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, 11,501 to 11,550 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
11,501	MaugatTanauan City, Batangas	2,445	about 889	about 2.75 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
11,502	Santo RosarioSto. Tomas, Pampanga	2,445	about 1,881	about 1.30 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
11,503	SimsimanPahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	2,445	about 505	about 4.84 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
11,504	BalengaengDavao City, Davao del Sur	2,444	about 550	about 4.44 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
11,505	KorosoyanBarira, Maguindanao del Norte	2,444	about 759	about 3.22 km²	4.08% a year	Rural
11,506	LalakhanSanta Maria, Bulacan	2,444	about 5,018	about 0.487 km²	1.27% a year	Urban
11,507	San IsidroMacabebe, Pampanga	2,444	about 3,552	about 0.688 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
11,508	TalapasPagagawan, Maguindanao del Sur	2,444	about 97	about 25.20 km²	5.36% a year	Rural
11,509	Barangay 730Manila	2,443	about 53,929	about 0.0453 km²	11.72% a year	Urban
11,510	Barangay 881Manila	2,443	about 55,904	about 0.0437 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
11,511	BayasEstancia, Iloilo	2,443	about 3,407	about 0.717 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
11,512	CaiganganBuenavista, Marinduque	2,443	about 766	about 3.19 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
11,513	KauswaganLoreto, Agusan del Sur	2,443	about 95	about 25.83 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
11,514	NamillanganAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	2,443	about 134	about 18.27 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
11,515	San RoqueAlaminos, Laguna	2,443	about 1,076	about 2.27 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
11,516	GibgosCaramoan, Camarines Sur	2,442	about 380	about 6.43 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
11,517	KaligtasanBongabong, Oriental Mindoro	2,442	about 409	about 5.97 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
11,518	PinamaniquianLigao City, Albay	2,442	about 848	about 2.88 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
11,519	PoblacionSanta Fe, Romblon	2,442	about 620	about 3.94 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
11,520	Binakayan-KanluranKawit, Cavite	2,441	about 4,223	about 0.578 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
11,521	BMA-BalagtasSan Rafael, Bulacan	2,441	about 782	about 3.12 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
11,522	Del CarmenLubao, Pampanga	2,441	about 897	about 2.72 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
11,523	KudenTalitay, Maguindanao del Norte	2,441	about 467	about 5.23 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
11,524	New BantayanAsuncion, Davao del Norte	2,441	about 286	about 8.53 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
11,525	San MartinProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,441	about 49	about 49.97 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
11,526	TeresitaSanto Niño, South Cotabato	2,441	about 350	about 6.97 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
11,527	TibagCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro	2,441	about 16,605	about 0.147 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
11,528	AsinanBugallon, Pangasinan	2,440	about 2,542	about 0.96 km²	4.11% a year	Rural
11,529	Barangay 127Caloocan City	2,440	about 47,287	about 0.0516 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
11,530	CabitenMankayan, Benguet	2,440	about 131	about 18.57 km²	3.34% a year	Urban
11,531	Del Carmen-Del RosarioMinalabac, Camarines Sur	2,440	about 533	about 4.58 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
11,532	DidtarasLambayong, Sultan Kudarat	2,440	about 431	about 5.66 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
11,533	KibongcogSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,440	about 45	about 54.30 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
11,534	Natappian EastSolana, Cagayan	2,440	about 1,196	about 2.04 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
11,535	PagedaTalitay, Maguindanao del Norte	2,440	about 534	about 4.57 km²	5.18% a year	Rural
11,536	PanikihanGumaca, Quezon	2,440	about 526	about 4.64 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
11,537	PinantaoParang, Maguindanao del Norte	2,440	about 147	about 16.63 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
11,538	San FranciscoMainit, Surigao del Norte	2,440	about 529	about 4.61 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
11,539	Sumo-sumoTago, Surigao del Sur	2,440	about 295	about 8.26 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
11,540	Zone 7 Pob.Bangued, Abra	2,440	about 3,526	about 0.692 km²	−5.56% a year	Urban
11,541	BalnateMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,439	about 369	about 6.61 km²	14.03% a year	Rural
11,542	Barangay 772Manila	2,439	about 77,429	about 0.0315 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
11,543	DoyongSan Carlos City, Pangasinan	2,439	about 2,917	about 0.836 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
11,544	JonopMalinao, Albay	2,439	about 881	about 2.77 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
11,545	LanitonBasud, Camarines Norte	2,439	about 619	about 3.94 km²	6.33% a year	Rural
11,546	MudanGlan, Sarangani	2,439	about 146	about 16.68 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
11,547	NamboonganSanto Tomas, La Union	2,439	about 1,297	about 1.88 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
11,548	Nica-anLibungan, Cotabato	2,439	about 360	about 6.77 km²	4.52% a year	Rural
11,549	RiveraSan Juan City	2,439	about 37,697	about 0.0647 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
11,550	Barangay 4Indang, Cavite	2,438	about 3,858	about 0.632 km²	0.67% 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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