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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, 1,101 to 1,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,101	Barangay 196Manila	1,468	about 72,315	about 0.0203 km²	−2.49% a year	Urban
1,102	Barangay 579Manila	1,468	about 48,609	about 0.0302 km²	−3.50% a year	Urban
1,103	Barangay 334Manila	1,467	about 48,098	about 0.0305 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
1,104	Barangay 487Manila	1,464	about 63,930	about 0.0229 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
1,105	Barangay 400Manila	1,458	about 67,814	about 0.0215 km²	−0.74% a year	Urban
1,106	Barangay 553Manila	1,454	about 137,170	about 0.0106 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
1,107	Barangay 87Caloocan City	1,454	about 18,062	about 0.0805 km²	1.17% a year	Urban
1,108	Barangay 681Manila	1,453	about 41,278	about 0.0352 km²	7.04% a year	Urban
1,109	Barangay 15Caloocan City	1,452	about 25,296	about 0.0574 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
1,110	MagtanggolPateros	1,452	about 19,782	about 0.0734 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
1,111	Barangay 564Manila	1,451	about 89,568	about 0.0162 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
1,112	Barangay 466Manila	1,448	about 76,614	about 0.0189 km²	3.85% a year	Urban
1,113	Barangay 86Pasay City	1,448	about 62,957	about 0.023 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
1,114	BisigValenzuela City	1,448	about 9,784	about 0.148 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
1,115	Barangay 299Manila	1,447	about 44,799	about 0.0323 km²	2.60% a year	Urban
1,116	Barangay 128Pasay City	1,444	about 70,439	about 0.0205 km²	−2.92% a year	Urban
1,117	Barangay 495Manila	1,443	about 38,276	about 0.0377 km²	−6.46% a year	Urban
1,118	Barangay 607Manila	1,443	about 30,507	about 0.0473 km²	−4.93% a year	Urban
1,119	Old Capitol SiteQuezon City	1,442	about 9,743	about 0.148 km²	2.16% a year	Urban
1,120	Barangay 499Manila	1,435	about 66,744	about 0.0215 km²	−1.03% a year	Urban
1,121	Barangay 89Pasay City	1,432	about 125,614	about 0.0114 km²	8.91% a year	Urban
1,122	Barangay 10Pasay City	1,427	about 49,549	about 0.0288 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
1,123	Barangay 338Manila	1,426	about 49,514	about 0.0288 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
1,124	Barangay 818Manila	1,424	about 99,580	about 0.0143 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
1,125	Barangay 143Manila	1,421	about 136,635	about 0.0104 km²	0.34% a year	Urban
1,126	Barangay 96Caloocan City	1,420	about 14,979	about 0.0948 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
1,127	Barangay 295Manila	1,417	about 54,500	about 0.026 km²	−1.84% a year	Urban
1,128	Barangay 467Manila	1,417	about 113,360	about 0.0125 km²	4.92% a year	Urban
1,129	Barangay 320Manila	1,416	about 58,033	about 0.0244 km²	2.07% a year	Urban
1,130	Barangay 98Pasay City	1,411	about 30,279	about 0.0466 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
1,131	Barangay 157Manila	1,409	about 77,845	about 0.0181 km²	−1.57% a year	Urban
1,132	Barangay 500Manila	1,404	about 34,839	about 0.0403 km²	−13.43% a year	Urban
1,133	Barangay 768Manila	1,403	about 53,346	about 0.0263 km²	4.95% a year	Urban
1,134	Barangay 352Manila	1,401	about 39,025	about 0.0359 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
1,135	Barangay 160Manila	1,399	about 93,267	about 0.015 km²	2.62% a year	Urban
1,136	Barangay 307Manila	1,399	about 19,191	about 0.0729 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
1,137	Barangay 130Manila	1,398	about 41,856	about 0.0334 km²	−5.35% a year	Urban
1,138	Barangay 483Manila	1,397	about 60,476	about 0.0231 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
1,139	Barangay 805Manila	1,396	about 70,863	about 0.0197 km²	2.94% a year	Urban
1,140	Barangay 473Manila	1,395	about 79,261	about 0.0176 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
1,141	Barangay 817Manila	1,395	about 164,699	about 0.00847 km²	−4.85% a year	Urban
1,142	Barangay 231Manila	1,389	about 56,926	about 0.0244 km²	−7.10% a year	Urban
1,143	Barangay 365Manila	1,387	about 71,865	about 0.0193 km²	1.98% a year	Urban
1,144	Barangay 519Manila	1,385	about 62,955	about 0.022 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
1,145	Barangay 824Manila	1,378	about 35,333	about 0.039 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
1,146	Barangay 859Manila	1,377	about 39,798	about 0.0346 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
1,147	Barangay 16Manila	1,371	about 128,131	about 0.0107 km²	−1.77% a year	Urban
1,148	Barangay 896Manila	1,371	about 10,546	about 0.13 km²	1.95% a year	Urban
1,149	Barangay 423Manila	1,369	about 47,535	about 0.0288 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
1,150	Barangay 283Manila	1,364	about 26,957	about 0.0506 km²	0.34% 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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