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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, 751 to 800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
751	Barangay 446Manila	769	about 54,155	about 0.0142 km²	−6.15% a year	Urban
752	Barangay 546Manila	768	about 48,000	about 0.016 km²	−3.53% a year	Urban
753	Barangay 302Manila	766	about 73,654	about 0.0104 km²	3.86% a year	Urban
754	Barangay 200Manila	757	about 49,477	about 0.0153 km²	−17.24% a year	Urban
755	Barangay 688Manila	756	about 16,017	about 0.0472 km²	−10.70% a year	Urban
756	Barangay 403Manila	755	about 32,826	about 0.023 km²	4.44% a year	Urban
757	Barangay 191Manila	754	about 71,810	about 0.0105 km²	1.69% a year	Urban
758	Barangay 174Manila	751	about 29,222	about 0.0257 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
759	Barangay 618Manila	749	about 18,540	about 0.0404 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
760	Barangay 682Manila	747	about 10,937	about 0.0683 km²	−2.27% a year	Urban
761	Barangay 710Manila	747	about 71,827	about 0.0104 km²	7.20% a year	Urban
762	Barangay 194Manila	746	about 43,626	about 0.0171 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
763	Barangay 603Manila	739	about 15,428	about 0.0479 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
764	Barangay 303Manila	738	about 11,284	about 0.0654 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
765	Barangay 726Manila	738	about 16,966	about 0.0435 km²	5.30% a year	Urban
766	Barangay 620Manila	736	about 32,566	about 0.0226 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
767	Barangay 689Manila	736	about 29,677	about 0.0248 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
768	Barangay 756Manila	736	about 26,960	about 0.0273 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
769	Barangay 644Manila	735	about 29,283	about 0.0251 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
770	Barangay 461Manila	733	about 32,870	about 0.0223 km²	−3.84% a year	Urban
771	Barangay 379Manila	729	about 76,576	about 0.00952 km²	2.64% a year	Urban
772	Barangay 89Manila	728	about 58,240	about 0.0125 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
773	Barangay 361Manila	726	about 35,072	about 0.0207 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
774	Barangay 233Manila	724	about 33,674	about 0.0215 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
775	Barangay 635Manila	723	about 13,514	about 0.0535 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
776	Barangay 887Manila	723	about 19,972	about 0.0362 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
777	Barangay 695Manila	722	about 15,073	about 0.0479 km²	2.40% a year	Urban
778	Barangay 895Manila	720	about 34,450	about 0.0209 km²	6.39% a year	Urban
779	Barangay 612Manila	718	about 32,636	about 0.022 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
780	Barangay 858Manila	718	about 48,188	about 0.0149 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
781	Barangay 187Manila	717	about 64,595	about 0.0111 km²	−4.95% a year	Urban
782	Barangay 573Manila	716	about 45,316	about 0.0158 km²	−6.49% a year	Urban
783	Barangay 74Manila	711	about 35,373	about 0.0201 km²	−8.70% a year	Urban
784	Barangay 794Manila	709	about 59,083	about 0.012 km²	−0.03% a year	Urban
785	Barangay 258Manila	708	about 32,036	about 0.0221 km²	−11.55% a year	Urban
786	Barangay 663Manila	704	about 13,538	about 0.052 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
787	Barangay 520Manila	695	about 18,484	about 0.0376 km²	2.34% a year	Urban
788	Barangay 885Manila	694	about 21,688	about 0.032 km²	2.62% a year	Urban
789	Barangay 452Manila	693	about 32,083	about 0.0216 km²	−9.26% a year	Urban
790	Barangay 664-AManila	689	about 4,333	about 0.159 km²	1.78% a year	Urban
791	Barangay 442Manila	688	about 41,951	about 0.0164 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
792	Barangay 486Manila	687	about 35,412	about 0.0194 km²	−7.92% a year	Urban
793	Barangay 594Manila	686	about 22,492	about 0.0305 km²	1.83% a year	Urban
794	Barangay 378Manila	683	about 27,540	about 0.0248 km²	3.07% a year	Urban
795	Barangay 722Manila	682	about 26,031	about 0.0262 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
796	Barangay 893Manila	674	about 12,390	about 0.0544 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
797	Barangay 749Manila	673	about 58,017	about 0.0116 km²	2.15% a year	Urban
798	Barangay 796Manila	672	about 61,651	about 0.0109 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
799	Barangay 441Manila	666	about 52,031	about 0.0128 km²	−5.84% a year	Urban
800	Barangay 377Manila	663	about 43,333	about 0.0153 km²	3.35% 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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