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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, 1,401 to 1,450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,401	Barangay 501Manila	941	about 49,526	about 0.019 km²	2.61% a year	Urban
1,402	Barangay 96Pasay City	941	about 44,387	about 0.0212 km²	3.18% a year	Urban
1,403	Barangay 71Caloocan City	939	about 19,686	about 0.0477 km²	4.65% a year	Urban
1,404	Barangay 41Caloocan City	938	about 25,489	about 0.0368 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
1,405	Barangay 57Pasay City	938	about 44,038	about 0.0213 km²	−8.54% a year	Urban
1,406	Barangay 454Manila	936	about 47,035	about 0.0199 km²	−4.88% a year	Urban
1,407	Barangay 478Manila	935	about 36,100	about 0.0259 km²	−4.42% a year	Urban
1,408	Barangay 545Manila	934	about 85,688	about 0.0109 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
1,409	Barangay 788Manila	933	about 65,245	about 0.0143 km²	−0.90% a year	Urban
1,410	Barangay 891Manila	931	about 23,451	about 0.0397 km²	4.99% a year	Urban
1,411	Barangay 193Manila	928	about 81,404	about 0.0114 km²	−1.27% a year	Urban
1,412	Barangay 491Manila	926	about 41,900	about 0.0221 km²	3.17% a year	Urban
1,413	Barangay 252Manila	925	about 103,583	about 0.00893 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
1,414	Barangay 428Manila	924	about 32,195	about 0.0287 km²	−7.93% a year	Urban
1,415	Barangay 104Caloocan City	921	about 12,774	about 0.0721 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
1,416	Barangay 121Pasay City	921	about 44,709	about 0.0206 km²	−2.12% a year	Urban
1,417	Barangay 502Manila	920	about 52,273	about 0.0176 km²	2.95% a year	Urban
1,418	Barangay 657Manila	919	about 2,802	about 0.328 km²	−1.58% a year	Urban
1,419	Barangay 440Manila	918	about 73,440	about 0.0125 km²	−2.12% a year	Urban
1,420	Barangay 117Pasay City	916	about 112,531	about 0.00814 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
1,421	ManggaQuezon City	916	about 11,212	about 0.0817 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
1,422	Barangay 39Caloocan City	915	about 56,832	about 0.0161 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
1,423	Barangay 126Manila	913	about 6,664	about 0.137 km²	−5.62% a year	Urban
1,424	Barangay 53Caloocan City	911	about 18,784	about 0.0485 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
1,425	Barangay 556Manila	909	about 65,870	about 0.0138 km²	2.44% a year	Urban
1,426	Barangay 666Manila	904	about 1,301	about 0.695 km²	2.67% a year	Urban
1,427	Barangay 165Manila	903	about 39,605	about 0.0228 km²	−2.74% a year	Urban
1,428	Barangay 390Manila	900	about 13,657	about 0.0659 km²	3.11% a year	Urban
1,429	Barangay 305Manila	899	about 23,910	about 0.0376 km²	8.29% a year	Urban
1,430	Barangay 55Pasay City	896	about 42,871	about 0.0209 km²	1.79% a year	Urban
1,431	Barangay 144Manila	893	about 28,349	about 0.0315 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
1,432	Barangay 119Caloocan City	891	about 28,376	about 0.0314 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
1,433	Barangay 748Manila	888	about 30,833	about 0.0288 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
1,434	Barangay 728Manila	886	about 12,340	about 0.0718 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
1,435	Barangay 170Pasay City	880	about 58,278	about 0.0151 km²	−12.98% a year	Urban
1,436	Barangay 20Pasay City	880	about 26,748	about 0.0329 km²	8.64% a year	Urban
1,437	Barangay 161Manila	876	about 29,007	about 0.0302 km²	−3.22% a year	Urban
1,438	Barangay 247Manila	876	about 61,690	about 0.0142 km²	4.23% a year	Urban
1,439	Barangay 188Manila	872	about 62,286	about 0.014 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
1,440	Barangay 683Manila	869	about 44,337	about 0.0196 km²	2.50% a year	Urban
1,441	Barangay 685Manila	869	about 19,015	about 0.0457 km²	−4.30% a year	Urban
1,442	Barangay 322Manila	867	about 56,667	about 0.0153 km²	1.98% a year	Urban
1,443	Barangay 482Manila	864	about 52,364	about 0.0165 km²	5.14% a year	Urban
1,444	Barangay 460Manila	861	about 25,102	about 0.0343 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
1,445	Barangay 166Manila	860	about 25,444	about 0.0338 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
1,446	Barangay 331Manila	860	about 6,187	about 0.139 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
1,447	Barangay 679Manila	860	about 18,985	about 0.0453 km²	−1.88% a year	Urban
1,448	Barangay 609Manila	859	about 29,826	about 0.0288 km²	−4.61% a year	Urban
1,449	Barangay 371Manila	858	about 34,320	about 0.025 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
1,450	Barangay 493Manila	858	about 43,333	about 0.0198 km²	−7.17% 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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