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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, 801 to 850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
801	Barangay 244Manila	659	about 49,549	about 0.0133 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
802	Barangay 328Manila	659	about 56,810	about 0.0116 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
803	Barangay 643Manila	659	about 4,955	about 0.133 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
804	Barangay 368Manila	658	about 25,019	about 0.0263 km²	−15.64% a year	Urban
805	Barangay 550Manila	657	about 53,852	about 0.0122 km²	−9.41% a year	Urban
806	Barangay 431Manila	656	about 45,556	about 0.0144 km²	−1.54% a year	Urban
807	Barangay 406Manila	651	about 67,531	about 0.00964 km²	9.32% a year	Urban
808	Barangay 438Manila	648	about 50,625	about 0.0128 km²	−2.23% a year	Urban
809	Barangay 90Manila	645	about 64,500	about 0.010 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
810	Barangay 344Manila	644	about 18,295	about 0.0352 km²	4.50% a year	Urban
811	Barangay 324Manila	643	about 51,440	about 0.0125 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
812	Barangay 332Manila	640	about 51,200	about 0.0125 km²	2.30% a year	Urban
813	Barangay 370Manila	628	about 31,089	about 0.0202 km²	−4.83% a year	Urban
814	Barangay 363Manila	616	about 25,667	about 0.024 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
815	Barangay 268Manila	609	about 13,841	about 0.044 km²	5.40% a year	Urban
816	Barangay 236Manila	603	about 20,938	about 0.0288 km²	−6.58% a year	Urban
817	Barangay 876Manila	601	about 16,741	about 0.0359 km²	1.11% a year	Urban
818	Barangay 551Manila	591	about 47,661	about 0.0124 km²	−10.96% a year	Urban
819	Barangay 723Manila	588	about 26,133	about 0.0225 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
820	Barangay 162Manila	586	about 24,831	about 0.0236 km²	1.27% a year	Urban
821	Barangay 721Manila	583	about 4,351	about 0.134 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
822	Barangay 444Manila	582	about 35,706	about 0.0163 km²	−10.88% a year	Urban
823	Barangay 613Manila	579	about 22,015	about 0.0263 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
824	Barangay 632Manila	576	about 38,919	about 0.0148 km²	21.70% a year	Urban
825	Barangay 127Manila	574	about 12,615	about 0.0455 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
826	Barangay 799Manila	570	about 34,969	about 0.0163 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
827	Barangay 140Manila	568	about 17,423	about 0.0326 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
828	Barangay 589Manila	559	about 16,939	about 0.033 km²	−3.90% a year	Urban
829	Barangay 693Manila	557	about 19,893	about 0.028 km²	2.09% a year	Urban
830	Barangay 664Manila	555	about 3,854	about 0.144 km²	4.82% a year	Urban
831	Barangay 141Manila	553	about 79,000	about 0.0070 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
832	Barangay 357Manila	553	about 26,715	about 0.0207 km²	−6.63% a year	Urban
833	Barangay 349Manila	548	about 39,143	about 0.014 km²	−8.34% a year	Urban
834	Barangay 633Manila	548	about 35,128	about 0.0156 km²	5.01% a year	Urban
835	Barangay 690Manila	544	about 41,846	about 0.013 km²	2.24% a year	Urban
836	Barangay 879Manila	544	about 12,681	about 0.0429 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
837	Barangay 325Manila	526	about 53,078	about 0.00991 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
838	Barangay 433Manila	523	about 42,177	about 0.0124 km²	2.91% a year	Urban
839	Barangay 656Manila	519	about 1,607	about 0.323 km²	8.88% a year	Urban
840	Barangay 6Manila	506	about 12,134	about 0.0417 km²	−9.61% a year	Urban
841	Barangay 301Manila	505	about 28,371	about 0.0178 km²	2.91% a year	Urban
842	Barangay 878Manila	504	about 22,400	about 0.0225 km²	−14.32% a year	Urban
843	Barangay 530Manila	503	about 19,881	about 0.0253 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
844	Barangay 717Manila	491	about 177,899	about 0.00276 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
845	Barangay 757Manila	488	about 35,362	about 0.0138 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
846	Barangay 758Manila	487	about 25,233	about 0.0193 km²	4.90% a year	Urban
847	Barangay 661Manila	486	about 3,951	about 0.123 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
848	Barangay 639Manila	475	about 15,574	about 0.0305 km²	−0.74% a year	Urban
849	Barangay 435Manila	471	about 18,256	about 0.0258 km²	−5.34% a year	Urban
850	Barangay 430Manila	463	about 36,746	about 0.0126 km²	−2.20% 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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