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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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
601	Barangay 146Caloocan City	3,302	about 120,511	about 0.0274 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
602	Barangay 93Caloocan City	3,300	about 54,726	about 0.0603 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
603	Barangay 69Caloocan City	3,297	about 72,144	about 0.0457 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
604	Barangay 155Manila	3,292	about 180,879	about 0.0182 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
605	Teachers Village WestQuezon City	3,289	about 14,056	about 0.234 km²	2.34% a year	Urban
606	Barangay 672Manila	3,268	about 35,560	about 0.0919 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
607	TagumpayQuezon City	3,267	about 33,000	about 0.099 km²	9.27% a year	Urban
608	U.P. VillageQuezon City	3,257	about 8,616	about 0.378 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
609	Barangay 838Manila	3,238	about 64,502	about 0.0502 km²	2.10% a year	Urban
610	Barangay 191Pasay City	3,226	about 1,753	about 1.84 km²	−1.29% a year	Urban
611	Barangay 53Manila	3,218	about 130,283	about 0.0247 km²	2.39% a year	Urban
612	Barangay 138Manila	3,217	about 124,690	about 0.0258 km²	2.19% a year	Urban
613	Barangay 157Caloocan City	3,194	about 96,495	about 0.0331 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
614	Barangay 837Manila	3,188	about 49,198	about 0.0648 km²	1.15% a year	Urban
615	Barangay 479Manila	3,179	about 62,826	about 0.0506 km²	7.99% a year	Urban
616	Barangay 61Pasay City	3,154	about 149,479	about 0.0211 km²	5.70% a year	Urban
617	Barangay 215Manila	3,147	about 175,810	about 0.0179 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
618	Barangay 38Manila	3,144	about 224,571	about 0.014 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
619	Barangay 32Caloocan City	3,143	about 78,184	about 0.0402 km²	2.25% a year	Urban
620	Barangay 184Caloocan City	3,139	about 11,415	about 0.275 km²	1.76% a year	Urban
621	Barangay 870Manila	3,139	about 131,339	about 0.0239 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
622	Barangay 464Manila	3,138	about 129,669	about 0.0242 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
623	Barangay 432Manila	3,132	about 55,434	about 0.0565 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
624	Barangay 847Manila	3,132	about 76,577	about 0.0409 km²	2.01% a year	Urban
625	Barangay 1Manila	3,119	about 62,631	about 0.0498 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
626	Barangay 287Manila	3,117	about 24,352	about 0.128 km²	4.97% a year	Urban
627	Barangay 292Manila	3,113	about 57,755	about 0.0539 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
628	Barangay 429Manila	3,113	about 134,762	about 0.0231 km²	2.45% a year	Urban
629	Barangay 210Manila	3,106	about 85,096	about 0.0365 km²	−0.80% a year	Urban
630	Barangay 31Manila	3,101	about 176,193	about 0.0176 km²	1.78% a year	Urban
631	Barangay 63Caloocan City	3,101	about 64,739	about 0.0479 km²	0.89% a year	Urban
632	Barangay 777Manila	3,100	about 109,929	about 0.0282 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
633	Barangay 660-AManila	3,099	about 26,487	about 0.117 km²	5.72% a year	Urban
634	HorseshoeQuezon City	3,095	about 7,317	about 0.423 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
635	Barangay 276Manila	3,077	about 147,225	about 0.0209 km²	4.68% a year	Urban
636	MalayaQuezon City	3,067	about 23,412	about 0.131 km²	3.99% a year	Urban
637	Teachers Village EastQuezon City	3,067	about 14,005	about 0.219 km²	6.05% a year	Urban
638	Barangay 213Manila	3,037	about 94,611	about 0.0321 km²	−1.47% a year	Urban
639	Barangay 343Manila	3,037	about 72,656	about 0.0418 km²	7.93% a year	Urban
640	CarmonaMakati City	3,034	about 8,222	about 0.369 km²	2.43% a year	Urban
641	Barangay 647Manila	3,019	about 26,026	about 0.116 km²	5.24% a year	Urban
642	Barangay 353Manila	3,010	about 61,055	about 0.0493 km²	7.43% a year	Urban
643	Barangay 667Manila	3,010	about 15,050	about 0.20 km²	5.89% a year	Urban
644	Barangay 868Manila	3,002	about 161,398	about 0.0186 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
645	Barangay 25Manila	3,000	about 135,747	about 0.0221 km²	4.02% a year	Urban
646	Barangay 832Manila	2,990	about 32,571	about 0.0918 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
647	Barangay 418Manila	2,977	about 79,599	about 0.0374 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
648	Barangay 37Caloocan City	2,955	about 59,697	about 0.0495 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
649	Barangay 13Pasay City	2,949	about 19,401	about 0.152 km²	2.63% a year	Urban
650	Barangay 330Manila	2,949	about 107,628	about 0.0274 km²	6.77% 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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