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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, 1,551 to 1,600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,551	Barangay 794Manila	709	about 59,083	about 0.012 km²	−0.03% a year	Urban
1,552	Barangay 258Manila	708	about 32,036	about 0.0221 km²	−11.55% a year	Urban
1,553	Barangay 663Manila	704	about 13,538	about 0.052 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
1,554	Barangay 520Manila	695	about 18,484	about 0.0376 km²	2.34% a year	Urban
1,555	Barangay 885Manila	694	about 21,688	about 0.032 km²	2.62% a year	Urban
1,556	Barangay 452Manila	693	about 32,083	about 0.0216 km²	−9.26% a year	Urban
1,557	Barangay 664-AManila	689	about 4,333	about 0.159 km²	1.78% a year	Urban
1,558	Barangay 442Manila	688	about 41,951	about 0.0164 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
1,559	Barangay 486Manila	687	about 35,412	about 0.0194 km²	−7.92% a year	Urban
1,560	Barangay 594Manila	686	about 22,492	about 0.0305 km²	1.83% a year	Urban
1,561	Barangay 108Caloocan City	683	about 14,053	about 0.0486 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
1,562	Barangay 378Manila	683	about 27,540	about 0.0248 km²	3.07% a year	Urban
1,563	Barangay 722Manila	682	about 26,031	about 0.0262 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
1,564	Barangay 71Pasay City	680	about 52,713	about 0.0129 km²	−0.18% a year	Urban
1,565	Barangay 893Manila	674	about 12,390	about 0.0544 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
1,566	Barangay 749Manila	673	about 58,017	about 0.0116 km²	2.15% a year	Urban
1,567	Barangay 796Manila	672	about 61,651	about 0.0109 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
1,568	Barangay 441Manila	666	about 52,031	about 0.0128 km²	−5.84% a year	Urban
1,569	Barangay 377Manila	663	about 43,333	about 0.0153 km²	3.35% a year	Urban
1,570	Barangay 112Pasay City	659	about 45,137	about 0.0146 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
1,571	Barangay 244Manila	659	about 49,549	about 0.0133 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
1,572	Barangay 328Manila	659	about 56,810	about 0.0116 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
1,573	Barangay 643Manila	659	about 4,955	about 0.133 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
1,574	Barangay 368Manila	658	about 25,019	about 0.0263 km²	−15.64% a year	Urban
1,575	Barangay 550Manila	657	about 53,852	about 0.0122 km²	−9.41% a year	Urban
1,576	Barangay 431Manila	656	about 45,556	about 0.0144 km²	−1.54% a year	Urban
1,577	Barangay 406Manila	651	about 67,531	about 0.00964 km²	9.32% a year	Urban
1,578	Barangay 438Manila	648	about 50,625	about 0.0128 km²	−2.23% a year	Urban
1,579	Barangay 63Pasay City	648	about 74,740	about 0.00867 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
1,580	Barangay 90Manila	645	about 64,500	about 0.010 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
1,581	Barangay 344Manila	644	about 18,295	about 0.0352 km²	4.50% a year	Urban
1,582	Barangay 324Manila	643	about 51,440	about 0.0125 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
1,583	Barangay 332Manila	640	about 51,200	about 0.0125 km²	2.30% a year	Urban
1,584	Barangay 92Caloocan City	636	about 12,848	about 0.0495 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
1,585	Barangay 135Caloocan City	634	about 7,304	about 0.0868 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
1,586	Barangay 370Manila	628	about 31,089	about 0.0202 km²	−4.83% a year	Urban
1,587	Barangay 167Pasay City	626	about 51,311	about 0.0122 km²	−4.39% a year	Urban
1,588	Barangay 91Caloocan City	621	about 7,188	about 0.0864 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
1,589	Barangay 363Manila	616	about 25,667	about 0.024 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
1,590	Barangay 200Pasay City	609	about 18,399	about 0.0331 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
1,591	Barangay 268Manila	609	about 13,841	about 0.044 km²	5.40% a year	Urban
1,592	Barangay 236Manila	603	about 20,938	about 0.0288 km²	−6.58% a year	Urban
1,593	Barangay 82Pasay City	601	about 77,649	about 0.00774 km²	1.97% a year	Urban
1,594	Barangay 876Manila	601	about 16,741	about 0.0359 km²	1.11% a year	Urban
1,595	Barangay 54Caloocan City	595	about 7,839	about 0.0759 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
1,596	Barangay 6Pasay City	595	about 37,658	about 0.0158 km²	6.20% a year	Urban
1,597	Barangay 551Manila	591	about 47,661	about 0.0124 km²	−10.96% a year	Urban
1,598	Barangay 723Manila	588	about 26,133	about 0.0225 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
1,599	Barangay 12Pasay City	587	about 28,775	about 0.0204 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
1,600	Barangay 162Manila	586	about 24,831	about 0.0236 km²	1.27% 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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