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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, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	Barangay 437Manila	983	about 54,916	about 0.0179 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
652	Barangay 623Manila	980	about 38,583	about 0.0254 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
653	Barangay 852Manila	979	about 110,497	about 0.00886 km²	−3.13% a year	Urban
654	Barangay 17Manila	973	about 106,572	about 0.00913 km²	−4.44% a year	Urban
655	Barangay 538Manila	971	about 78,943	about 0.0123 km²	4.11% a year	Urban
656	Barangay 646Manila	970	about 13,877	about 0.0699 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
657	Barangay 436Manila	967	about 46,048	about 0.021 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
658	Barangay 813Manila	967	about 42,788	about 0.0226 km²	−0.83% a year	Urban
659	Barangay 68Manila	966	about 131,429	about 0.00735 km²	−3.38% a year	Urban
660	Barangay 760Manila	966	about 33,542	about 0.0288 km²	−1.78% a year	Urban
661	Barangay 308Manila	965	about 23,945	about 0.0403 km²	−1.62% a year	Urban
662	Barangay 376Manila	962	about 22,014	about 0.0437 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
663	Barangay 634Manila	960	about 16,107	about 0.0596 km²	−7.34% a year	Urban
664	Barangay 255Manila	957	about 42,159	about 0.0227 km²	−2.99% a year	Urban
665	Barangay 380Manila	957	about 65,548	about 0.0146 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
666	Barangay 167Manila	955	about 33,045	about 0.0289 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
667	Barangay 348Manila	955	about 41,886	about 0.0228 km²	−6.23% a year	Urban
668	Barangay 270Manila	954	about 25,576	about 0.0373 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
669	Barangay 889Manila	952	about 15,429	about 0.0617 km²	2.35% a year	Urban
670	Barangay 533Manila	948	about 74,646	about 0.0127 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
671	Barangay 529Manila	944	about 61,699	about 0.0153 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
672	Barangay 552Manila	942	about 55,412	about 0.017 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
673	Barangay 445Manila	941	about 72,946	about 0.0129 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
674	Barangay 501Manila	941	about 49,526	about 0.019 km²	2.61% a year	Urban
675	Barangay 454Manila	936	about 47,035	about 0.0199 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
676	Barangay 478Manila	935	about 36,100	about 0.0259 km²	−4.42% a year	Urban
677	Barangay 545Manila	934	about 85,688	about 0.0109 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
678	Barangay 788Manila	933	about 65,245	about 0.0143 km²	−0.90% a year	Urban
679	Barangay 891Manila	931	about 23,451	about 0.0397 km²	4.99% a year	Urban
680	Barangay 193Manila	928	about 81,404	about 0.0114 km²	−1.27% a year	Urban
681	Barangay 491Manila	926	about 41,900	about 0.0221 km²	3.17% a year	Urban
682	Barangay 252Manila	925	about 103,583	about 0.00893 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
683	Barangay 428Manila	924	about 32,195	about 0.0287 km²	−7.93% a year	Urban
684	Barangay 502Manila	920	about 52,273	about 0.0176 km²	2.95% a year	Urban
685	Barangay 657Manila	919	about 2,802	about 0.328 km²	−1.58% a year	Urban
686	Barangay 440Manila	918	about 73,440	about 0.0125 km²	−2.12% a year	Urban
687	Barangay 126Manila	913	about 6,664	about 0.137 km²	−5.62% a year	Urban
688	Barangay 556Manila	909	about 65,870	about 0.0138 km²	2.44% a year	Urban
689	Barangay 666Manila	904	about 1,301	about 0.695 km²	2.67% a year	Urban
690	Barangay 165Manila	903	about 39,605	about 0.0228 km²	−2.74% a year	Urban
691	Barangay 390Manila	900	about 13,657	about 0.0659 km²	3.11% a year	Urban
692	Barangay 305Manila	899	about 23,910	about 0.0376 km²	8.29% a year	Urban
693	Barangay 144Manila	893	about 28,349	about 0.0315 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
694	Barangay 748Manila	888	about 30,833	about 0.0288 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
695	Barangay 728Manila	886	about 12,340	about 0.0718 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
696	Barangay 161Manila	876	about 29,007	about 0.0302 km²	−3.22% a year	Urban
697	Barangay 247Manila	876	about 61,690	about 0.0142 km²	4.23% a year	Urban
698	Barangay 188Manila	872	about 62,286	about 0.014 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
699	Barangay 683Manila	869	about 44,337	about 0.0196 km²	2.50% a year	Urban
700	Barangay 685Manila	869	about 19,015	about 0.0457 km²	−4.30% 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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