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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]

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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, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	Barangay 29Manila	4,422	about 60,327	about 0.0733 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
52	Barangay 829Manila	4,375	about 25,735	about 0.17 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
53	Barangay 33Manila	4,343	about 180,958	about 0.024 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
54	Barangay 781Manila	4,337	about 131,424	about 0.033 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
55	Barangay 372Manila	4,332	about 7,920	about 0.547 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
56	Barangay 733Manila	4,317	about 105,036	about 0.0411 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
57	Barangay 844Manila	4,285	about 127,910	about 0.0335 km²	4.97% a year	Urban
58	Barangay 117Manila	4,262	about 201,991	about 0.0211 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
59	Barangay 396Manila	4,237	about 93,532	about 0.0453 km²	25.09% a year	Urban
60	Barangay 595Manila	4,229	about 86,306	about 0.049 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
61	Barangay 374Manila	4,221	about 158,090	about 0.0267 km²	6.26% a year	Urban
62	Barangay 286Manila	4,216	about 91,255	about 0.0462 km²	−2.62% a year	Urban
63	Barangay 48Manila	4,191	about 246,529	about 0.017 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
64	Barangay 740Manila	4,185	about 139,037	about 0.0301 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
65	Barangay 393Manila	4,130	about 44,030	about 0.0938 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
66	Barangay 696Manila	4,121	about 49,118	about 0.0839 km²	13.62% a year	Urban
67	Barangay 121Manila	4,097	about 145,284	about 0.0282 km²	−2.28% a year	Urban
68	Barangay 58Manila	4,088	about 136,267	about 0.030 km²	2.29% a year	Urban
69	Barangay 182Manila	4,072	about 76,830	about 0.053 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
70	Barangay 85Manila	4,051	about 158,863	about 0.0255 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
71	Barangay 866Manila	4,046	about 25,447	about 0.159 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
72	Barangay 373Manila	3,977	about 201,878	about 0.0197 km²	1.17% a year	Urban
73	Barangay 41Manila	3,957	about 186,651	about 0.0212 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
74	Barangay 120Manila	3,886	about 227,251	about 0.0171 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
75	Barangay 903Manila	3,879	about 147,490	about 0.0263 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
76	Barangay 163Manila	3,850	about 84,430	about 0.0456 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
77	Barangay 198Manila	3,840	about 88,276	about 0.0435 km²	−6.28% a year	Urban
78	Barangay 122Manila	3,830	about 163,675	about 0.0234 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
79	Barangay 384Manila	3,830	about 65,582	about 0.0584 km²	2.11% a year	Urban
80	Barangay 736Manila	3,825	about 260,204	about 0.0147 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
81	Barangay 50Manila	3,806	about 106,910	about 0.0356 km²	−2.43% a year	Urban
82	Barangay 60Manila	3,800	about 277,372	about 0.0137 km²	−3.99% a year	Urban
83	Barangay 880Manila	3,751	about 61,492	about 0.061 km²	2.26% a year	Urban
84	Barangay 125Manila	3,749	about 241,871	about 0.0155 km²	−4.34% a year	Urban
85	Barangay 72Manila	3,743	about 139,145	about 0.0269 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
86	Barangay 669Manila	3,738	about 15,134	about 0.247 km²	6.03% a year	Urban
87	Barangay 293Manila	3,708	about 28,969	about 0.128 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
88	Barangay 99Manila	3,682	about 283,231	about 0.013 km²	−12.12% a year	Urban
89	Barangay 831Manila	3,678	about 21,138	about 0.174 km²	2.27% a year	Urban
90	Barangay 97Manila	3,656	about 119,477	about 0.0306 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
91	Barangay 787Manila	3,646	about 179,606	about 0.0203 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
92	Barangay 67Manila	3,641	about 180,248	about 0.0202 km²	−2.71% a year	Urban
93	Barangay 262Manila	3,638	about 80,844	about 0.045 km²	19.41% a year	Urban
94	Barangay 823Manila	3,590	about 208,721	about 0.0172 km²	4.38% a year	Urban
95	Barangay 313Manila	3,587	about 65,576	about 0.0547 km²	5.69% a year	Urban
96	Barangay 702Manila	3,572	about 81,739	about 0.0437 km²	1.61% a year	Urban
97	Barangay 697Manila	3,568	about 41,440	about 0.0861 km²	15.35% a year	Urban
98	Barangay 385Manila	3,549	about 47,447	about 0.0748 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
99	Barangay 738Manila	3,548	about 107,515	about 0.033 km²	3.72% a year	Urban
100	Barangay 659-AManila	3,547	about 9,936	about 0.357 km²	7.66% 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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