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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, 1,351 to 1,400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,351	Barangay 588Manila	1,037	about 52,908	about 0.0196 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
1,352	Barangay 179Manila	1,034	about 31,815	about 0.0325 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
1,353	Barangay 451Manila	1,030	about 52,284	about 0.0197 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
1,354	Barangay 498Manila	1,029	about 46,986	about 0.0219 km²	−0.09% a year	Urban
1,355	Barangay 85Caloocan City	1,028	about 21,642	about 0.0475 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
1,356	Barangay 171Manila	1,026	about 37,721	about 0.0272 km²	−2.16% a year	Urban
1,357	Barangay 217Manila	1,025	about 36,348	about 0.0282 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
1,358	Barangay 333Manila	1,024	about 61,687	about 0.0166 km²	3.79% a year	Urban
1,359	Barangay 508Manila	1,020	about 53,684	about 0.019 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
1,360	Barangay 33Pasay City	1,018	about 14,732	about 0.0691 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
1,361	Barangay 61Caloocan City	1,018	about 13,984	about 0.0728 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
1,362	Barangay 510Manila	1,010	about 54,011	about 0.0187 km²	−2.74% a year	Urban
1,363	Barangay 134Caloocan City	1,009	about 11,746	about 0.0859 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
1,364	Barangay 875Manila	1,003	about 32,355	about 0.031 km²	−0.45% a year	Urban
1,365	Barangay 40Caloocan City	1,000	about 45,045	about 0.0222 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,366	Barangay 175Manila	996	about 26,919	about 0.037 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
1,367	Barangay 30Pasay City	993	about 76,977	about 0.0129 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
1,368	Barangay 146Pasay City	992	about 21,996	about 0.0451 km²	−1.04% a year	Urban
1,369	Barangay 18Pasay City	991	about 28,314	about 0.035 km²	−0.67% a year	Urban
1,370	Barangay 610Manila	991	about 33,707	about 0.0294 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
1,371	Barangay 437Manila	983	about 54,916	about 0.0179 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
1,372	Barangay 68Pasay City	981	about 63,290	about 0.0155 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
1,373	Barangay 623Manila	980	about 38,583	about 0.0254 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
1,374	Barangay 852Manila	979	about 110,497	about 0.00886 km²	−3.13% a year	Urban
1,375	Barangay 103Pasay City	973	about 45,046	about 0.0216 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
1,376	Barangay 17Manila	973	about 106,572	about 0.00913 km²	−4.44% a year	Urban
1,377	Barangay 538Manila	971	about 78,943	about 0.0123 km²	4.11% a year	Urban
1,378	Barangay 137Caloocan City	970	about 11,425	about 0.0849 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,379	Barangay 646Manila	970	about 13,877	about 0.0699 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
1,380	Barangay 436Manila	967	about 46,048	about 0.021 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
1,381	Barangay 813Manila	967	about 42,788	about 0.0226 km²	−0.83% a year	Urban
1,382	Barangay 68Manila	966	about 131,429	about 0.00735 km²	−3.38% a year	Urban
1,383	Barangay 760Manila	966	about 33,542	about 0.0288 km²	−1.78% a year	Urban
1,384	Barangay 308Manila	965	about 23,945	about 0.0403 km²	−1.62% a year	Urban
1,385	Barangay 376Manila	962	about 22,014	about 0.0437 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
1,386	Barangay 634Manila	960	about 16,107	about 0.0596 km²	−7.34% a year	Urban
1,387	Barangay 255Manila	957	about 42,159	about 0.0227 km²	−2.99% a year	Urban
1,388	Barangay 380Manila	957	about 65,548	about 0.0146 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
1,389	Barangay 139Pasay City	956	about 78,361	about 0.0122 km²	−2.56% a year	Urban
1,390	Barangay 167Manila	955	about 33,045	about 0.0289 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
1,391	Barangay 348Manila	955	about 41,886	about 0.0228 km²	−6.23% a year	Urban
1,392	Barangay 270Manila	954	about 25,576	about 0.0373 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
1,393	Barangay 889Manila	952	about 15,429	about 0.0617 km²	2.35% a year	Urban
1,394	Barangay 533Manila	948	about 74,646	about 0.0127 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,395	Bagong KatipunanPasig City	945	about 42,188	about 0.0224 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
1,396	Barangay 26Pasay City	944	about 47,919	about 0.0197 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
1,397	Barangay 529Manila	944	about 61,699	about 0.0153 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
1,398	Barangay 552Manila	942	about 55,412	about 0.017 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
1,399	Barangay 88Pasay City	942	about 27,706	about 0.034 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
1,400	Barangay 445Manila	941	about 72,946	about 0.0129 km²	0.26% 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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