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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, 1,601 to 1,650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,601	Barangay 721Manila	583	about 4,351	about 0.134 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
1,602	Barangay 444Manila	582	about 35,706	about 0.0163 km²	−10.88% a year	Urban
1,603	Barangay 613Manila	579	about 22,015	about 0.0263 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
1,604	Barangay 632Manila	576	about 38,919	about 0.0148 km²	21.70% a year	Urban
1,605	Barangay 105Pasay City	574	about 60,168	about 0.00954 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
1,606	Barangay 127Manila	574	about 12,615	about 0.0455 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
1,607	Barangay 47Caloocan City	570	about 15,922	about 0.0358 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
1,608	Barangay 799Manila	570	about 34,969	about 0.0163 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
1,609	Barangay 140Manila	568	about 17,423	about 0.0326 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
1,610	Barangay 589Manila	559	about 16,939	about 0.033 km²	−3.90% a year	Urban
1,611	Barangay 101Pasay City	558	about 39,296	about 0.0142 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
1,612	Barangay 693Manila	557	about 19,893	about 0.028 km²	2.09% a year	Urban
1,613	Barangay 44Caloocan City	556	about 15,487	about 0.0359 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
1,614	Barangay 664Manila	555	about 3,854	about 0.144 km²	4.82% a year	Urban
1,615	Barangay 141Manila	553	about 79,000	about 0.0070 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
1,616	Barangay 357Manila	553	about 26,715	about 0.0207 km²	−6.63% a year	Urban
1,617	Barangay 349Manila	548	about 39,143	about 0.014 km²	−8.34% a year	Urban
1,618	Barangay 633Manila	548	about 35,128	about 0.0156 km²	5.01% a year	Urban
1,619	Barangay 690Manila	544	about 41,846	about 0.013 km²	2.24% a year	Urban
1,620	Barangay 879Manila	544	about 12,681	about 0.0429 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
1,621	Barangay 140Pasay City	539	about 46,466	about 0.0116 km²	−2.14% a year	Urban
1,622	Barangay 168Pasay City	539	about 20,417	about 0.0264 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
1,623	Barangay 48Pasay City	532	about 27,423	about 0.0194 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
1,624	Barangay 325Manila	526	about 53,078	about 0.00991 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
1,625	Barangay 433Manila	523	about 42,177	about 0.0124 km²	2.91% a year	Urban
1,626	Barangay 656Manila	519	about 1,607	about 0.323 km²	8.88% a year	Urban
1,627	Barangay 58Caloocan City	512	about 10,385	about 0.0493 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
1,628	Barangay 6Manila	506	about 12,134	about 0.0417 km²	−9.61% a year	Urban
1,629	Barangay 93Pasay City	506	about 13,493	about 0.0375 km²	6.97% a year	Urban
1,630	Barangay 301Manila	505	about 28,371	about 0.0178 km²	2.91% a year	Urban
1,631	Barangay 878Manila	504	about 22,400	about 0.0225 km²	−14.32% a year	Urban
1,632	Barangay 530Manila	503	about 19,881	about 0.0253 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
1,633	Barangay 25Pasay City	498	about 18,109	about 0.0275 km²	−4.18% a year	Urban
1,634	Barangay 717Manila	491	about 177,899	about 0.00276 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
1,635	Barangay 50Pasay City	490	about 76,682	about 0.00639 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
1,636	Barangay 757Manila	488	about 35,362	about 0.0138 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
1,637	Barangay 758Manila	487	about 25,233	about 0.0193 km²	4.90% a year	Urban
1,638	Barangay 661Manila	486	about 3,951	about 0.123 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
1,639	Barangay 16Pasay City	478	about 31,039	about 0.0154 km²	2.92% a year	Urban
1,640	Barangay 639Manila	475	about 15,574	about 0.0305 km²	−0.74% a year	Urban
1,641	Barangay 141Pasay City	473	about 28,155	about 0.0168 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
1,642	Barangay 136Caloocan City	471	about 5,414	about 0.087 km²	4.06% a year	Urban
1,643	Barangay 435Manila	471	about 18,256	about 0.0258 km²	−5.34% a year	Urban
1,644	Barangay 430Manila	463	about 36,746	about 0.0126 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
1,645	Barangay 825Manila	463	about 7,742	about 0.0598 km²	4.33% a year	Urban
1,646	Barangay 329Manila	459	about 27,988	about 0.0164 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
1,647	Barangay 359Manila	459	about 23,782	about 0.0193 km²	2.74% a year	Urban
1,648	Barangay 208Manila	454	about 15,033	about 0.0302 km²	−7.73% a year	Urban
1,649	Barangay 242Manila	454	about 18,917	about 0.024 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,650	Barangay 273Manila	454	about 22,146	about 0.0205 km²	−13.35% 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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