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, 18,601 to 18,650 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,601 | BotongKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,614 | about 94 | about 17.16 km² | 6.12% a year | Rural |
| 18,602 | CanipaanHinunangan, Southern Leyte | 1,614 | about 1,864 | about 0.866 km² | 0.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,603 | CocoroMagsaysay, Palawan | 1,614 | about 289 | about 5.58 km² | 4.28% a year | Rural |
| 18,604 | DagaPanay, Capiz | 1,614 | about 494 | about 3.27 km² | 0.01% a year | Rural |
| 18,605 | DinasanJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,614 | about 105 | about 15.35 km² | −4.67% a year | Rural |
| 18,606 | DomingaDavao City, Davao del Sur | 1,614 | about 190 | about 8.48 km² | 1.29% a year | Rural |
| 18,607 | GuinciamanSan Miguel, Leyte | 1,614 | about 119 | about 13.53 km² | −0.94% a year | Rural |
| 18,608 | Kanlurang CalutanAgdangan, Quezon | 1,614 | about 922 | about 1.75 km² | 2.32% a year | Rural |
| 18,609 | MalingonPresident Quirino, Sultan Kudarat | 1,614 | about 221 | about 7.29 km² | 0.22% a year | Rural |
| 18,610 | NajandigZamboanguita, Negros Oriental | 1,614 | about 37 | about 43.38 km² | 1.12% a year | Rural |
| 18,611 | PutingbatoToledo City, Cebu | 1,614 | about 359 | about 4.50 km² | −1.14% a year | Rural |
| 18,612 | SamberenParang, Maguindanao del Norte | 1,614 | about 244 | about 6.62 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,613 | TukaSultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte | 1,614 | about 1,261 | about 1.28 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,614 | Barangay 48Cavite City, Cavite | 1,613 | about 85,344 | about 0.0189 km² | −0.84% a year | Rural |
| 18,615 | BinduyanPuerto Princesa City, Palawan | 1,613 | about 19 | about 83.32 km² | 1.45% a year | Rural |
| 18,616 | DadongTarragona, Davao Oriental | 1,613 | about 73 | about 22.00 km² | 0.60% a year | Rural |
| 18,617 | IniliganBadiangan, Iloilo | 1,613 | about 747 | about 2.16 km² | 0.10% a year | Rural |
| 18,618 | MacabayaoJimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,613 | about 597 | about 2.70 km² | 1.34% a year | Rural |
| 18,619 | NonocClaveria, Masbate | 1,613 | about 165 | about 9.75 km² | −0.27% a year | Rural |
| 18,620 | Santa FeGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte | 1,613 | about 1,746 | about 0.924 km² | 1.56% a year | Rural |
| 18,621 | Santo CristoConcepcion, Tarlac | 1,613 | about 730 | about 2.21 km² | 1.16% a year | Rural |
| 18,622 | SimataMolave, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,613 | about 186 | about 8.67 km² | 1.16% a year | Rural |
| 18,623 | TalisayLaoang, Northern Samar | 1,613 | about 466 | about 3.46 km² | 0.39% a year | Rural |
| 18,624 | WawaTanauan City, Batangas | 1,613 | about 764 | about 2.11 km² | −1.90% a year | Rural |
| 18,625 | A. DalusagGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite | 1,612 | about 351 | about 4.59 km² | 1.40% a year | Rural |
| 18,626 | AblayanDalaguete, Cebu | 1,612 | about 470 | about 3.43 km² | 4.95% a year | Rural |
| 18,627 | Barangay 129Caloocan City | 1,612 | about 63,715 | about 0.0253 km² | 0.82% a year | Urban |
| 18,628 | Barangay 138Caloocan City | 1,612 | about 18,920 | about 0.0852 km² | 2.93% a year | Urban |
| 18,629 | BarasGuiuan, Eastern Samar | 1,612 | about 315 | about 5.11 km² | −0.59% a year | Rural |
| 18,630 | BinobohanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental | 1,612 | about 170 | about 9.47 km² | 0.18% a year | Rural |
| 18,631 | DellesBurgos, La Union | 1,612 | about 113 | about 14.29 km² | −0.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,632 | GuadalupeMaasin City, Southern Leyte | 1,612 | about 764 | about 2.11 km² | −1.29% a year | Rural |
| 18,633 | Poblacion IlawodSan Enrique, Iloilo | 1,612 | about 4,144 | about 0.389 km² | −0.38% a year | Rural |
| 18,634 | Sto. NiñoTumauini, Isabela | 1,612 | about 339 | about 4.76 km² | 4.72% a year | Rural |
| 18,635 | SilinganRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,612 | about 202 | about 7.99 km² | 0.19% a year | Rural |
| 18,636 | BacalanIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,611 | about 280 | about 5.75 km² | 2.97% a year | Rural |
| 18,637 | Bgy. 19 - CabagñanLegazpi City, Albay | 1,611 | about 8,178 | about 0.197 km² | 1.37% a year | Urban |
| 18,638 | Barangay 5San Jose, Occidental Mindoro | 1,611 | about 18,886 | about 0.0853 km² | −0.43% a year | Urban |
| 18,639 | LawaanDanao City, Cebu | 1,611 | about 270 | about 5.96 km² | 0.24% a year | Rural |
| 18,640 | PilitSanta Fe, Leyte | 1,611 | about 479 | about 3.36 km² | −0.97% a year | Rural |
| 18,641 | QuezonGitagum, Misamis Oriental | 1,611 | about 556 | about 2.90 km² | 2.19% a year | Rural |
| 18,642 | San GregorioMalvar, Batangas | 1,611 | about 1,833 | about 0.879 km² | 1.65% a year | Rural |
| 18,643 | Sapang CawayanScience City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija | 1,611 | about 412 | about 3.91 km² | 0.62% a year | Rural |
| 18,644 | BaangCatigbian, Bohol | 1,610 | about 429 | about 3.75 km² | 2.80% a year | Rural |
| 18,645 | CastilloMacalelon, Quezon | 1,610 | about 72,523 | about 0.0222 km² | 0.35% a year | Rural |
| 18,646 | Doña MaximaSan Luis, Agusan del Sur | 1,610 | about 348 | about 4.63 km² | 3.30% a year | Rural |
| 18,647 | JurisdiccionAlcala, Cagayan | 1,610 | about 970 | about 1.66 km² | 1.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,648 | MagsaysayPatnongon, Antique | 1,610 | about 636 | about 2.53 km² | 0.88% a year | Rural |
| 18,649 | MalabuanMakilala, Cotabato | 1,610 | about 125 | about 12.88 km² | 1.65% a year | Rural |
| 18,650 | MalipoGuinobatan, Albay | 1,610 | about 370 | about 4.35 km² | −2.92% 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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