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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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
601	Barangay 15Manila	1,104	about 157,265	about 0.00702 km²	−0.32% a year	Urban
602	Barangay 272Manila	1,103	about 55,707	about 0.0198 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
603	Barangay 169Manila	1,100	about 39,855	about 0.0276 km²	4.54% a year	Urban
604	Barangay 416Manila	1,099	about 38,293	about 0.0287 km²	7.24% a year	Urban
605	Barangay 761Manila	1,097	about 37,313	about 0.0294 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
606	Barangay 269Manila	1,095	about 25,825	about 0.0424 km²	4.70% a year	Urban
607	Barangay 61Manila	1,087	about 24,761	about 0.0439 km²	1.49% a year	Urban
608	Barangay 822Manila	1,087	about 79,343	about 0.0137 km²	4.72% a year	Urban
609	Barangay 496Manila	1,085	about 42,549	about 0.0255 km²	−1.93% a year	Urban
610	Barangay 532Manila	1,085	about 78,623	about 0.0138 km²	2.30% a year	Urban
611	Barangay 680Manila	1,085	about 28,329	about 0.0383 km²	2.77% a year	Urban
612	Barangay 443Manila	1,084	about 66,914	about 0.0162 km²	−5.66% a year	Urban
613	Barangay 477Manila	1,082	about 47,249	about 0.0229 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
614	Barangay 522Manila	1,082	about 53,831	about 0.0201 km²	−0.20% a year	Urban
615	Barangay 707Manila	1,081	about 244,570	about 0.00442 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
616	Barangay 785Manila	1,081	about 74,552	about 0.0145 km²	3.62% a year	Urban
617	Barangay 298Manila	1,079	about 31,095	about 0.0347 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
618	Barangay 224Manila	1,078	about 28,294	about 0.0381 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
619	Barangay 335Manila	1,078	about 37,172	about 0.029 km²	−5.25% a year	Urban
620	Barangay 575Manila	1,078	about 71,867	about 0.015 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
621	Barangay 284Manila	1,076	about 20,112	about 0.0535 km²	2.75% a year	Urban
622	Barangay 323Manila	1,076	about 45,021	about 0.0239 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
623	Barangay 480Manila	1,073	about 67,911	about 0.0158 km²	6.98% a year	Urban
624	Barangay 453Manila	1,066	about 53,035	about 0.0201 km²	−7.75% a year	Urban
625	Barangay 59Manila	1,064	about 46,872	about 0.0227 km²	−1.05% a year	Urban
626	Barangay 890Manila	1,063	about 12,107	about 0.0878 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
627	Barangay 137Manila	1,060	about 34,983	about 0.0303 km²	3.70% a year	Urban
628	Barangay 88Manila	1,052	about 106,370	about 0.00989 km²	−0.98% a year	Urban
629	Barangay 459Manila	1,049	about 50,922	about 0.0206 km²	8.31% a year	Urban
630	Barangay 490Manila	1,048	about 47,636	about 0.022 km²	21.14% a year	Urban
631	Barangay 536Manila	1,045	about 66,561	about 0.0157 km²	2.47% a year	Urban
632	Barangay 631Manila	1,045	about 21,240	about 0.0492 km²	−4.28% a year	Urban
633	Barangay 256Manila	1,044	about 48,558	about 0.0215 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
634	Barangay 574Manila	1,043	about 59,600	about 0.0175 km²	−8.03% a year	Urban
635	Barangay 172Manila	1,038	about 22,813	about 0.0455 km²	−3.61% a year	Urban
636	Barangay 503Manila	1,038	about 39,318	about 0.0264 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
637	Barangay 202-AManila	1,037	about 52,908	about 0.0196 km²	−3.69% a year	Urban
638	Barangay 535Manila	1,037	about 78,561	about 0.0132 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
639	Barangay 588Manila	1,037	about 52,908	about 0.0196 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
640	Barangay 179Manila	1,034	about 31,815	about 0.0325 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
641	Barangay 451Manila	1,030	about 52,284	about 0.0197 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
642	Barangay 498Manila	1,029	about 46,986	about 0.0219 km²	−0.09% a year	Urban
643	Barangay 171Manila	1,026	about 37,721	about 0.0272 km²	−2.16% a year	Urban
644	Barangay 217Manila	1,025	about 36,348	about 0.0282 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
645	Barangay 333Manila	1,024	about 61,687	about 0.0166 km²	3.79% a year	Urban
646	Barangay 508Manila	1,020	about 53,684	about 0.019 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
647	Barangay 510Manila	1,010	about 54,011	about 0.0187 km²	−2.74% a year	Urban
648	Barangay 875Manila	1,003	about 32,355	about 0.031 km²	−0.45% a year	Urban
649	Barangay 175Manila	996	about 26,919	about 0.037 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
650	Barangay 610Manila	991	about 33,707	about 0.0294 km²	0.56% 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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