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Barangays in Metro 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 Metro Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 1,715^[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: 14,001,751^[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: 1,715 urban^[4]; 0 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: Pasong Putik Proper^[6]; Quezon City; about 27.69 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: 373 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin De Porres, −6.43% 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.

1,715 barangays, 551 to 600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	Barangay 155Caloocan City	3,712	about 109,822	about 0.0338 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
552	Barangay 293Manila	3,708	about 28,969	about 0.128 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
553	Barangay 99Manila	3,682	about 283,231	about 0.013 km²	−12.12% a year	Urban
554	ErmitañoSan Juan City	3,680	about 35,385	about 0.104 km²	−12.30% a year	Urban
555	Barangay 831Manila	3,678	about 21,138	about 0.174 km²	2.27% a year	Urban
556	Barangay 43Caloocan City	3,659	about 93,104	about 0.0393 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
557	Barangay 97Manila	3,656	about 119,477	about 0.0306 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
558	Barangay 787Manila	3,646	about 179,606	about 0.0203 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
559	Barangay 67Manila	3,641	about 180,248	about 0.0202 km²	−2.71% a year	Urban
560	Barangay 262Manila	3,638	about 80,844	about 0.045 km²	19.41% a year	Urban
561	OnseSan Juan City	3,636	about 39,308	about 0.0925 km²	−0.65% a year	Urban
562	MaribloQuezon City	3,630	about 27,090	about 0.134 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
563	Barangay 823Manila	3,590	about 208,721	about 0.0172 km²	4.38% a year	Urban
564	Barangay 139Caloocan City	3,587	about 32,908	about 0.109 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
565	Barangay 313Manila	3,587	about 65,576	about 0.0547 km²	5.69% a year	Urban
566	ParaisoQuezon City	3,584	about 22,974	about 0.156 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
567	Barangay 702Manila	3,572	about 81,739	about 0.0437 km²	1.61% a year	Urban
568	Barangay 697Manila	3,568	about 41,440	about 0.0861 km²	15.35% a year	Urban
569	Barangay 143Caloocan City	3,556	about 148,167	about 0.024 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
570	Barangay 17Caloocan City	3,553	about 74,800	about 0.0475 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
571	Barangay 385Manila	3,549	about 47,447	about 0.0748 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
572	Barangay 738Manila	3,548	about 107,515	about 0.033 km²	3.72% a year	Urban
573	Barangay 659-AManila	3,547	about 9,936	about 0.357 km²	7.66% a year	Urban
574	Barangay 30Caloocan City	3,525	about 54,147	about 0.0651 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
575	Barangay 254Manila	3,513	about 71,988	about 0.0488 km²	−1.32% a year	Urban
576	Barangay 109Manila	3,495	about 129,926	about 0.0269 km²	1.73% a year	Urban
577	Barangay 171Pasay City	3,492	about 108,111	about 0.0323 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
578	Barangay 584Manila	3,486	about 34,515	about 0.101 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
579	Barangay 71Manila	3,486	about 86,933	about 0.0401 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
580	Barangay 860Manila	3,480	about 186,096	about 0.0187 km²	1.93% a year	Urban
581	TagalagValenzuela City	3,468	about 2,550	about 1.36 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
582	Barangay 177Manila	3,440	about 24,928	about 0.138 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
583	Barangay 189Pasay City	3,437	about 187,814	about 0.0183 km²	8.66% a year	Urban
584	Barangay 281Manila	3,436	about 36,788	about 0.0934 km²	10.24% a year	Urban
585	Barangay 784Manila	3,425	about 135,375	about 0.0253 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
586	Barangay 351Manila	3,415	about 66,569	about 0.0513 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
587	Barangay 185Manila	3,399	about 98,522	about 0.0345 km²	−0.92% a year	Urban
588	Barangay 221Manila	3,395	about 134,722	about 0.0252 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
589	Duyan-duyanQuezon City	3,390	about 20,671	about 0.164 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
590	Barangay 66Manila	3,388	about 127,368	about 0.0266 km²	3.33% a year	Urban
591	Barangay 141Caloocan City	3,383	about 45,965	about 0.0736 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
592	Barangay 56Manila	3,377	about 63,358	about 0.0533 km²	−0.56% a year	Urban
593	OranboPasig City	3,374	about 6,439	about 0.524 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
594	Camp AguinaldoQuezon City	3,371	about 1,832	about 1.84 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
595	San Rafael VillageNavotas City	3,346	about 7,763	about 0.431 km²	−1.00% a year	Urban
596	Barangay 701Manila	3,328	about 17,333	about 0.192 km²	5.19% a year	Urban
597	Barangay 766Manila	3,321	about 152,339	about 0.0218 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
598	Quirino 2-CQuezon City	3,312	about 38,157	about 0.0868 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
599	MaytunasSan Juan City	3,308	about 16,296	about 0.203 km²	4.30% a year	Urban
600	Barangay 686Manila	3,306	about 76,175	about 0.0434 km²	0.41% 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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