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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, 1,201 to 1,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,201	Barangay 619Manila	1,288	about 6,376	about 0.202 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
1,202	Barangay 455Manila	1,287	about 68,457	about 0.0188 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
1,203	Bagumbayan NorthNavotas City	1,283	about 18,868	about 0.068 km²	−6.22% a year	Urban
1,204	Barangay 347Manila	1,283	about 43,054	about 0.0298 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,205	Barangay 190Manila	1,282	about 81,656	about 0.0157 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
1,206	Barangay 115Pasay City	1,279	about 30,969	about 0.0413 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
1,207	Barangay 47Pasay City	1,277	about 23,825	about 0.0536 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
1,208	Barangay 306Manila	1,273	about 12,480	about 0.102 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
1,209	Barangay 582Manila	1,269	about 94,701	about 0.0134 km²	−4.87% a year	Urban
1,210	Barangay 404Manila	1,268	about 17,859	about 0.071 km²	14.42% a year	Urban
1,211	Barangay 62Pasay City	1,268	about 115,273	about 0.011 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
1,212	Barangay 84Caloocan City	1,267	about 7,919	about 0.16 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
1,213	Barangay 235Manila	1,264	about 51,803	about 0.0244 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
1,214	Barangay 421Manila	1,264	about 42,416	about 0.0298 km²	−3.62% a year	Urban
1,215	Barangay 6Caloocan City	1,262	about 45,396	about 0.0278 km²	1.42% a year	Urban
1,216	Barangay 195Manila	1,261	about 118,962	about 0.0106 km²	−2.49% a year	Urban
1,217	Barangay 80Pasay City	1,261	about 52,542	about 0.024 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
1,218	Barangay 447Manila	1,259	about 96,107	about 0.0131 km²	−3.39% a year	Urban
1,219	Barangay 131Manila	1,258	about 48,571	about 0.0259 km²	−5.90% a year	Urban
1,220	Barangay 246Manila	1,258	about 67,273	about 0.0187 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
1,221	Barangay 366Manila	1,256	about 55,822	about 0.0225 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
1,222	Barangay 744Manila	1,253	about 37,181	about 0.0337 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
1,223	Quirino 3-AQuezon City	1,253	about 22,375	about 0.056 km²	3.86% a year	Urban
1,224	Barangay 126Caloocan City	1,249	about 27,694	about 0.0451 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
1,225	Barangay 159Pasay City	1,249	about 40,552	about 0.0308 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
1,226	Barangay 170Manila	1,245	about 63,846	about 0.0195 km²	−2.40% a year	Urban
1,227	Barangay 386Manila	1,245	about 16,734	about 0.0744 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
1,228	Barangay 100Pasay City	1,243	about 34,818	about 0.0357 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
1,229	Barangay 327Manila	1,242	about 40,456	about 0.0307 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
1,230	Barangay 34Pasay City	1,241	about 40,957	about 0.0303 km²	6.92% a year	Urban
1,231	Barangay 671Manila	1,239	about 36,228	about 0.0342 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
1,232	Barangay 250Manila	1,232	about 34,901	about 0.0353 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
1,233	Barangay 3Manila	1,232	about 31,429	about 0.0392 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
1,234	Barangay 622Manila	1,229	about 49,160	about 0.025 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
1,235	Barangay 166Pasay City	1,228	about 57,383	about 0.0214 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
1,236	Barangay 395Manila	1,228	about 12,556	about 0.0978 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
1,237	Barangay 583Manila	1,228	about 111,636	about 0.011 km²	−0.95% a year	Urban
1,238	Barangay 587-AManila	1,227	about 55,520	about 0.0221 km²	−0.95% a year	Urban
1,239	Barangay 712Manila	1,225	about 92,803	about 0.0132 km²	3.34% a year	Urban
1,240	Barangay 22Pasay City	1,224	about 110,270	about 0.0111 km²	13.80% a year	Urban
1,241	Barangay 39Pasay City	1,224	about 20,132	about 0.0608 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
1,242	Barangay 489Manila	1,224	about 53,921	about 0.0227 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
1,243	Barangay 750Manila	1,220	about 46,212	about 0.0264 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
1,244	Barangay 123Pasay City	1,217	about 79,542	about 0.0153 km²	−1.28% a year	Urban
1,245	Blue Ridge BQuezon City	1,215	about 10,474	about 0.116 km²	3.07% a year	Urban
1,246	Barangay 795Manila	1,214	about 196,123	about 0.00619 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
1,247	Barangay 476Manila	1,213	about 36,209	about 0.0335 km²	−1.06% a year	Urban
1,248	Barangay 122Pasay City	1,205	about 90,602	about 0.0133 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
1,249	Barangay 337Manila	1,203	about 41,483	about 0.029 km²	−3.34% a year	Urban
1,250	Barangay 226Manila	1,201	about 48,821	about 0.0246 km²	−6.11% 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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