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, 11,251 to 11,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
11,251	NangumaMabitac, Laguna	2,490	about 728	about 3.42 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
11,252	PalapatHagonoy, Bulacan	2,490	about 2,533	about 0.983 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
11,253	Bgy. No. 46, NalboLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	2,488	about 1,670	about 1.49 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
11,254	DallaoCordon, Isabela	2,488	about 79	about 31.50 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
11,255	MarifosquePilar, Sorsogon	2,488	about 2,392	about 1.04 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
11,256	RissingBangar, La Union	2,488	about 507	about 4.91 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
11,257	San PedroRizal, Occidental Mindoro	2,488	about 192	about 12.95 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
11,258	TibaoM'Lang, Cotabato	2,488	about 86	about 28.97 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
11,259	Barangay 206Manila	2,487	about 59,640	about 0.0417 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
11,260	BarungisLigawasan, Special Geographic Area	2,487	about 461	about 5.39 km²	−7.01% a year	Rural
11,261	ChuaBagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat	2,487	about 61	about 41.10 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
11,262	PilarBolinao, Pangasinan	2,487	about 1,507	about 1.65 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
11,263	San MiguelPalompon, Leyte	2,487	about 463	about 5.37 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
11,264	Taboc SurOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	2,487	about 2,487	about 1.00 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
11,265	Pinagsabangan INaujan, Oriental Mindoro	2,486	about 433	about 5.74 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
11,266	West TriangleQuezon City	2,486	about 3,651	about 0.681 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
11,267	ManapaoMinalabac, Camarines Sur	2,485	about 280	about 8.89 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
11,268	PoblacionDauis, Bohol	2,485	about 2,219	about 1.12 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
11,269	San RafaelPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	2,485	about 28	about 87.46 km²	4.54% a year	Rural
11,270	Santa BarbaraBacolor, Pampanga	2,485	about 457	about 5.44 km²	12.62% a year	Rural
11,271	Boca ChicaSan Pascual, Masbate	2,484	about 281	about 8.85 km²	−2.46% a year	Rural
11,272	CanaremVictoria, Tarlac	2,484	about 401	about 6.20 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
11,273	CentroAbulug, Cagayan	2,484	about 673	about 3.69 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
11,274	TupasDonsol, Sorsogon	2,484	about 869	about 2.86 km²	5.61% a year	Rural
11,275	CarmeloTuburan, Cebu	2,483	about 1,009	about 2.46 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
11,276	GatboSorsogon City, Sorsogon	2,483	about 335	about 7.41 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
11,277	Bunsuran IIIPandi, Bulacan	2,482	about 2,256	about 1.10 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
11,278	CaresPugo, La Union	2,482	about 399	about 6.22 km²	−2.07% a year	Urban
11,279	MaligayaCauayan City, Isabela	2,482	about 192	about 12.93 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
11,280	MalinisLamitan City, Basilan	2,482	about 3,287	about 0.755 km²	3.18% a year	Urban
11,281	MibantangQuezon, Bukidnon	2,482	about 605	about 4.10 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
11,282	NabaliwaPangantucan, Bukidnon	2,482	about 70	about 35.41 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
11,283	SinaiLaguindingan, Misamis Oriental	2,482	about 909	about 2.73 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
11,284	TalingaLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	2,482	about 583	about 4.26 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
11,285	BalatbatLobo, Batangas	2,481	about 262	about 9.47 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
11,286	NarangasanMilagros, Masbate	2,481	about 84	about 29.52 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
11,287	Barangay 871Manila	2,480	about 193,750	about 0.0128 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
11,288	BolocbolocBarili, Cebu	2,480	about 1,503	about 1.65 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
11,289	Cabeseria 10Ilagan City, Isabela	2,480	about 446	about 5.56 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
11,290	CawilanTubod, Surigao del Norte	2,480	about 492	about 5.04 km²	6.18% a year	Urban
11,291	HibagoOcampo, Camarines Sur	2,480	about 462	about 5.37 km²	−6.99% a year	Rural
11,292	Tubotubo SouthSanta Cruz, Zambales	2,480	about 39	about 64.20 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
11,293	AbangayDingle, Iloilo	2,479	about 599	about 4.14 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
11,294	Barangay 14Manila	2,479	about 169,795	about 0.0146 km²	4.42% a year	Urban
11,295	Barangay 81Pasay City	2,479	about 141,657	about 0.0175 km²	3.72% a year	Urban
11,296	DamortisRosario, La Union	2,479	about 2,785	about 0.89 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
11,297	Tagbitan-agIsland Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte	2,479	about 165	about 15.05 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
11,298	LapakPandami, Sulu	2,478	about 194	about 12.76 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
11,299	Lumbang Na BataCalaca City, Batangas	2,478	about 1,721	about 1.44 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
11,300	MuzonSan Luis, Batangas	2,478	about 2,155	about 1.15 km²	2.74% 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. 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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