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Barangays in Albay

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 Albay, at a glance

Barangays: 720^[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: 1,379,398^[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: 116 urban^[4]; 604 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bgy. 56 - Taysan^[5]; Legazpi City, Albay; 20,017 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: San Antonio^[6]; Oas, Albay; about 32.05 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: San Vicente^{[5, 7]}; Tabaco City, Albay; 13.82% 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: 352 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Bgy. 59 - Puro, −2.86% 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.

720 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Albay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	MalabogDaraga, Albay	4,464	about 2,167	about 2.06 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
52	HindiBacacay, Albay	4,439	about 1,591	about 2.79 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
53	BinataganLigao City, Albay	4,430	about 2,769	about 1.60 km²	2.55% a year	Urban
54	SalvacionDaraga, Albay	4,375	about 1,402	about 3.12 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
55	PawaTabaco City, Albay	4,374	about 2,635	about 1.66 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
56	San AndresSanto Domingo, Albay	4,369	about 1,442	about 3.03 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
57	San RoqueDaraga, Albay	4,354	about 13,649	about 0.319 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
58	Bgy. 58 - BuragwisLegazpi City, Albay	4,329	about 5,826	about 0.743 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
59	Bgy. 53 - BongaLegazpi City, Albay	4,308	about 1,074	about 4.01 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
60	FatimaTabaco City, Albay	4,268	about 11,790	about 0.362 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
61	Barangay IPio Duran, Albay	4,242	about 3,535	about 1.20 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
62	SugcadPolangui, Albay	4,220	about 1,695	about 2.49 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
63	Bgy. 51 - BuyuanLegazpi City, Albay	4,200	about 1,053	about 3.99 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
64	San RafaelGuinobatan, Albay	4,195	about 2,638	about 1.59 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
65	Bgy. 18 - Cabagñan WestLegazpi City, Albay	4,133	about 8,400	about 0.492 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
66	BuyoManito, Albay	4,132	about 305	about 13.53 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
67	Bgy. 47 - ArimbayLegazpi City, Albay	4,085	about 3,782	about 1.08 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
68	BaligangCamalig, Albay	4,067	about 782	about 5.20 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
69	LabnigMalinao, Albay	4,050	about 1,614	about 2.51 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
70	PinitLigao City, Albay	4,047	about 1,625	about 2.49 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
71	BagumbayanDaraga, Albay	4,031	about 10,692	about 0.377 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
72	BanawanPio Duran, Albay	4,008	about 1,789	about 2.24 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
73	BongaLigao City, Albay	3,944	about 1,310	about 3.01 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
74	QuirangayCamalig, Albay	3,939	about 425	about 9.27 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
75	San Isidro IlawodMalilipot, Albay	3,906	about 2,810	about 1.39 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
76	SalvacionTabaco City, Albay	3,824	about 9,396	about 0.407 km²	−0.11% a year	Urban
77	It-BaManito, Albay	3,819	about 2,273	about 1.68 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
78	BasudPolangui, Albay	3,804	about 3,337	about 1.14 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
79	LibodCamalig, Albay	3,681	about 995	about 3.70 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
80	BalogoOas, Albay	3,639	about 205	about 17.73 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
81	San CarlosTabaco City, Albay	3,632	about 1,179	about 3.08 km²	−3.49% a year	Urban
82	PawaManito, Albay	3,595	about 476	about 7.55 km²	5.74% a year	Rural
83	NapoPolangui, Albay	3,593	about 1,089	about 3.30 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
84	BonbonLibon, Albay	3,589	about 518	about 6.93 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
85	BatangLigao City, Albay	3,560	about 1,348	about 2.64 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
86	MasarawagGuinobatan, Albay	3,534	about 172	about 20.51 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
87	PalanogCamalig, Albay	3,526	about 1,088	about 3.24 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
88	BugaLibon, Albay	3,522	about 509	about 6.92 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
89	SipiDaraga, Albay	3,490	about 10,175	about 0.343 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
90	BañagDaraga, Albay	3,476	about 9,395	about 0.37 km²	1.80% a year	Urban
91	PeñafranciaDaraga, Albay	3,471	about 1,817	about 1.91 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
92	BalinadPolangui, Albay	3,468	about 467	about 7.42 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
93	MaononLigao City, Albay	3,464	about 142	about 24.46 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
94	TayhiTabaco City, Albay	3,464	about 6,561	about 0.528 km²	−0.12% a year	Urban
95	BuangTabaco City, Albay	3,444	about 190	about 18.15 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
96	AgosPolangui, Albay	3,443	about 1,136	about 3.03 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
97	MahabaLigao City, Albay	3,441	about 862	about 3.99 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
98	TravesiaGuinobatan, Albay	3,440	about 3,308	about 1.04 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
99	LayonLigao City, Albay	3,413	about 4,444	about 0.768 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
100	PaulogLigao City, Albay	3,322	about 702	about 4.73 km²	1.65% 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: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). Published August 4, 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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