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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, 1,001 to 1,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,001	Barangay 25Caloocan City	1,651	about 45,608	about 0.0362 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
1,002	Barangay 458Manila	1,649	about 48,076	about 0.0343 km²	2.93% a year	Urban
1,003	Barangay 399Manila	1,647	about 104,241	about 0.0158 km²	10.95% a year	Urban
1,004	Barangay 64Pasay City	1,646	about 134,918	about 0.0122 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
1,005	Barangay 198Pasay City	1,645	about 42,617	about 0.0386 km²	−3.45% a year	Urban
1,006	Barangay 629Manila	1,640	about 41,414	about 0.0396 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
1,007	Barangay 87Manila	1,639	about 78,798	about 0.0208 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
1,008	Barangay 29Pasay City	1,634	about 65,887	about 0.0248 km²	3.27% a year	Urban
1,009	Barangay 239Manila	1,631	about 71,535	about 0.0228 km²	−2.14% a year	Urban
1,010	Barangay 75Manila	1,631	about 63,217	about 0.0258 km²	4.64% a year	Urban
1,011	Barangay 314Manila	1,630	about 30,697	about 0.0531 km²	−5.50% a year	Urban
1,012	Barangay 674Manila	1,629	about 9,152	about 0.178 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
1,013	Barangay 29Caloocan City	1,628	about 77,895	about 0.0209 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
1,014	Barangay 593Manila	1,628	about 36,916	about 0.0441 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
1,015	Barangay 64Caloocan City	1,628	about 62,375	about 0.0261 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
1,016	Barangay 156Manila	1,627	about 37,317	about 0.0436 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
1,017	Barangay 782Manila	1,619	about 63,992	about 0.0253 km²	2.13% a year	Urban
1,018	Barangay 189Manila	1,618	about 66,311	about 0.0244 km²	2.14% a year	Urban
1,019	Barangay 627Manila	1,618	about 39,951	about 0.0405 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
1,020	Barangay 572Manila	1,617	about 105,000	about 0.0154 km²	−3.25% a year	Urban
1,021	Barangay 7Pasay City	1,617	about 60,112	about 0.0269 km²	−11.38% a year	Urban
1,022	Barangay 714Manila	1,617	about 103,654	about 0.0156 km²	4.04% a year	Urban
1,023	Barangay 901Manila	1,616	about 213,474	about 0.00757 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
1,024	Barangay 341Manila	1,615	about 48,353	about 0.0334 km²	2.40% a year	Urban
1,025	Barangay 474Manila	1,614	about 63,543	about 0.0254 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
1,026	Barangay 129Caloocan City	1,612	about 63,715	about 0.0253 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
1,027	Barangay 138Caloocan City	1,612	about 18,920	about 0.0852 km²	2.93% a year	Urban
1,028	Barangay 180Pasay City	1,608	about 164,754	about 0.00976 km²	−5.76% a year	Urban
1,029	Barangay 131Pasay City	1,605	about 52,110	about 0.0308 km²	2.86% a year	Urban
1,030	Barangay 720Manila	1,604	about 29,981	about 0.0535 km²	6.41% a year	Urban
1,031	Barangay 806Manila	1,604	about 55,310	about 0.029 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
1,032	Barangay 414Manila	1,603	about 97,744	about 0.0164 km²	−1.62% a year	Urban
1,033	Barangay 450Manila	1,603	about 47,147	about 0.034 km²	−3.19% a year	Urban
1,034	Barangay 497Manila	1,601	about 42,132	about 0.038 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
1,035	Barangay 79Manila	1,601	about 203,173	about 0.00788 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
1,036	Barangay 90Caloocan City	1,601	about 24,443	about 0.0655 km²	1.28% a year	Urban
1,037	Barangay 97Caloocan City	1,597	about 39,530	about 0.0404 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
1,038	Barangay 159Manila	1,595	about 115,580	about 0.0138 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
1,039	Barangay 462Manila	1,594	about 64,534	about 0.0247 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
1,040	Barangay 23Pasay City	1,591	about 34,142	about 0.0466 km²	2.78% a year	Urban
1,041	Barangay 456Manila	1,589	about 64,073	about 0.0248 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,042	Barangay 848Manila	1,589	about 38,382	about 0.0414 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
1,043	Barangay 63Manila	1,588	about 84,468	about 0.0188 km²	2.24% a year	Urban
1,044	Barangay 798Manila	1,586	about 56,643	about 0.028 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
1,045	Barangay 223Manila	1,583	about 83,316	about 0.019 km²	−0.68% a year	Urban
1,046	Barangay 434Manila	1,582	about 77,549	about 0.0204 km²	7.44% a year	Urban
1,047	Barangay 521Manila	1,582	about 35,471	about 0.0446 km²	−8.04% a year	Urban
1,048	Barangay 554Manila	1,581	about 56,667	about 0.0279 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
1,049	Barangay 604Manila	1,581	about 78,657	about 0.0201 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
1,050	Blue Ridge AQuezon City	1,580	about 5,583	about 0.283 km²	0.71% 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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