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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, 901 to 950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
901	Barangay 513Manila	1,929	about 55,272	about 0.0349 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
902	Barangay 150Manila	1,922	about 40,125	about 0.0479 km²	−3.98% a year	Urban
903	Barangay 32Pasay City	1,919	about 61,903	about 0.031 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
904	Barangay 181Pasay City	1,918	about 142,074	about 0.0135 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
905	Barangay 834Manila	1,918	about 6,850	about 0.28 km²	2.46% a year	Urban
906	Escopa IVQuezon City	1,911	about 126,556	about 0.0151 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
907	Barangay 849Manila	1,908	about 157,686	about 0.0121 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
908	Barangay 413Manila	1,907	about 110,231	about 0.0173 km²	2.76% a year	Urban
909	Barangay 857Manila	1,907	about 126,291	about 0.0151 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
910	Barangay 294Manila	1,905	about 37,353	about 0.051 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
911	Barangay 771Manila	1,902	about 65,586	about 0.029 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
912	Barangay 570Manila	1,897	about 48,766	about 0.0389 km²	−1.28% a year	Urban
913	Barangay 11Caloocan City	1,889	about 57,591	about 0.0328 km²	10.84% a year	Urban
914	Barangay 580Manila	1,889	about 82,851	about 0.0228 km²	−1.45% a year	Urban
915	Barangay 568Manila	1,881	about 89,147	about 0.0211 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
916	Barangay 119Manila	1,877	about 100,374	about 0.0187 km²	−5.20% a year	Urban
917	Barangay 62Manila	1,877	about 90,240	about 0.0208 km²	−1.12% a year	Urban
918	Barangay 98Manila	1,877	about 132,183	about 0.0142 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
919	Barangay 615Manila	1,875	about 91,463	about 0.0205 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
920	Barangay 232Manila	1,871	about 49,761	about 0.0376 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
921	San JosePasig City	1,870	about 19,979	about 0.0936 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
922	Dioquino ZobelQuezon City	1,868	about 42,746	about 0.0437 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
923	Barangay 134Pasay City	1,867	about 150,565	about 0.0124 km²	2.48% a year	Urban
924	Barangay 60Caloocan City	1,860	about 38,037	about 0.0489 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
925	Barangay 778Manila	1,860	about 117,722	about 0.0158 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
926	Barangay 81Manila	1,848	about 103,820	about 0.0178 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
927	Barangay 9Caloocan City	1,842	about 19,533	about 0.0943 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
928	Barangay 802Manila	1,840	about 64,789	about 0.0284 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
929	Barangay 205Manila	1,832	about 39,229	about 0.0467 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
930	Barangay 803Manila	1,830	about 39,956	about 0.0458 km²	1.71% a year	Urban
931	Barangay 98Caloocan City	1,828	about 69,506	about 0.0263 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
932	Barangay 148Manila	1,827	about 17,400	about 0.105 km²	−5.69% a year	Urban
933	Barangay 82Caloocan City	1,827	about 34,602	about 0.0528 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
934	Barangay 745Manila	1,826	about 132,319	about 0.0138 km²	−2.33% a year	Urban
935	Barangay 229Manila	1,825	about 96,561	about 0.0189 km²	4.08% a year	Urban
936	Barangay 790Manila	1,825	about 34,630	about 0.0527 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
937	Barangay 91Pasay City	1,825	about 97,594	about 0.0187 km²	−0.72% a year	Urban
938	Barangay 164Manila	1,824	about 68,060	about 0.0268 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
939	Barangay 117Caloocan City	1,819	about 53,976	about 0.0337 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
940	Barangay 417Manila	1,818	about 75,436	about 0.0241 km²	−2.39% a year	Urban
941	Barangay 54Manila	1,818	about 66,838	about 0.0272 km²	2.38% a year	Urban
942	Barangay 311Manila	1,805	about 39,239	about 0.046 km²	−6.61% a year	Urban
943	Barangay 485Manila	1,800	about 79,646	about 0.0226 km²	7.39% a year	Urban
944	Barangay 164Pasay City	1,799	about 124,069	about 0.0145 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
945	Barangay 904Manila	1,799	about 135,263	about 0.0133 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
946	Barangay 425Manila	1,792	about 36,571	about 0.049 km²	−3.59% a year	Urban
947	Barangay 389Manila	1,788	about 43,293	about 0.0413 km²	10.62% a year	Urban
948	Barangay 340Manila	1,785	about 61,979	about 0.0288 km²	−2.80% a year	Urban
949	Barangay 369Manila	1,785	about 79,333	about 0.0225 km²	6.07% a year	Urban
950	Barangay 267Manila	1,780	about 135,878	about 0.0131 km²	−2.19% 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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