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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, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	Barangay 7Caloocan City	2,642	about 52,840	about 0.050 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
702	Barangay 101Caloocan City	2,640	about 22,373	about 0.118 km²	1.15% a year	Urban
703	Barangay 407Manila	2,637	about 90,619	about 0.0291 km²	13.23% a year	Urban
704	Barangay 391Manila	2,633	about 41,076	about 0.0641 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
705	Barangay 737Manila	2,615	about 216,116	about 0.0121 km²	4.13% a year	Urban
706	Barangay 51Manila	2,614	about 64,543	about 0.0405 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
707	Barangay 130Caloocan City	2,611	about 104,440	about 0.025 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
708	Nayong KanluranQuezon City	2,603	about 18,076	about 0.144 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
709	Barangay 24Caloocan City	2,596	about 73,960	about 0.0351 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
710	Phil-AmQuezon City	2,596	about 5,821	about 0.446 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
711	Barangay 754Manila	2,595	about 195,113	about 0.0133 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
712	Barangay 80Manila	2,566	about 217,458	about 0.0118 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
713	Barangay 410Manila	2,565	about 58,163	about 0.0441 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
714	Barangay 676Manila	2,564	about 17,324	about 0.148 km²	15.01% a year	Urban
715	Barangay 512Manila	2,560	about 46,043	about 0.0556 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
716	Barangay 56Caloocan City	2,560	about 66,667	about 0.0384 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
717	Barangay 3Caloocan City	2,544	about 62,815	about 0.0405 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
718	BurolMandaluyong City	2,543	about 123,447	about 0.0206 km²	−0.98% a year	Urban
719	Barangay 841Manila	2,541	about 61,082	about 0.0416 km²	2.96% a year	Urban
720	Barangay 673Manila	2,539	about 29,731	about 0.0854 km²	−2.02% a year	Urban
721	Barangay 291Manila	2,537	about 23,710	about 0.107 km²	2.61% a year	Urban
722	Barangay 753Manila	2,531	about 103,306	about 0.0245 km²	1.49% a year	Urban
723	Barangay 383Manila	2,529	about 122,767	about 0.0206 km²	2.66% a year	Urban
724	Barangay 814Manila	2,528	about 147,836	about 0.0171 km²	3.43% a year	Urban
725	Barangay 862Manila	2,525	about 57,780	about 0.0437 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
726	Barangay 157Pasay City	2,519	about 176,154	about 0.0143 km²	2.83% a year	Urban
727	Barangay 92Manila	2,519	about 94,345	about 0.0267 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
728	Barangay 28Manila	2,515	about 110,793	about 0.0227 km²	−2.43% a year	Urban
729	Barangay 195Pasay City	2,512	about 23,698	about 0.106 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
730	Barangay 692Manila	2,508	about 62,388	about 0.0402 km²	16.45% a year	Urban
731	Barangay 282Manila	2,503	about 22,348	about 0.112 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
732	Barangay 39Manila	2,498	about 24,019	about 0.104 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
733	Barangay 206Manila	2,487	about 59,640	about 0.0417 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
734	West TriangleQuezon City	2,486	about 3,651	about 0.681 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
735	Barangay 871Manila	2,480	about 193,750	about 0.0128 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
736	Barangay 14Manila	2,479	about 169,795	about 0.0146 km²	4.42% a year	Urban
737	Barangay 81Pasay City	2,479	about 141,657	about 0.0175 km²	3.72% a year	Urban
738	Barangay 821Manila	2,474	about 180,584	about 0.0137 km²	5.30% a year	Urban
739	Barangay 596Manila	2,467	about 110,134	about 0.0224 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
740	Barangay 52Pasay City	2,461	about 85,451	about 0.0288 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
741	Barangay 724Manila	2,459	about 29,379	about 0.0837 km²	1.22% a year	Urban
742	Barangay 37Manila	2,456	about 243,168	about 0.0101 km²	4.34% a year	Urban
743	Barangay 571Manila	2,452	about 110,450	about 0.0222 km²	3.82% a year	Urban
744	Barangay 730Manila	2,443	about 53,929	about 0.0453 km²	11.72% a year	Urban
745	Barangay 881Manila	2,443	about 55,904	about 0.0437 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
746	Barangay 127Caloocan City	2,440	about 47,287	about 0.0516 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
747	Barangay 772Manila	2,439	about 77,429	about 0.0315 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
748	RiveraSan Juan City	2,439	about 37,697	about 0.0647 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
749	Barangay 567Manila	2,437	about 68,842	about 0.0354 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
750	Barangay 13Manila	2,435	about 194,800	about 0.0125 km²	0.64% 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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