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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]

Open Metro Manila

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, 1,301 to 1,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,301	Barangay 169Manila	1,100	about 39,855	about 0.0276 km²	4.54% a year	Urban
1,302	Barangay 416Manila	1,099	about 38,293	about 0.0287 km²	7.24% a year	Urban
1,303	Barangay 761Manila	1,097	about 37,313	about 0.0294 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
1,304	Barangay 269Manila	1,095	about 25,825	about 0.0424 km²	4.70% a year	Urban
1,305	Barangay 61Manila	1,087	about 24,761	about 0.0439 km²	1.49% a year	Urban
1,306	Barangay 822Manila	1,087	about 79,343	about 0.0137 km²	4.72% a year	Urban
1,307	Barangay 496Manila	1,085	about 42,549	about 0.0255 km²	−1.93% a year	Urban
1,308	Barangay 532Manila	1,085	about 78,623	about 0.0138 km²	2.30% a year	Urban
1,309	Barangay 680Manila	1,085	about 28,329	about 0.0383 km²	2.77% a year	Urban
1,310	Barangay 443Manila	1,084	about 66,914	about 0.0162 km²	−5.66% a year	Urban
1,311	Barangay 35Pasay City	1,083	about 30,680	about 0.0353 km²	15.21% a year	Urban
1,312	Barangay 56Pasay City	1,083	about 96,696	about 0.0112 km²	5.83% a year	Urban
1,313	Barangay 477Manila	1,082	about 47,249	about 0.0229 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
1,314	Barangay 522Manila	1,082	about 53,831	about 0.0201 km²	−0.20% a year	Urban
1,315	Barangay 129Pasay City	1,081	about 82,519	about 0.0131 km²	−2.65% a year	Urban
1,316	Barangay 707Manila	1,081	about 244,570	about 0.00442 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
1,317	Barangay 785Manila	1,081	about 74,552	about 0.0145 km²	3.62% a year	Urban
1,318	Barangay 298Manila	1,079	about 31,095	about 0.0347 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
1,319	Barangay 114Pasay City	1,078	about 44,545	about 0.0242 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
1,320	Barangay 224Manila	1,078	about 28,294	about 0.0381 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
1,321	Barangay 335Manila	1,078	about 37,172	about 0.029 km²	−5.25% a year	Urban
1,322	Barangay 575Manila	1,078	about 71,867	about 0.015 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
1,323	Barangay 28Pasay City	1,077	about 34,742	about 0.031 km²	−3.27% a year	Urban
1,324	Barangay 284Manila	1,076	about 20,112	about 0.0535 km²	2.75% a year	Urban
1,325	Barangay 323Manila	1,076	about 45,021	about 0.0239 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
1,326	Barangay 102Caloocan City	1,074	about 38,221	about 0.0281 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
1,327	Barangay 89Caloocan City	1,074	about 14,320	about 0.075 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
1,328	Barangay 480Manila	1,073	about 67,911	about 0.0158 km²	6.98% a year	Urban
1,329	Barangay 99Pasay City	1,067	about 53,085	about 0.0201 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
1,330	Barangay 453Manila	1,066	about 53,035	about 0.0201 km²	−7.75% a year	Urban
1,331	Barangay 154Pasay City	1,065	about 202,087	about 0.00527 km²	9.02% a year	Urban
1,332	Barangay 59Manila	1,064	about 46,872	about 0.0227 km²	−1.05% a year	Urban
1,333	Barangay 890Manila	1,063	about 12,107	about 0.0878 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,334	Barangay 137Manila	1,060	about 34,983	about 0.0303 km²	3.70% a year	Urban
1,335	Barangay 116Caloocan City	1,057	about 41,128	about 0.0257 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,336	Barangay 88Manila	1,052	about 106,370	about 0.00989 km²	−0.98% a year	Urban
1,337	Barangay 459Manila	1,049	about 50,922	about 0.0206 km²	8.31% a year	Urban
1,338	Barangay 490Manila	1,048	about 47,636	about 0.022 km²	21.14% a year	Urban
1,339	Barangay 67Pasay City	1,046	about 40,700	about 0.0257 km²	−1.29% a year	Urban
1,340	Barangay 536Manila	1,045	about 66,561	about 0.0157 km²	2.47% a year	Urban
1,341	Barangay 631Manila	1,045	about 21,240	about 0.0492 km²	−4.28% a year	Urban
1,342	Barangay 256Manila	1,044	about 48,558	about 0.0215 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,343	Santa RosaPasig City	1,044	about 6,914	about 0.151 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
1,344	Barangay 574Manila	1,043	about 59,600	about 0.0175 km²	−8.03% a year	Urban
1,345	Barangay 50Caloocan City	1,042	about 32,461	about 0.0321 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
1,346	Barangay 114Caloocan City	1,041	about 82,619	about 0.0126 km²	1.26% a year	Urban
1,347	Barangay 172Manila	1,038	about 22,813	about 0.0455 km²	−3.61% a year	Urban
1,348	Barangay 503Manila	1,038	about 39,318	about 0.0264 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
1,349	Barangay 202-AManila	1,037	about 52,908	about 0.0196 km²	−3.69% a year	Urban
1,350	Barangay 535Manila	1,037	about 78,561	about 0.0132 km²	0.05% 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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