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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, 1,651 to 1,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,651	Barangay 124Caloocan City	453	about 16,840	about 0.0269 km²	3.85% a year	Urban
1,652	Barangay 9Manila	453	about 35,391	about 0.0128 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,653	Barangay 110Caloocan City	452	about 16,679	about 0.0271 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
1,654	Barangay 11Pasay City	444	about 21,553	about 0.0206 km²	2.05% a year	Urban
1,655	Barangay 356Manila	443	about 21,196	about 0.0209 km²	−3.09% a year	Urban
1,656	Barangay 606Manila	443	about 14,337	about 0.0309 km²	−4.30% a year	Urban
1,657	Barangay 64Manila	443	about 28,581	about 0.0155 km²	−2.63% a year	Urban
1,658	Barangay 139Manila	440	about 61,111	about 0.0072 km²	4.18% a year	Urban
1,659	Barangay 27Pasay City	439	about 22,513	about 0.0195 km²	12.07% a year	Urban
1,660	Barangay 659Manila	439	about 3,113	about 0.141 km²	4.80% a year	Urban
1,661	Barangay 691Manila	434	about 29,324	about 0.0148 km²	1.43% a year	Urban
1,662	Barangay 74Pasay City	429	about 12,692	about 0.0338 km²	−1.66% a year	Urban
1,663	Barangay 155Pasay City	418	about 14,770	about 0.0283 km²	−17.15% a year	Urban
1,664	Barangay 49Pasay City	415	about 11,401	about 0.0364 km²	8.98% a year	Urban
1,665	Barangay 19Pasay City	411	about 38,056	about 0.0108 km²	−15.07% a year	Urban
1,666	Barangay 614Manila	406	about 24,458	about 0.0166 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
1,667	Barangay 886Manila	406	about 18,125	about 0.0224 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
1,668	Barangay 427Manila	395	about 20,466	about 0.0193 km²	−5.27% a year	Urban
1,669	Barangay 762Manila	391	about 14,644	about 0.0267 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
1,670	Barangay 238Manila	390	about 23,353	about 0.0167 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
1,671	Barangay 660Manila	387	about 6,837	about 0.0566 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
1,672	Barangay 321Manila	384	about 29,313	about 0.0131 km²	11.93% a year	Urban
1,673	Barangay 747Manila	381	about 32,564	about 0.0117 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
1,674	Barangay 142Pasay City	377	about 32,783	about 0.0115 km²	4.17% a year	Urban
1,675	Barangay 106Caloocan City	372	about 7,396	about 0.0503 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
1,676	Barangay 149Pasay City	365	about 30,417	about 0.012 km²	−16.34% a year	Urban
1,677	Barangay 120Pasay City	359	about 11,361	about 0.0316 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
1,678	Barangay 218Manila	339	about 15,000	about 0.0226 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
1,679	Barangay 243Manila	338	about 22,685	about 0.0149 km²	−5.92% a year	Urban
1,680	Barangay 542Manila	336	about 27,541	about 0.0122 km²	−18.83% a year	Urban
1,681	Barangay 45Caloocan City	324	about 8,757	about 0.037 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
1,682	Barangay 245Manila	318	about 31,485	about 0.0101 km²	3.01% a year	Urban
1,683	Barangay 79Pasay City	309	about 7,071	about 0.0437 km²	−17.15% a year	Urban
1,684	Barangay 124Manila	307	about 9,935	about 0.0309 km²	17.09% a year	Urban
1,685	Barangay 304Manila	307	about 10,925	about 0.0281 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
1,686	Barangay 197Manila	305	about 20,890	about 0.0146 km²	−12.13% a year	Urban
1,687	Barangay 241Manila	303	about 3,491	about 0.0868 km²	−8.90% a year	Urban
1,688	Barangay 706Manila	301	about 7,450	about 0.0404 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
1,689	Barangay 8Manila	301	about 8,224	about 0.0366 km²	18.75% a year	Urban
1,690	Barangay 92Pasay City	300	about 12,048	about 0.0249 km²	−10.16% a year	Urban
1,691	Barangay 853Manila	291	about 39,538	about 0.00736 km²	−12.38% a year	Urban
1,692	Barangay 362Manila	290	about 16,763	about 0.0173 km²	3.43% a year	Urban
1,693	Barangay 121Caloocan City	283	about 5,871	about 0.0482 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
1,694	Barangay 797Manila	268	about 33,005	about 0.00812 km²	2.28% a year	Urban
1,695	Barangay 62Caloocan City	264	about 3,597	about 0.0734 km²	1.91% a year	Urban
1,696	Barangay 9Pasay City	263	about 14,943	about 0.0176 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
1,697	Barangay 113Caloocan City	230	about 9,020	about 0.0255 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
1,698	PoblacionValenzuela City	224	about 6,275	about 0.0357 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
1,699	Barangay 237Manila	223	about 9,955	about 0.0224 km²	−15.59% a year	Urban
1,700	Barangay 715Manila	217	about 40,185	about 0.0054 km²	4.59% 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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