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Barangays in 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 Manila

Barangays in Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 897^[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: 1,902,590^[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: 897 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 649^[5]; Manila; 69,769 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: Barangay 20^[6]; Manila; about 1.38 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: 259 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Barangay 598, −3.18% 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.

897 barangays, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	Barangay 254Manila	3,513	about 71,988	about 0.0488 km²	−1.32% a year	Urban
102	Barangay 109Manila	3,495	about 129,926	about 0.0269 km²	1.73% a year	Urban
103	Barangay 584Manila	3,486	about 34,515	about 0.101 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
104	Barangay 71Manila	3,486	about 86,933	about 0.0401 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
105	Barangay 860Manila	3,480	about 186,096	about 0.0187 km²	1.93% a year	Urban
106	Barangay 177Manila	3,440	about 24,928	about 0.138 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
107	Barangay 281Manila	3,436	about 36,788	about 0.0934 km²	10.24% a year	Urban
108	Barangay 784Manila	3,425	about 135,375	about 0.0253 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
109	Barangay 351Manila	3,415	about 66,569	about 0.0513 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
110	Barangay 185Manila	3,399	about 98,522	about 0.0345 km²	−0.92% a year	Urban
111	Barangay 221Manila	3,395	about 134,722	about 0.0252 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
112	Barangay 66Manila	3,388	about 127,368	about 0.0266 km²	3.33% a year	Urban
113	Barangay 56Manila	3,377	about 63,358	about 0.0533 km²	−0.56% a year	Urban
114	Barangay 701Manila	3,328	about 17,333	about 0.192 km²	5.19% a year	Urban
115	Barangay 766Manila	3,321	about 152,339	about 0.0218 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
116	Barangay 686Manila	3,306	about 76,175	about 0.0434 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
117	Barangay 155Manila	3,292	about 180,879	about 0.0182 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
118	Barangay 672Manila	3,268	about 35,560	about 0.0919 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
119	Barangay 838Manila	3,238	about 64,502	about 0.0502 km²	2.10% a year	Urban
120	Barangay 53Manila	3,218	about 130,283	about 0.0247 km²	2.39% a year	Urban
121	Barangay 138Manila	3,217	about 124,690	about 0.0258 km²	2.19% a year	Urban
122	Barangay 837Manila	3,188	about 49,198	about 0.0648 km²	1.15% a year	Urban
123	Barangay 479Manila	3,179	about 62,826	about 0.0506 km²	7.99% a year	Urban
124	Barangay 215Manila	3,147	about 175,810	about 0.0179 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
125	Barangay 38Manila	3,144	about 224,571	about 0.014 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
126	Barangay 870Manila	3,139	about 131,339	about 0.0239 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
127	Barangay 464Manila	3,138	about 129,669	about 0.0242 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
128	Barangay 432Manila	3,132	about 55,434	about 0.0565 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
129	Barangay 847Manila	3,132	about 76,577	about 0.0409 km²	2.01% a year	Urban
130	Barangay 1Manila	3,119	about 62,631	about 0.0498 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
131	Barangay 287Manila	3,117	about 24,352	about 0.128 km²	4.97% a year	Urban
132	Barangay 292Manila	3,113	about 57,755	about 0.0539 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
133	Barangay 429Manila	3,113	about 134,762	about 0.0231 km²	2.45% a year	Urban
134	Barangay 210Manila	3,106	about 85,096	about 0.0365 km²	−0.80% a year	Urban
135	Barangay 31Manila	3,101	about 176,193	about 0.0176 km²	1.78% a year	Urban
136	Barangay 777Manila	3,100	about 109,929	about 0.0282 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
137	Barangay 660-AManila	3,099	about 26,487	about 0.117 km²	5.72% a year	Urban
138	Barangay 276Manila	3,077	about 147,225	about 0.0209 km²	4.68% a year	Urban
139	Barangay 213Manila	3,037	about 94,611	about 0.0321 km²	−1.47% a year	Urban
140	Barangay 343Manila	3,037	about 72,656	about 0.0418 km²	7.93% a year	Urban
141	Barangay 647Manila	3,019	about 26,026	about 0.116 km²	5.24% a year	Urban
142	Barangay 353Manila	3,010	about 61,055	about 0.0493 km²	7.43% a year	Urban
143	Barangay 667Manila	3,010	about 15,050	about 0.20 km²	5.89% a year	Urban
144	Barangay 868Manila	3,002	about 161,398	about 0.0186 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
145	Barangay 25Manila	3,000	about 135,747	about 0.0221 km²	4.02% a year	Urban
146	Barangay 832Manila	2,990	about 32,571	about 0.0918 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
147	Barangay 418Manila	2,977	about 79,599	about 0.0374 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
148	Barangay 330Manila	2,949	about 107,628	about 0.0274 km²	6.77% a year	Urban
149	Barangay 43Manila	2,949	about 226,846	about 0.013 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
150	Barangay 312Manila	2,945	about 80,685	about 0.0365 km²	−2.89% 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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