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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, 1,151 to 1,200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,151	Barangay 468Manila	1,364	about 101,037	about 0.0135 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
1,152	Barangay 820Manila	1,362	about 30,000	about 0.0454 km²	−0.94% a year	Urban
1,153	Barangay 504Manila	1,361	about 61,584	about 0.0221 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
1,154	Barangay 449Manila	1,360	about 81,437	about 0.0167 km²	−0.73% a year	Urban
1,155	Barangay 319Manila	1,358	about 79,415	about 0.0171 km²	2.83% a year	Urban
1,156	Barangay 517Manila	1,355	about 55,992	about 0.0242 km²	6.82% a year	Urban
1,157	Barangay 642Manila	1,355	about 24,067	about 0.0563 km²	1.39% a year	Urban
1,158	Barangay 289Manila	1,352	about 30,179	about 0.0448 km²	7.07% a year	Urban
1,159	Barangay 557Manila	1,352	about 109,919	about 0.0123 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
1,160	Barangay 116Pasay City	1,348	about 115,214	about 0.0117 km²	2.73% a year	Urban
1,161	Barangay 65Caloocan City	1,346	about 57,768	about 0.0233 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
1,162	Barangay 77Manila	1,346	about 104,341	about 0.0129 km²	−0.46% a year	Urban
1,163	Barangay 257Manila	1,341	about 115,603	about 0.0116 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
1,164	Barangay 300Manila	1,341	about 103,154	about 0.013 km²	7.78% a year	Urban
1,165	Barangay 251Manila	1,339	about 138,469	about 0.00967 km²	3.06% a year	Urban
1,166	Barangay 253Manila	1,339	about 56,025	about 0.0239 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
1,167	Barangay 902Manila	1,337	about 112,353	about 0.0119 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
1,168	Barangay 678Manila	1,335	about 21,707	about 0.0615 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
1,169	Barangay 873Manila	1,335	about 32,561	about 0.041 km²	1.63% a year	Urban
1,170	Barangay 2Pasay City	1,332	about 47,742	about 0.0279 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
1,171	Barangay 345Manila	1,332	about 44,848	about 0.0297 km²	3.61% a year	Urban
1,172	Barangay 804Manila	1,331	about 55,924	about 0.0238 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
1,173	Barangay 85Pasay City	1,326	about 38,435	about 0.0345 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
1,174	Barangay 178Manila	1,324	about 57,565	about 0.023 km²	−3.24% a year	Urban
1,175	Barangay 214Manila	1,323	about 82,174	about 0.0161 km²	−4.12% a year	Urban
1,176	Barangay 147Pasay City	1,321	about 37,635	about 0.0351 km²	−2.35% a year	Urban
1,177	Barangay 5Manila	1,321	about 53,052	about 0.0249 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
1,178	Barangay 637Manila	1,320	about 42,038	about 0.0314 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
1,179	Barangay 263Manila	1,317	about 86,645	about 0.0152 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
1,180	Barangay 111Pasay City	1,316	about 80,736	about 0.0163 km²	0.69% a year	Urban
1,181	Barangay 271Manila	1,315	about 21,313	about 0.0617 km²	19.16% a year	Urban
1,182	Barangay 52Caloocan City	1,314	about 34,219	about 0.0384 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
1,183	Barangay 176Manila	1,312	about 29,483	about 0.0445 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
1,184	Barangay 882Manila	1,312	about 58,311	about 0.0225 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
1,185	Barangay 531Manila	1,310	about 52,400	about 0.025 km²	7.85% a year	Urban
1,186	Barangay 711Manila	1,308	about 148,468	about 0.00881 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
1,187	Barangay 104Pasay City	1,306	about 65,628	about 0.0199 km²	3.60% a year	Urban
1,188	Barangay 125Caloocan City	1,306	about 32,488	about 0.0402 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
1,189	Barangay 136Manila	1,302	about 45,052	about 0.0289 km²	2.04% a year	Urban
1,190	Barangay 83Caloocan City	1,302	about 22,762	about 0.0572 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
1,191	Barangay 617Manila	1,300	about 41,401	about 0.0314 km²	8.62% a year	Urban
1,192	Barangay 109Pasay City	1,299	about 135,313	about 0.0096 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
1,193	Barangay 523Manila	1,299	about 51,753	about 0.0251 km²	3.73% a year	Urban
1,194	Barangay 741Manila	1,296	about 91,915	about 0.0141 km²	1.72% a year	Urban
1,195	Barangay 892Manila	1,294	about 45,404	about 0.0285 km²	3.00% a year	Urban
1,196	Barangay 465Manila	1,292	about 99,385	about 0.013 km²	13.50% a year	Urban
1,197	Barangay 97Pasay City	1,291	about 17,565	about 0.0735 km²	−1.26% a year	Urban
1,198	Barangay 13Caloocan City	1,290	about 25,545	about 0.0505 km²	4.49% a year	Urban
1,199	Barangay 220Manila	1,290	about 23,933	about 0.0539 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
1,200	Barangay 202Manila	1,289	about 39,179	about 0.0329 km²	−2.29% 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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