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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]

Open Manila

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, 851 to 897 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
851	Barangay 825Manila	463	about 7,742	about 0.0598 km²	4.33% a year	Urban
852	Barangay 329Manila	459	about 27,988	about 0.0164 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
853	Barangay 359Manila	459	about 23,782	about 0.0193 km²	2.74% a year	Urban
854	Barangay 208Manila	454	about 15,033	about 0.0302 km²	−7.73% a year	Urban
855	Barangay 242Manila	454	about 18,917	about 0.024 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
856	Barangay 273Manila	454	about 22,146	about 0.0205 km²	−13.35% a year	Urban
857	Barangay 9Manila	453	about 35,391	about 0.0128 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
858	Barangay 356Manila	443	about 21,196	about 0.0209 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
859	Barangay 606Manila	443	about 14,337	about 0.0309 km²	−4.30% a year	Urban
860	Barangay 64Manila	443	about 28,581	about 0.0155 km²	−2.63% a year	Urban
861	Barangay 139Manila	440	about 61,111	about 0.0072 km²	4.18% a year	Urban
862	Barangay 659Manila	439	about 3,113	about 0.141 km²	4.80% a year	Urban
863	Barangay 691Manila	434	about 29,324	about 0.0148 km²	1.43% a year	Urban
864	Barangay 614Manila	406	about 24,458	about 0.0166 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
865	Barangay 886Manila	406	about 18,125	about 0.0224 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
866	Barangay 427Manila	395	about 20,466	about 0.0193 km²	−5.27% a year	Urban
867	Barangay 762Manila	391	about 14,644	about 0.0267 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
868	Barangay 238Manila	390	about 23,353	about 0.0167 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
869	Barangay 660Manila	387	about 6,837	about 0.0566 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
870	Barangay 321Manila	384	about 29,313	about 0.0131 km²	11.93% a year	Urban
871	Barangay 747Manila	381	about 32,564	about 0.0117 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
872	Barangay 218Manila	339	about 15,000	about 0.0226 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
873	Barangay 243Manila	338	about 22,685	about 0.0149 km²	−5.92% a year	Urban
874	Barangay 542Manila	336	about 27,541	about 0.0122 km²	−18.83% a year	Urban
875	Barangay 245Manila	318	about 31,485	about 0.0101 km²	3.01% a year	Urban
876	Barangay 124Manila	307	about 9,935	about 0.0309 km²	17.09% a year	Urban
877	Barangay 304Manila	307	about 10,925	about 0.0281 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
878	Barangay 197Manila	305	about 20,890	about 0.0146 km²	−12.13% a year	Urban
879	Barangay 241Manila	303	about 3,491	about 0.0868 km²	−8.90% a year	Urban
880	Barangay 706Manila	301	about 7,450	about 0.0404 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
881	Barangay 8Manila	301	about 8,224	about 0.0366 km²	18.75% a year	Urban
882	Barangay 853Manila	291	about 39,538	about 0.00736 km²	−12.38% a year	Urban
883	Barangay 362Manila	290	about 16,763	about 0.0173 km²	3.43% a year	Urban
884	Barangay 797Manila	268	about 33,005	about 0.00812 km²	2.28% a year	Urban
885	Barangay 237Manila	223	about 9,955	about 0.0224 km²	−15.59% a year	Urban
886	Barangay 715Manila	217	about 40,185	about 0.0054 km²	4.59% a year	Urban
887	Barangay 663-AManila	185	about 2,444	about 0.0757 km²	−17.03% a year	Urban
888	Barangay 248Manila	173	about 19,908	about 0.00869 km²	−22.58% a year	Urban
889	Barangay 30Manila	170	about 14,286	about 0.0119 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
890	Barangay 10Manila	161	about 26,437	about 0.00609 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
891	Barangay 265Manila	146	about 9,799	about 0.0149 km²	3.79% a year	Urban
892	Barangay 700Manila	140	about 3,526	about 0.0397 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
893	Barangay 240Manila	91	about 6,691	about 0.0136 km²	12.35% a year	Urban
894	Barangay 865Manila	86	about 457	about 0.188 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
895	Barangay 653Manila	58	about 195	about 0.298 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
896	Barangay 544Manila	45	about 3,309	about 0.0136 km²	−26.66% a year	Urban
897	Barangay 652Manila	34	about 355	about 0.0957 km²	−3.24% 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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