The Atlas
Barangays
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]
At a glance
- People, 2024
- 112,727,776[3]
- Of the 112,729,484 the census counted, 1,708 were in embassies abroad, in no region.
- Fastest growing, 5,000 people or more
- Bacjawan Sur[7, 8]
- Concepcion, Iloilo
- 10.14% a year, 2020 to 2024
Region: All
Sort: Most people
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.
42,010 barangays, 18,051 to 18,100 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,051 | QuirapiCastilla, Sorsogon | 1,662 | about 429 | about 3.87 km² | −0.24% a year | Rural |
| 18,052 | San IsidroLagangilang, Abra | 1,662 | about 556 | about 2.99 km² | −0.09% a year | Rural |
| 18,053 | San JuanCabangan, Zambales | 1,662 | about 133 | about 12.51 km² | −0.13% a year | Rural |
| 18,054 | TulapokMargosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,662 | about 141 | about 11.75 km² | −5.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,055 | BanbanonLaak, Davao de Oro | 1,661 | about 135 | about 12.34 km² | 0.03% a year | Rural |
| 18,056 | FormonBongabong, Oriental Mindoro | 1,661 | about 103 | about 16.08 km² | −1.42% a year | Rural |
| 18,057 | KinitanUpi, Maguindanao del Norte | 1,661 | about 249 | about 6.68 km² | 4.60% a year | Rural |
| 18,058 | KraanPalimbang, Sultan Kudarat | 1,661 | about 636 | about 2.61 km² | −3.90% a year | Rural |
| 18,059 | Lakit LakitBongao, Tawi-Tawi | 1,661 | about 322 | about 5.16 km² | 3.81% a year | Rural |
| 18,060 | LibjoMerida, Leyte | 1,661 | about 639 | about 2.60 km² | 1.52% a year | Rural |
| 18,061 | LunaNatividad, Pangasinan | 1,661 | about 888 | about 1.87 km² | 0.83% a year | Rural |
| 18,062 | Mahal Na PangalanCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro | 1,661 | about 1,483 | about 1.12 km² | 2.05% a year | Rural |
| 18,063 | Medicion II-EImus City, Cavite | 1,661 | about 12,036 | about 0.138 km² | 2.07% a year | Rural |
| 18,064 | SongsongGamu, Isabela | 1,661 | about 267 | about 6.23 km² | 0.92% a year | Rural |
| 18,065 | Tabobo-anOdiongan, Romblon | 1,661 | about 424 | about 3.92 km² | 3.62% a year | Rural |
| 18,066 | Tubod-DugoanDumanjug, Cebu | 1,661 | about 228 | about 7.27 km² | −0.30% a year | Rural |
| 18,067 | Barangay 22Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental | 1,660 | about 9,274 | about 0.179 km² | no 2020 count | Urban |
| 18,068 | Kamih-PungudPanglima Estino, Sulu | 1,660 | about 1,038 | about 1.60 km² | 0.23% a year | Rural |
| 18,069 | LucsuhinIbaan, Batangas | 1,660 | about 488 | about 3.40 km² | −0.90% a year | Rural |
| 18,070 | MantijaDanao City, Cebu | 1,660 | about 382 | about 4.35 km² | 0.81% a year | Rural |
| 18,071 | PamibianCandelaria, Zambales | 1,660 | about 1,169 | about 1.42 km² | 3.62% a year | Rural |
| 18,072 | Poblacion IAgdangan, Quezon | 1,660 | about 2,150 | about 0.772 km² | 1.22% a year | Rural |
| 18,073 | SolloganSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi | 1,660 | about 537 | about 3.09 km² | 2.86% a year | Rural |
| 18,074 | TangadanSan Quintin, Abra | 1,660 | about 94 | about 17.65 km² | 1.63% a year | Rural |
| 18,075 | TudelaTrento, Agusan del Sur | 1,660 | about 70 | about 23.61 km² | −1.15% a year | Rural |
| 18,076 | Zone IVRosales, Pangasinan | 1,660 | about 3,524 | about 0.471 km² | −0.81% a year | Urban |
| 18,077 | AbiangAtok, Benguet | 1,659 | about 66 | about 25.29 km² | 0.23% a year | Rural |
| 18,078 | Bag-ong BalambanMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,659 | about 444 | about 3.74 km² | −0.07% a year | Rural |
| 18,079 | Barangay 818-AManila | 1,659 | about 197,500 | about 0.0084 km² | 1.27% a year | Urban |
| 18,080 | BasakTalakag, Bukidnon | 1,659 | about 345 | about 4.81 km² | 1.64% a year | Rural |
| 18,081 | BiosoZumarraga, Samar | 1,659 | about 721 | about 2.30 km² | 1.27% a year | Rural |
| 18,082 | CabugaoBulalacao, Oriental Mindoro | 1,659 | about 36 | about 45.80 km² | 3.28% a year | Rural |
| 18,083 | CanaoaySan Fernando City, La Union | 1,659 | about 1,743 | about 0.952 km² | −0.89% a year | Urban |
| 18,084 | Dimasalang NorteTalavera, Nueva Ecija | 1,659 | about 1,018 | about 1.63 km² | 1.86% a year | Rural |
| 18,085 | Ilas SurDao, Capiz | 1,659 | about 249 | about 6.65 km² | 0.13% a year | Rural |
| 18,086 | NagueyAtok, Benguet | 1,659 | about 109 | about 15.20 km² | −0.27% a year | Rural |
| 18,087 | PupuaCatbalogan City, Samar | 1,659 | about 173 | about 9.60 km² | 0.96% a year | Rural |
| 18,088 | Roma NorteEnrile, Cagayan | 1,659 | about 180 | about 9.20 km² | 1.60% a year | Rural |
| 18,089 | SalasangArakan, Cotabato | 1,659 | about 69 | about 24.01 km² | 2.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,090 | San BenignoAglipay, Quirino | 1,659 | about 56 | about 29.59 km² | 0.22% a year | Rural |
| 18,091 | Silangan Pob.San Fernando, Masbate | 1,659 | about 11,601 | about 0.143 km² | −1.46% a year | Rural |
| 18,092 | SipawaSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,659 | about 25 | about 67.08 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,093 | TabigueKolambugan, Lanao del Norte | 1,659 | about 2,031 | about 0.817 km² | −0.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,094 | BagongbayanKadingilan, Bukidnon | 1,658 | about 131 | about 12.61 km² | 1.02% a year | Rural |
| 18,095 | Barangay 153Manila | 1,658 | about 78,578 | about 0.0211 km² | −4.97% a year | Urban |
| 18,096 | Barangay 83Manila | 1,658 | about 117,589 | about 0.0141 km² | 2.88% a year | Urban |
| 18,097 | BarloMabini, Pangasinan | 1,658 | about 63 | about 26.45 km² | −1.57% a year | Rural |
| 18,098 | BuluangCompostela, Cebu | 1,658 | about 531 | about 3.12 km² | 0.72% a year | Rural |
| 18,099 | GinictanAltavas, Aklan | 1,658 | about 553 | about 3.00 km² | 0.38% a year | Rural |
| 18,100 | Jandayan SurGetafe, Bohol | 1,658 | about 1,084 | about 1.53 km² | −0.85% a year | Rural |
Rankings of the Philippines
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. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Western Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0061A6DTPH5). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
- 8.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
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