	about 2,438	about 1.79 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
5,078	Pinagtung-UlanSan Jose, Batangas	4,364	about 1,685	about 2.59 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
5,079	SibaguanRoxas City, Capiz	4,364	about 1,042	about 4.19 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
5,080	SalvacionOrmoc City, Leyte	4,363	about 1,019	about 4.28 km²	8.43% a year	Urban
5,081	San Isidro (La Paz)Iloilo City, Iloilo	4,363	about 10,170	about 0.429 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
5,082	San LuisTarlac City, Tarlac	4,363	about 2,192	about 1.99 km²	6.29% a year	Rural
5,083	ManguiringCalabanga, Camarines Sur	4,362	about 613	about 7.12 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
5,084	SadsaranMauban, Quezon	4,361	about 19,211	about 0.227 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
5,085	MipangiNabunturan, Davao de Oro	4,360	about 634	about 6.88 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
5,086	NicolasMagsaysay, Occidental Mindoro	4,360	about 125	about 34.76 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
5,087	Barangay 24-AGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	4,359	about 6,585	about 0.662 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
5,088	SimlongBatangas City, Batangas	4,359	about 1,038	about 4.20 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
5,089	West PoblacionKalilangan, Bukidnon	4,359	about 717	about 6.08 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
5,090	BurgosCarranglan, Nueva Ecija	4,357	about 35	about 124.88 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
5,091	HilantagaanSanta Fe, Cebu	4,357	about 958	about 4.55 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
5,092	San FelipeCuenca, Batangas	4,356	about 1,060	about 4.11 km²	2.71% a year	Urban
5,093	San VicenteMagalang, Pampanga	4,356	about 863	about 5.05 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
5,094	Barangay 152Caloocan City	4,355	about 143,257	about 0.0304 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
5,095	CabagnaanLa Castellana, Negros Occidental	4,355	about 201	about 21.71 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
5,096	PitaDinalupihan, Bataan	4,355	about 789	about 5.52 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
5,097	TrancaTalisay, Batangas	4,355	about 665	about 6.55 km²	7.45% a year	Rural
5,098	Camp IVTalisay City, Cebu	4,354	about 793	about 5.49 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
5,099	San RoqueDaraga, Albay	4,354	about 13,649	about 0.319 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
5,100	Barangay 101Tacloban City, Leyte	4,353	about 3,044	about 1.43 km²	4.10% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.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
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : National Captial Region (NCR) (OpenSTAT table 0171A6DTHP6). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
8.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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