The Atlas

Barangays

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]

Map of the Philippines, every barangay in a colour of its own — Every barangay in a colour of its own, no two side by side alike.

At a glance

Barangays: 42,010^[2]; in 1,642 cities and municipalities
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: 112,727,776^[3]; Of the 112,729,484 the census counted, 1,708 were in embassies abroad, in no region.
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: 8,209 urban^[4]; 33,801 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: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 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: Cogon Ramos^{[7, 8]}; Cebu City, Cebu; 36.65% 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: 14,075 barangays^[8]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Mayapa, −13.70% 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.

42,010 barangays, 8,301 to 8,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
8,301	LuguiLabo, Camarines Norte	3,125	about 66	about 47.29 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
8,302	MaguirigSolana, Cagayan	3,125	about 192	about 16.30 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
8,303	MalangabangConcepcion, Iloilo	3,125	about 3,157	about 0.99 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
8,304	PoblacionAmbaguio, Nueva Vizcaya	3,125	about 238	about 13.13 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
8,305	San JoseAguilar, Pangasinan	3,125	about 587	about 5.32 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
8,306	Santa Rita MatandaSan Miguel, Bulacan	3,125	about 3,386	about 0.923 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
8,307	TampokHagonoy, Bulacan	3,124	about 844	about 3.70 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
8,308	BuhoSilang, Cavite	3,123	about 5,422	about 0.576 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
8,309	New PassiTacurong City, Sultan Kudarat	3,123	about 128	about 24.43 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
8,310	PanayakanTangalan, Aklan	3,123	about 255	about 12.27 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
8,311	PualasBaungon, Bukidnon	3,123	about 185	about 16.88 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
8,312	San JuanPalompon, Leyte	3,123	about 2,184	about 1.43 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
8,313	San Juan BautistaSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	3,123	about 5,587	about 0.559 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
8,314	San RoqueSan Leonardo, Nueva Ecija	3,123	about 1,593	about 1.96 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
8,315	DipintinMaddela, Quirino	3,122	about 566	about 5.52 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
8,316	DodanAparri, Cagayan	3,122	about 496	about 6.29 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
8,317	Barangay VCoron, Palawan	3,121	about 1,601	about 1.95 km²	−7.27% a year	Urban
8,318	BitulokGabaldon, Nueva Ecija	3,121	about 2,123	about 1.47 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
8,319	Little VeniceLaoang, Northern Samar	3,121	about 18,577	about 0.168 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
8,320	MaharlikaBislig City, Surigao del Sur	3,121	about 156	about 19.98 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
8,321	PanabinganSan Antonio, Nueva Ecija	3,121	about 218	about 14.31 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
8,322	BanagoNagcarlan, Laguna	3,120	about 5,157	about 0.605 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
8,323	LimulanKalamansig, Sultan Kudarat	3,120	about 270	about 11.56 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
8,324	Silway 7Polomolok, South Cotabato	3,120	about 281	about 11.09 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
8,325	TigbinanLabo, Camarines Norte	3,120	about 213	about 14.66 km²	−4.06% a year	Rural
8,326	Barangay 1Manila	3,119	about 62,631	about 0.0498 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
8,327	Man-UlingCauayan, Negros Occidental	3,119	about 640	about 4.87 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
8,328	San FelipeSan Manuel, Tarlac	3,119	about 1,268	about 2.46 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
8,329	Sto. RosarioMinalin, Pampanga	3,119	about 2,039	about 1.53 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
8,330	Villa ColomaBagabag, Nueva Vizcaya	3,119	about 467	about 6.68 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
8,331	Barangay 287Manila	3,117	about 24,352	about 0.128 km²	4.97% a year	Urban
8,332	Concepcion PinagbakuranSariaya, Quezon	3,117	about 307	about 10.14 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
8,333	Tapon NorteSan Jose, Negros Oriental	3,117	about 3,056	about 1.02 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
8,334	Barangay 98Tacloban City, Leyte	3,116	about 383	about 8.13 km²	18.41% a year	Rural
8,335	CanipaanDr. Jose P. Rizal, Palawan	3,116	about 41	about 75.96 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
8,336	ConcepcionAsuncion, Davao del Norte	3,116	about 406	about 7.68 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
8,337	Poblacion IIBrooke's Point, Palawan	3,116	about 2,859	about 1.09 km²	−1.73% a year	Urban
8,338	Upper PangiIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,116	about 334	about 9.33 km²	7.01% a year	Rural
8,339	Ipil ISilang, Cavite	3,115	about 37,350	about 0.0834 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
8,340	Lawang KupangSan Antonio, Nueva Ecija	3,115	about 828	about 3.76 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
8,341	LipayPalauig, Zambales	3,115	about 282	about 11.03 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
8,342	MayaonMontevista, Davao de Oro	3,115	about 134	about 23.28 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
8,343	San Francisco IDasmariñas City, Cavite	3,115	about 52,178	about 0.0597 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
8,344	San RafaelBamban, Tarlac	3,115	about 1,320	about 2.36 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
8,345	South PoblacionJimalalud, Negros Oriental	3,115	about 3,753	about 0.83 km²	11.28% a year	Rural
8,346	Banat-eSan Isidro, Leyte	3,113	about 189	about 16.50 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
8,347	Barangay 292Manila	3,113	about 57,755	about 0.0539 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
8,348	Barangay 429Manila	3,113	about 134,762	about 0.0231 km²	2.45% a year	Urban
8,349	MacabasaAlamada, Cotabato	3,113	about 140	about 22.23 km²	9.89% a year	Rural
8,350	BaruyanCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro	3,112	about 456	about 6.82 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural

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. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
8.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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