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Barangays in Manila

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]

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Barangays in Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 897^[2]
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: 1,902,590^[3]
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: 897 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 649^[5]; Manila; 69,769 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: Barangay 20^[6]; Manila; about 1.38 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: Barangay 397^{[5, 7]}; Manila; 19.69% 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: 259 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Barangay 598, −3.18% 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.

897 barangays, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	Barangay 283Manila	1,364	about 26,957	about 0.0506 km²	0.34% a year	Urban
502	Barangay 468Manila	1,364	about 101,037	about 0.0135 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
503	Barangay 820Manila	1,362	about 30,000	about 0.0454 km²	−0.94% a year	Urban
504	Barangay 504Manila	1,361	about 61,584	about 0.0221 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
505	Barangay 449Manila	1,360	about 81,437	about 0.0167 km²	−0.73% a year	Urban
506	Barangay 319Manila	1,358	about 79,415	about 0.0171 km²	2.83% a year	Urban
507	Barangay 517Manila	1,355	about 55,992	about 0.0242 km²	6.82% a year	Urban
508	Barangay 642Manila	1,355	about 24,067	about 0.0563 km²	1.39% a year	Urban
509	Barangay 289Manila	1,352	about 30,179	about 0.0448 km²	7.07% a year	Urban
510	Barangay 557Manila	1,352	about 109,919	about 0.0123 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
511	Barangay 77Manila	1,346	about 104,341	about 0.0129 km²	−0.46% a year	Urban
512	Barangay 257Manila	1,341	about 115,603	about 0.0116 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
513	Barangay 300Manila	1,341	about 103,154	about 0.013 km²	7.78% a year	Urban
514	Barangay 251Manila	1,339	about 138,469	about 0.00967 km²	3.06% a year	Urban
515	Barangay 253Manila	1,339	about 56,025	about 0.0239 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
516	Barangay 902Manila	1,337	about 112,353	about 0.0119 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
517	Barangay 678Manila	1,335	about 21,707	about 0.0615 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
518	Barangay 873Manila	1,335	about 32,561	about 0.041 km²	1.63% a year	Urban
519	Barangay 345Manila	1,332	about 44,848	about 0.0297 km²	3.61% a year	Urban
520	Barangay 804Manila	1,331	about 55,924	about 0.0238 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
521	Barangay 178Manila	1,324	about 57,565	about 0.023 km²	−3.24% a year	Urban
522	Barangay 214Manila	1,323	about 82,174	about 0.0161 km²	−4.12% a year	Urban
523	Barangay 5Manila	1,321	about 53,052	about 0.0249 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
524	Barangay 637Manila	1,320	about 42,038	about 0.0314 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
525	Barangay 263Manila	1,317	about 86,645	about 0.0152 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
526	Barangay 271Manila	1,315	about 21,313	about 0.0617 km²	19.16% a year	Urban
527	Barangay 176Manila	1,312	about 29,483	about 0.0445 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
528	Barangay 882Manila	1,312	about 58,311	about 0.0225 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
529	Barangay 531Manila	1,310	about 52,400	about 0.025 km²	7.85% a year	Urban
530	Barangay 711Manila	1,308	about 148,468	about 0.00881 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
531	Barangay 136Manila	1,302	about 45,052	about 0.0289 km²	2.04% a year	Urban
532	Barangay 617Manila	1,300	about 41,401	about 0.0314 km²	8.62% a year	Urban
533	Barangay 523Manila	1,299	about 51,753	about 0.0251 km²	3.73% a year	Urban
534	Barangay 741Manila	1,296	about 91,915	about 0.0141 km²	1.72% a year	Urban
535	Barangay 892Manila	1,294	about 45,404	about 0.0285 km²	3.00% a year	Urban
536	Barangay 465Manila	1,292	about 99,385	about 0.013 km²	13.50% a year	Urban
537	Barangay 220Manila	1,290	about 23,933	about 0.0539 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
538	Barangay 202Manila	1,289	about 39,179	about 0.0329 km²	−2.29% a year	Urban
539	Barangay 619Manila	1,288	about 6,376	about 0.202 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
540	Barangay 455Manila	1,287	about 68,457	about 0.0188 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
541	Barangay 347Manila	1,283	about 43,054	about 0.0298 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
542	Barangay 190Manila	1,282	about 81,656	about 0.0157 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
543	Barangay 306Manila	1,273	about 12,480	about 0.102 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
544	Barangay 582Manila	1,269	about 94,701	about 0.0134 km²	−4.87% a year	Urban
545	Barangay 404Manila	1,268	about 17,859	about 0.071 km²	14.42% a year	Urban
546	Barangay 235Manila	1,264	about 51,803	about 0.0244 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
547	Barangay 421Manila	1,264	about 42,416	about 0.0298 km²	−3.62% a year	Urban
548	Barangay 195Manila	1,261	about 118,962	about 0.0106 km²	−2.49% a year	Urban
549	Barangay 447Manila	1,259	about 96,107	about 0.0131 km²	−3.39% a year	Urban
550	Barangay 131Manila	1,258	about 48,571	about 0.0259 km²	−5.90% a year	Urban

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. 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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