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, 9,451 to 9,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
9,451	Santo NiñoGuagua, Pampanga	2,852	about 9,869	about 0.289 km²	6.71% a year	Urban
9,452	TalisaySanta Fe, Cebu	2,852	about 3,375	about 0.845 km²	−2.44% a year	Urban
9,453	IslaPangil, Laguna	2,851	about 2,081	about 1.37 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
9,454	PoblacionTorrijos, Marinduque	2,851	about 2,479	about 1.15 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
9,455	PoblacionKasibu, Nueva Vizcaya	2,851	about 595	about 4.79 km²	5.09% a year	Rural
9,456	Pooc IISilang, Cavite	2,851	about 666	about 4.28 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
9,457	TiguibAyungon, Negros Oriental	2,851	about 577	about 4.94 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
9,458	Bayan Luma IVImus City, Cavite	2,850	about 12,667	about 0.225 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
9,459	Cabinet Hill-Teacher's CampBaguio City, Benguet	2,850	about 6,884	about 0.414 km²	−4.66% a year	Urban
9,460	Doña FlaviaSan Luis, Agusan del Sur	2,850	about 494	about 5.77 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
9,461	KitoboKitaotao, Bukidnon	2,850	about 229	about 12.46 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
9,462	MarasSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,850	about 251	about 11.36 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
9,463	NambalanSanta Ignacia, Tarlac	2,850	about 616	about 4.63 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
9,464	Old BulatukanMakilala, Cotabato	2,850	about 297	about 9.58 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
9,465	SuliKiamba, Sarangani	2,850	about 193	about 14.77 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
9,466	CahigamRosario, Batangas	2,849	about 764	about 3.73 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
9,467	TomadoAleosan, Cotabato	2,849	about 236	about 12.09 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
9,468	CantapoyMalimono, Surigao del Norte	2,848	about 444	about 6.41 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
9,469	LourdesCandaba, Pampanga	2,848	about 675	about 4.22 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
9,470	MagsalisiJaen, Nueva Ecija	2,848	about 770	about 3.70 km²	−6.03% a year	Rural
9,471	Poblacion SurCarmen, Bohol	2,848	about 562	about 5.07 km²	−3.07% a year	Urban
9,472	San AgustinCanaman, Camarines Sur	2,848	about 2,334	about 1.22 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
9,473	BaligatanIlagan City, Isabela	2,847	about 918	about 3.10 km²	1.15% a year	Urban
9,474	CautLa Paz, Tarlac	2,847	about 474	about 6.01 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
9,475	TalusMalungon, Sarangani	2,847	about 378	about 7.53 km²	5.05% a year	Rural
9,476	BolbocTuy, Batangas	2,846	about 577	about 4.93 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
9,477	Santo NiñoMalabuyoc, Cebu	2,846	about 1,684	about 1.69 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
9,478	SebangBuguias, Benguet	2,846	about 185	about 15.41 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
9,479	LuayanMangudadatu, Maguindanao del Sur	2,845	about 411	about 6.92 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
9,480	San JoaquinPalo, Leyte	2,845	about 849	about 3.35 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
9,481	BitanhuanBaybay City, Leyte	2,844	about 276	about 10.30 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
9,482	HiwacloyGoa, Camarines Sur	2,844	about 87	about 32.61 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
9,483	PansolPila, Laguna	2,844	about 1,580	about 1.80 km²	3.21% a year	Rural
9,484	AquinoLicab, Nueva Ecija	2,843	about 244	about 11.67 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
9,485	NabuslotPinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro	2,843	about 635	about 4.48 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
9,486	PatayacSanta Barbara, Pangasinan	2,843	about 796	about 3.57 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
9,487	Barangay 727Manila	2,842	about 48,832	about 0.0582 km²	11.72% a year	Urban
9,488	Bintawan NorteVillaverde, Nueva Vizcaya	2,842	about 299	about 9.50 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
9,489	CentroSanto Tomas, Isabela	2,842	about 2,656	about 1.07 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
9,490	Madilay-dilayTanay, Rizal	2,842	about 1,435	about 1.98 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
9,491	OleaMalasiqui, Pangasinan	2,842	about 1,304	about 2.18 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
9,492	Poblacion WestLamut, Ifugao	2,842	about 669	about 4.25 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
9,493	Barangay 23Caloocan City	2,841	about 82,348	about 0.0345 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
9,494	BukidJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,841	about 158	about 17.98 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
9,495	LacagDaraga, Albay	2,841	about 673	about 4.22 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
9,496	SampalocCabatuan, Isabela	2,841	about 2,044	about 1.39 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
9,497	White KulamanKitaotao, Bukidnon	2,841	about 105	about 27.05 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
9,498	AbangLucban, Quezon	2,840	about 1,472	about 1.93 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
9,499	AmgaleygueyBuguias, Benguet	2,840	about 202	about 14.08 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
9,500	BungoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,840	about 282	about 10.06 km²	1.83% 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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