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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, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	Barangay 43Manila	2,949	about 226,846	about 0.013 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
652	Barangay 312Manila	2,945	about 80,685	about 0.0365 km²	−2.89% a year	Urban
653	Barangay 835Manila	2,943	about 31,442	about 0.0936 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
654	Barangay 182Pasay City	2,938	about 212,899	about 0.0138 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
655	Barangay 4Caloocan City	2,934	about 44,320	about 0.0662 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
656	Barangay 731Manila	2,933	about 80,356	about 0.0365 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
657	SiennaQuezon City	2,928	about 7,508	about 0.39 km²	8.65% a year	Urban
658	Barangay 169Pasay City	2,919	about 78,468	about 0.0372 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
659	Barangay 774Manila	2,909	about 153,915	about 0.0189 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
660	Barangay 668Manila	2,905	about 18,503	about 0.157 km²	2.27% a year	Urban
661	Barangay 670Manila	2,904	about 20,308	about 0.143 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
662	Barangay 21Caloocan City	2,896	about 57,233	about 0.0506 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
663	Barangay 457Manila	2,895	about 117,206	about 0.0247 km²	4.13% a year	Urban
664	Barangay 161Pasay City	2,893	about 49,879	about 0.058 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
665	Barangay 5Caloocan City	2,893	about 43,373	about 0.0667 km²	−1.51% a year	Urban
666	Barangay 420Manila	2,890	about 75,260	about 0.0384 km²	−1.93% a year	Urban
667	Barangay 65Pasay City	2,869	about 96,275	about 0.0298 km²	−0.52% a year	Urban
668	San NicolasPasig City	2,869	about 12,420	about 0.231 km²	2.37% a year	Urban
669	Barangay 590Manila	2,854	about 78,407	about 0.0364 km²	−2.77% a year	Urban
670	TabacaleraPateros	2,853	about 33,291	about 0.0857 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
671	Barangay 727Manila	2,842	about 48,832	about 0.0582 km²	11.72% a year	Urban
672	Barangay 23Caloocan City	2,841	about 82,348	about 0.0345 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
673	Barangay 5Pasay City	2,837	about 199,789	about 0.0142 km²	−16.71% a year	Urban
674	Barangay 842Manila	2,831	about 89,025	about 0.0318 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
675	Barangay 840Manila	2,820	about 105,618	about 0.0267 km²	2.53% a year	Urban
676	Barangay 66Pasay City	2,809	about 101,408	about 0.0277 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
677	Villa Maria ClaraQuezon City	2,807	about 32,907	about 0.0853 km²	3.40% a year	Urban
678	Barangay 288Manila	2,800	about 74,866	about 0.0374 km²	2.38% a year	Urban
679	Barangay 658Manila	2,793	about 11,172	about 0.25 km²	6.98% a year	Urban
680	Barangay 11Manila	2,790	about 208,209	about 0.0134 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
681	Barangay 402Manila	2,778	about 93,535	about 0.0297 km²	0.17% a year	Urban
682	Barangay 264Manila	2,758	about 106,077	about 0.026 km²	2.95% a year	Urban
683	Barangay 43Pasay City	2,734	about 162,738	about 0.0168 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
684	Barangay 699Manila	2,733	about 13,873	about 0.197 km²	−3.66% a year	Urban
685	Barangay 146Manila	2,724	about 72,447	about 0.0376 km²	−1.45% a year	Urban
686	Barangay 827Manila	2,719	about 24,062	about 0.113 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
687	Barangay 106Manila	2,716	about 36,165	about 0.0751 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
688	Barangay 828Manila	2,715	about 166,564	about 0.0163 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
689	Barangay 228Manila	2,697	about 176,275	about 0.0153 km²	−2.60% a year	Urban
690	Barangay 705Manila	2,696	about 117,217	about 0.023 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
691	Barangay 587Manila	2,685	about 36,382	about 0.0738 km²	−1.99% a year	Urban
692	Barangay 684Manila	2,685	about 89,500	about 0.030 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
693	Barangay 387Manila	2,678	about 73,571	about 0.0364 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
694	Barangay 111Manila	2,676	about 183,288	about 0.0146 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
695	Barangay 82Manila	2,662	about 117,788	about 0.0226 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
696	Barangay 565Manila	2,658	about 81,785	about 0.0325 km²	1.83% a year	Urban
697	Barangay 773Manila	2,656	about 97,289	about 0.0273 km²	−0.81% a year	Urban
698	Barangay 850Manila	2,655	about 225,000	about 0.0118 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
699	Barangay 422Manila	2,650	about 93,972	about 0.0282 km²	3.41% a year	Urban
700	Barangay 792Manila	2,648	about 86,820	about 0.0305 km²	0.82% 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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