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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, 851 to 900 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
851	Barangay 148Pasay City	2,077	about 22,190	about 0.0936 km²	−9.60% a year	Urban
852	Barangay 764Manila	2,073	about 42,919	about 0.0483 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
853	Barangay 810Manila	2,073	about 81,937	about 0.0253 km²	−2.39% a year	Urban
854	Barangay 266Manila	2,072	about 75,620	about 0.0274 km²	5.38% a year	Urban
855	Barangay 621Manila	2,070	about 25,940	about 0.0798 km²	3.59% a year	Urban
856	Barangay 807Manila	2,066	about 65,587	about 0.0315 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
857	Barangay 367Manila	2,063	about 65,911	about 0.0313 km²	4.63% a year	Urban
858	Barangay 162Pasay City	2,062	about 63,252	about 0.0326 km²	2.01% a year	Urban
859	Barangay 274Manila	2,062	about 169,016	about 0.0122 km²	1.42% a year	Urban
860	Barangay 791Manila	2,060	about 74,638	about 0.0276 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
861	Barangay 364Manila	2,057	about 91,422	about 0.0225 km²	0.86% a year	Urban
862	Barangay 839Manila	2,052	about 21,331	about 0.0962 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
863	Barangay 826Manila	2,048	about 95,701	about 0.0214 km²	3.70% a year	Urban
864	Barangay 675Manila	2,044	about 23,630	about 0.0865 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
865	Barangay 735Manila	2,038	about 90,578	about 0.0225 km²	−0.29% a year	Urban
866	Barangay 158Manila	2,037	about 83,827	about 0.0243 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
867	Barangay 144Pasay City	2,033	about 36,830	about 0.0552 km²	−2.00% a year	Urban
868	Barangay 651Manila	2,033	about 11,617	about 0.175 km²	−5.34% a year	Urban
869	Barangay 874Manila	2,030	about 41,429	about 0.049 km²	0.17% a year	Urban
870	Barangay 743Manila	2,028	about 53,509	about 0.0379 km²	5.74% a year	Urban
871	Barangay 602Manila	2,027	about 14,904	about 0.136 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
872	Barangay 636Manila	2,025	about 23,657	about 0.0856 km²	−1.26% a year	Urban
873	Barangay 81Caloocan City	2,025	about 29,692	about 0.0682 km²	1.62% a year	Urban
874	Barangay 540Manila	2,024	about 90,762	about 0.0223 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
875	Barangay 147Manila	2,023	about 15,443	about 0.131 km²	−2.78% a year	Urban
876	Barangay 518Manila	2,019	about 58,017	about 0.0348 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
877	Barangay 297Manila	2,015	about 61,246	about 0.0329 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
878	Barangay 412Manila	2,015	about 57,902	about 0.0348 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
879	Barangay 539Manila	2,015	about 36,972	about 0.0545 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
880	Barangay 203Manila	2,014	about 33,016	about 0.061 km²	−4.70% a year	Urban
881	Barangay 259Manila	2,014	about 29,618	about 0.068 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
882	Barangay 234Manila	2,013	about 48,506	about 0.0415 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
883	Barangay 18Manila	2,006	about 85,726	about 0.0234 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
884	Barangay 846Manila	1,996	about 142,571	about 0.014 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
885	Barangay 725Manila	1,990	about 37,406	about 0.0532 km²	8.63% a year	Urban
886	Pariancillo VillaValenzuela City	1,989	about 18,589	about 0.107 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
887	Barangay 80Caloocan City	1,988	about 6,561	about 0.303 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
888	Barangay 336Manila	1,986	about 60,549	about 0.0328 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
889	Barangay 763Manila	1,984	about 67,713	about 0.0293 km²	2.65% a year	Urban
890	Barangay 732Manila	1,983	about 85,107	about 0.0233 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
891	Barangay 38Pasay City	1,979	about 23,588	about 0.0839 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
892	Barangay 188Pasay City	1,975	about 63,916	about 0.0309 km²	−1.39% a year	Urban
893	Barangay 31Pasay City	1,970	about 65,017	about 0.0303 km²	−13.14% a year	Urban
894	Barangay 175Pasay City	1,959	about 74,205	about 0.0264 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
895	Barangay 872Manila	1,950	about 80,579	about 0.0242 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
896	Barangay 135Manila	1,946	about 59,693	about 0.0326 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
897	Barangay 481Manila	1,943	about 102,804	about 0.0189 km²	17.16% a year	Urban
898	Barangay 260Manila	1,935	about 48,618	about 0.0398 km²	3.97% a year	Urban
899	Barangay 204Manila	1,932	about 37,225	about 0.0519 km²	−7.58% a year	Urban
900	Barangay 34Manila	1,930	about 166,379	about 0.0116 km²	0.97% 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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