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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, 1,501 to 1,550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,501	Barangay 51Caloocan City	777	about 13,015	about 0.0597 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
1,502	BayanihanQuezon City	777	about 12,065	about 0.0644 km²	5.85% a year	Urban
1,503	Barangay 154Manila	774	about 31,721	about 0.0244 km²	−4.75% a year	Urban
1,504	Barangay 611Manila	774	about 24,263	about 0.0319 km²	−1.03% a year	Urban
1,505	Barangay 57Caloocan City	772	about 15,755	about 0.049 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
1,506	Barangay 548Manila	771	about 52,808	about 0.0146 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
1,507	Barangay 549Manila	770	about 55,000	about 0.014 km²	−2.81% a year	Urban
1,508	Barangay 446Manila	769	about 54,155	about 0.0142 km²	−6.15% a year	Urban
1,509	Barangay 546Manila	768	about 48,000	about 0.016 km²	−3.53% a year	Urban
1,510	Barangay 24Pasay City	767	about 36,179	about 0.0212 km²	2.08% a year	Urban
1,511	Barangay 109Caloocan City	766	about 10,379	about 0.0738 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
1,512	Barangay 302Manila	766	about 73,654	about 0.0104 km²	3.86% a year	Urban
1,513	Barangay 200Manila	757	about 49,477	about 0.0153 km²	−17.24% a year	Urban
1,514	Barangay 688Manila	756	about 16,017	about 0.0472 km²	−10.70% a year	Urban
1,515	Barangay 403Manila	755	about 32,826	about 0.023 km²	4.44% a year	Urban
1,516	Barangay 191Manila	754	about 71,810	about 0.0105 km²	1.69% a year	Urban
1,517	Barangay 174Manila	751	about 29,222	about 0.0257 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
1,518	Barangay 618Manila	749	about 18,540	about 0.0404 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
1,519	Barangay 682Manila	747	about 10,937	about 0.0683 km²	−2.27% a year	Urban
1,520	Barangay 710Manila	747	about 71,827	about 0.0104 km²	7.20% a year	Urban
1,521	Barangay 194Manila	746	about 43,626	about 0.0171 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
1,522	Barangay 42Caloocan City	743	about 30,958	about 0.024 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
1,523	Barangay 87Pasay City	740	about 52,113	about 0.0142 km²	3.82% a year	Urban
1,524	Barangay 603Manila	739	about 15,428	about 0.0479 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
1,525	Barangay 123Caloocan City	738	about 28,494	about 0.0259 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
1,526	Barangay 303Manila	738	about 11,284	about 0.0654 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
1,527	Barangay 726Manila	738	about 16,966	about 0.0435 km²	5.30% a year	Urban
1,528	Barangay 150Pasay City	736	about 38,135	about 0.0193 km²	2.57% a year	Urban
1,529	Barangay 620Manila	736	about 32,566	about 0.0226 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
1,530	Barangay 689Manila	736	about 29,677	about 0.0248 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
1,531	Barangay 756Manila	736	about 26,960	about 0.0273 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
1,532	Barangay 644Manila	735	about 29,283	about 0.0251 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
1,533	Barangay 461Manila	733	about 32,870	about 0.0223 km²	−3.84% a year	Urban
1,534	Barangay 107Caloocan City	732	about 15,314	about 0.0478 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
1,535	Barangay 99Caloocan City	731	about 19,757	about 0.037 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
1,536	Barangay 379Manila	729	about 76,576	about 0.00952 km²	2.64% a year	Urban
1,537	Barangay 89Manila	728	about 58,240	about 0.0125 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
1,538	Barangay 361Manila	726	about 35,072	about 0.0207 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
1,539	Barangay 79Caloocan City	725	about 8,276	about 0.0876 km²	3.39% a year	Urban
1,540	Barangay 233Manila	724	about 33,674	about 0.0215 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
1,541	Barangay 635Manila	723	about 13,514	about 0.0535 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
1,542	Barangay 887Manila	723	about 19,972	about 0.0362 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
1,543	Barangay 695Manila	722	about 15,073	about 0.0479 km²	2.40% a year	Urban
1,544	Barangay 73Pasay City	722	about 11,057	about 0.0653 km²	0.78% a year	Urban
1,545	Barangay 895Manila	720	about 34,450	about 0.0209 km²	6.39% a year	Urban
1,546	Barangay 612Manila	718	about 32,636	about 0.022 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
1,547	Barangay 858Manila	718	about 48,188	about 0.0149 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
1,548	Barangay 187Manila	717	about 64,595	about 0.0111 km²	−4.95% a year	Urban
1,549	Barangay 573Manila	716	about 45,316	about 0.0158 km²	−6.49% a year	Urban
1,550	Barangay 74Manila	711	about 35,373	about 0.0201 km²	−8.70% 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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