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, 18,351 to 18,400 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,351 | San JoseCaraga, Davao Oriental | 1,635 | about 186 | about 8.81 km² | 0.55% a year | Rural |
| 18,352 | AromahonLaguindingan, Misamis Oriental | 1,634 | about 1,184 | about 1.38 km² | 2.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,353 | Barangay 29Pasay City | 1,634 | about 65,887 | about 0.0248 km² | 3.27% a year | Urban |
| 18,354 | EsterVintar, Ilocos Norte | 1,634 | about 214 | about 7.65 km² | 1.26% a year | Rural |
| 18,355 | Gabut NorteBadoc, Ilocos Norte | 1,634 | about 1,959 | about 0.834 km² | −0.66% a year | Rural |
| 18,356 | MoneBislig City, Surigao del Sur | 1,634 | about 58 | about 28.16 km² | −2.83% a year | Rural |
| 18,357 | ParparorocVintar, Ilocos Norte | 1,634 | about 297 | about 5.50 km² | 4.41% a year | Rural |
| 18,358 | PoblacionKabayan, Benguet | 1,634 | about 263 | about 6.22 km² | −3.77% a year | Rural |
| 18,359 | RaoisVigan City, Ilocos Sur | 1,634 | about 1,339 | about 1.22 km² | 0.58% a year | Rural |
| 18,360 | SilangaTaytay, Palawan | 1,634 | about 94 | about 17.30 km² | 0.70% a year | Rural |
| 18,361 | BalingayanCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro | 1,633 | about 274 | about 5.95 km² | 0.39% a year | Rural |
| 18,362 | Bantay InsikSison, Pangasinan | 1,633 | about 1,103 | about 1.48 km² | 0.72% a year | Rural |
| 18,363 | Barangay 32-DDavao City, Davao del Sur | 1,633 | about 10,604 | about 0.154 km² | −0.16% a year | Urban |
| 18,364 | BatangInfanta, Pangasinan | 1,633 | about 122 | about 13.40 km² | 3.80% a year | Rural |
| 18,365 | Bon-Ot BigMatnog, Sorsogon | 1,633 | about 349 | about 4.68 km² | 0.89% a year | Rural |
| 18,366 | CalungbuyanBalaoan, La Union | 1,633 | about 631 | about 2.59 km² | −0.83% a year | Rural |
| 18,367 | KanjarangPata, Sulu | 1,633 | about 465 | about 3.51 km² | 1.81% a year | Rural |
| 18,368 | MabuhayCarmen, Davao del Norte | 1,633 | about 378 | about 4.32 km² | −0.33% a year | Rural |
| 18,369 | Oriental BetaLumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur | 1,633 | about 527 | about 3.10 km² | 3.43% a year | Rural |
| 18,370 | PadiosSara, Iloilo | 1,633 | about 804 | about 2.03 km² | 1.12% a year | Rural |
| 18,371 | San PabloLibmanan, Camarines Sur | 1,633 | about 446 | about 3.66 km² | 0.96% a year | Rural |
| 18,372 | ArtuzTapaz, Capiz | 1,632 | about 63 | about 25.92 km² | 1.20% a year | Rural |
| 18,373 | BonbonCalape, Bohol | 1,632 | about 1,053 | about 1.55 km² | 4.27% a year | Rural |
| 18,374 | CabacunganClaveria, Misamis Oriental | 1,632 | about 330 | about 4.95 km² | 2.46% a year | Rural |
| 18,375 | Cresencia VillageBaguio City, Benguet | 1,632 | about 8,545 | about 0.191 km² | −0.56% a year | Urban |
| 18,376 | CrossingUson, Masbate | 1,632 | about 301 | about 5.42 km² | −0.59% a year | Rural |
| 18,377 | KahayaganPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,632 | about 335 | about 4.87 km² | 0.95% a year | Rural |
| 18,378 | KipadukanPangantucan, Bukidnon | 1,632 | about 114 | about 14.30 km² | 2.19% a year | Rural |
| 18,379 | LumpunidMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,632 | about 134 | about 12.20 km² | 0.55% a year | Rural |
| 18,380 | MaliangcogPinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro | 1,632 | about 257 | about 6.34 km² | 0.70% a year | Rural |
| 18,381 | MonserratMagarao, Camarines Sur | 1,632 | about 2,530 | about 0.645 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,382 | Poblacion District IIGigmoto, Catanduanes | 1,632 | about 2,469 | about 0.661 km² | −1.99% a year | Rural |
| 18,383 | TamayoCalaca City, Batangas | 1,632 | about 248 | about 6.59 km² | −0.23% a year | Rural |
| 18,384 | AmoslogPlacer, Surigao del Norte | 1,631 | about 377 | about 4.33 km² | 0.13% a year | Rural |
| 18,385 | Aquino Nobleza EastJaniuay, Iloilo | 1,631 | about 17,709 | about 0.0921 km² | −1.89% a year | Rural |
| 18,386 | Barangay 239Manila | 1,631 | about 71,535 | about 0.0228 km² | −2.14% a year | Urban |
| 18,387 | Barangay 75Manila | 1,631 | about 63,217 | about 0.0258 km² | 4.64% a year | Urban |
| 18,388 | Bgy. No. 49-B, RaraburanLaoag City, Ilocos Norte | 1,631 | about 2,039 | about 0.80 km² | 0.00% a year | Rural |
| 18,389 | Calupa-anGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental | 1,631 | about 86 | about 19.05 km² | −3.30% a year | Rural |
| 18,390 | Lioac NorteNaguilian, La Union | 1,631 | about 1,812 | about 0.90 km² | 0.89% a year | Rural |
| 18,391 | Poblacion IIIClarin, Misamis Occidental | 1,631 | about 5,161 | about 0.316 km² | −0.03% a year | Rural |
| 18,392 | Santo RosarioSanta Maria, Davao Occidental | 1,631 | about 295 | about 5.53 km² | 2.59% a year | Rural |
| 18,393 | AgojoPanay, Capiz | 1,630 | about 177 | about 9.23 km² | −0.18% a year | Rural |
| 18,394 | Alilem DayaAlilem, Ilocos Sur | 1,630 | about 203 | about 8.04 km² | −0.78% a year | Rural |
| 18,395 | BantuganPozorrubio, Pangasinan | 1,630 | about 982 | about 1.66 km² | 4.31% a year | Rural |
| 18,396 | Barangay 314Manila | 1,630 | about 30,697 | about 0.0531 km² | −5.50% a year | Urban |
| 18,397 | Barangay IMalabuyoc, Cebu | 1,630 | about 2,916 | about 0.559 km² | −2.00% a year | Rural |
| 18,398 | CatmonSan Juan, Batangas | 1,630 | about 2,455 | about 0.664 km² | 0.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,399 | CordonKasibu, Nueva Vizcaya | 1,630 | about 34 | about 48.12 km² | 1.28% a year | Rural |
| 18,400 | GulingGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,630 | about 350 | about 4.66 km² | 0.52% 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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