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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]

Open Manila

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, 551 to 600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	Barangay 246Manila	1,258	about 67,273	about 0.0187 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
552	Barangay 366Manila	1,256	about 55,822	about 0.0225 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
553	Barangay 744Manila	1,253	about 37,181	about 0.0337 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
554	Barangay 170Manila	1,245	about 63,846	about 0.0195 km²	−2.40% a year	Urban
555	Barangay 386Manila	1,245	about 16,734	about 0.0744 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
556	Barangay 327Manila	1,242	about 40,456	about 0.0307 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
557	Barangay 671Manila	1,239	about 36,228	about 0.0342 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
558	Barangay 250Manila	1,232	about 34,901	about 0.0353 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
559	Barangay 3Manila	1,232	about 31,429	about 0.0392 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
560	Barangay 622Manila	1,229	about 49,160	about 0.025 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
561	Barangay 395Manila	1,228	about 12,556	about 0.0978 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
562	Barangay 583Manila	1,228	about 111,636	about 0.011 km²	−0.95% a year	Urban
563	Barangay 587-AManila	1,227	about 55,520	about 0.0221 km²	−0.95% a year	Urban
564	Barangay 712Manila	1,225	about 92,803	about 0.0132 km²	3.34% a year	Urban
565	Barangay 489Manila	1,224	about 53,921	about 0.0227 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
566	Barangay 750Manila	1,220	about 46,212	about 0.0264 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
567	Barangay 795Manila	1,214	about 196,123	about 0.00619 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
568	Barangay 476Manila	1,213	about 36,209	about 0.0335 km²	−1.06% a year	Urban
569	Barangay 337Manila	1,203	about 41,483	about 0.029 km²	−3.34% a year	Urban
570	Barangay 226Manila	1,201	about 48,821	about 0.0246 km²	−6.11% a year	Urban
571	Barangay 558Manila	1,198	about 84,366	about 0.0142 km²	−1.20% a year	Urban
572	Barangay 718Manila	1,196	about 141,874	about 0.00843 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
573	Barangay 516Manila	1,192	about 69,302	about 0.0172 km²	2.24% a year	Urban
574	Barangay 578Manila	1,186	about 46,693	about 0.0254 km²	1.82% a year	Urban
575	Barangay 84Manila	1,176	about 80,548	about 0.0146 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
576	Barangay 751Manila	1,175	about 46,627	about 0.0252 km²	−6.30% a year	Urban
577	Barangay 547Manila	1,170	about 41,637	about 0.0281 km²	2.42% a year	Urban
578	Barangay 358Manila	1,167	about 57,206	about 0.0204 km²	3.06% a year	Urban
579	Barangay 448Manila	1,167	about 63,081	about 0.0185 km²	−3.86% a year	Urban
580	Barangay 201Manila	1,166	about 22,210	about 0.0525 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
581	Barangay 492Manila	1,165	about 38,322	about 0.0304 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
582	Barangay 309Manila	1,162	about 19,049	about 0.061 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
583	Barangay 168Manila	1,154	about 38,086	about 0.0303 km²	−4.31% a year	Urban
584	Barangay 405Manila	1,153	about 70,736	about 0.0163 km²	3.50% a year	Urban
585	Barangay 132Manila	1,151	about 27,210	about 0.0423 km²	5.38% a year	Urban
586	Barangay 555Manila	1,151	about 66,149	about 0.0174 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
587	Barangay 207Manila	1,139	about 22,871	about 0.0498 km²	−6.99% a year	Urban
588	Barangay 585Manila	1,138	about 16,589	about 0.0686 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
589	Barangay 560Manila	1,133	about 74,052	about 0.0153 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
590	Barangay 861Manila	1,131	about 54,638	about 0.0207 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
591	Barangay 511Manila	1,129	about 51,789	about 0.0218 km²	−3.99% a year	Urban
592	Barangay 534Manila	1,128	about 64,091	about 0.0176 km²	0.69% a year	Urban
593	Barangay 472Manila	1,126	about 68,242	about 0.0165 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
594	Barangay 851Manila	1,121	about 47,300	about 0.0237 km²	1.54% a year	Urban
595	Barangay 355Manila	1,118	about 24,518	about 0.0456 km²	3.46% a year	Urban
596	Barangay 219Manila	1,117	about 30,108	about 0.0371 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
597	Barangay 616Manila	1,117	about 35,348	about 0.0316 km²	5.04% a year	Urban
598	Barangay 392Manila	1,115	about 37,416	about 0.0298 km²	12.00% a year	Urban
599	Barangay 145Manila	1,109	about 62,655	about 0.0177 km²	1.81% a year	Urban
600	Barangay 134Manila	1,104	about 32,471	about 0.034 km²	1.03% 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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