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, 18,651 to 18,700 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,651 | RizalAtimonan, Quezon | 1,610 | about 193 | about 8.36 km² | 0.70% a year | Rural |
| 18,652 | San Andres IIQuezon, Nueva Ecija | 1,610 | about 486 | about 3.31 km² | −2.94% a year | Rural |
| 18,653 | SiljagonMapanas, Northern Samar | 1,610 | about 87 | about 18.50 km² | −0.31% a year | Rural |
| 18,654 | AlibengSison, Pangasinan | 1,609 | about 94 | about 17.17 km² | −1.20% a year | Rural |
| 18,655 | BalatubatCalayan, Cagayan | 1,609 | about 22 | about 72.81 km² | −2.48% a year | Rural |
| 18,656 | BatoNaguilian, La Union | 1,609 | about 408 | about 3.94 km² | −0.96% a year | Rural |
| 18,657 | BayabasUpi, Maguindanao del Norte | 1,609 | about 40 | about 40.32 km² | 3.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,658 | BogñaSorsogon City, Sorsogon | 1,609 | about 600 | about 2.68 km² | −0.18% a year | Rural |
| 18,659 | DancalanBulusan, Sorsogon | 1,609 | about 659 | about 2.44 km² | 1.44% a year | Rural |
| 18,660 | Isabela ProperIsabela City, Basilan | 1,609 | about 25,101 | about 0.0641 km² | 3.64% a year | Rural |
| 18,661 | LaawBorbon, Cebu | 1,609 | about 508 | about 3.17 km² | 1.12% a year | Rural |
| 18,662 | Looc-labuanTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,609 | about 164 | about 9.82 km² | 1.25% a year | Rural |
| 18,663 | MacabacleBacolor, Pampanga | 1,609 | about 1,637 | about 0.983 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,664 | MaslogLawaan, Eastern Samar | 1,609 | about 512 | about 3.14 km² | −0.19% a year | Rural |
| 18,665 | San AgustinBay, Laguna | 1,609 | about 26,951 | about 0.0597 km² | 2.83% a year | Urban |
| 18,666 | San AntonioNueva Valencia, Guimaras | 1,609 | about 138 | about 11.67 km² | 0.18% a year | Rural |
| 18,667 | San JuanPasuquin, Ilocos Norte | 1,609 | about 133 | about 12.14 km² | 0.06% a year | Rural |
| 18,668 | San RoqueIsabel, Leyte | 1,609 | about 25,299 | about 0.0636 km² | 1.93% a year | Rural |
| 18,669 | Santo NiñoTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,609 | about 136 | about 11.79 km² | 0.81% a year | Rural |
| 18,670 | Bagong San RoqueSanto Domingo, Albay | 1,608 | about 1,398 | about 1.15 km² | 0.64% a year | Rural |
| 18,671 | Barangay 180Pasay City | 1,608 | about 164,754 | about 0.00976 km² | −5.76% a year | Urban |
| 18,672 | KansumandigLa Libertad, Negros Oriental | 1,608 | about 234 | about 6.88 km² | 4.28% a year | Rural |
| 18,673 | MalabrigoLobo, Batangas | 1,608 | about 249 | about 6.46 km² | −0.95% a year | Rural |
| 18,674 | Munting ParangTagkawayan, Quezon | 1,608 | about 338 | about 4.76 km² | −2.10% a year | Rural |
| 18,675 | Natunuan NorthSan Pascual, Batangas | 1,608 | about 1,651 | about 0.974 km² | 1.81% a year | Rural |
| 18,676 | Ombao HeightsBula, Camarines Sur | 1,608 | about 356 | about 4.52 km² | −0.16% a year | Rural |
| 18,677 | PandiaranaoTugaya, Lanao del Sur | 1,608 | about 5,137 | about 0.313 km² | 0.98% a year | Rural |
| 18,678 | Polong NorteMalasiqui, Pangasinan | 1,608 | about 2,170 | about 0.741 km² | 0.03% a year | Rural |
| 18,679 | TabocPlacer, Masbate | 1,608 | about 214 | about 7.52 km² | 3.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,680 | AngandogBaloi, Lanao del Norte | 1,607 | about 564 | about 2.85 km² | 1.41% a year | Rural |
| 18,681 | BalocaweAbuyog, Leyte | 1,607 | about 502 | about 3.20 km² | 0.24% a year | Rural |
| 18,682 | Barangay 5Cavite City, Cavite | 1,607 | about 41,849 | about 0.0384 km² | −0.70% a year | Rural |
| 18,683 | Bito Buadi ParbaMarawi City, Lanao del Sur | 1,607 | about 6,957 | about 0.231 km² | no 2020 count | Urban |
| 18,684 | Dao-anSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,607 | about 287 | about 5.60 km² | −0.40% a year | Rural |
| 18,685 | DumayatBinalonan, Pangasinan | 1,607 | about 616 | about 2.61 km² | 1.20% a year | Rural |
| 18,686 | East SisangatSiasi, Sulu | 1,607 | about 2,296 | about 0.70 km² | 5.10% a year | Rural |
| 18,687 | La PerlaLaoang, Northern Samar | 1,607 | about 364 | about 4.41 km² | 1.17% a year | Rural |
| 18,688 | LapokShariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,607 | about 929 | about 1.73 km² | 4.10% a year | Rural |
| 18,689 | MagangitNew Bataan, Davao de Oro | 1,607 | about 90 | about 17.78 km² | −2.63% a year | Rural |
| 18,690 | MinolMabini, Bohol | 1,607 | about 390 | about 4.12 km² | 2.38% a year | Rural |
| 18,691 | Oraan EastManaoag, Pangasinan | 1,607 | about 586 | about 2.74 km² | 6.94% a year | Rural |
| 18,692 | PisomponganMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,607 | about 159 | about 10.13 km² | 5.63% a year | Rural |
| 18,693 | Poblacion ITanjay City, Negros Oriental | 1,607 | about 3,844 | about 0.418 km² | −3.84% a year | Rural |
| 18,694 | Rang-ayanRoxas, Isabela | 1,607 | about 640 | about 2.51 km² | 2.34% a year | Rural |
| 18,695 | SabitCuyapo, Nueva Ecija | 1,607 | about 306 | about 5.26 km² | 1.50% a year | Rural |
| 18,696 | SalvacionButuan City, Agusan del Norte | 1,607 | about 208 | about 7.74 km² | 1.65% a year | Rural |
| 18,697 | ArebasoreMabinay, Negros Oriental | 1,606 | about 176 | about 9.15 km² | −4.63% a year | Rural |
| 18,698 | ComadogcadogDel Gallego, Camarines Sur | 1,606 | about 520 | about 3.09 km² | 0.29% a year | Rural |
| 18,699 | DagohoyInabanga, Bohol | 1,606 | about 878 | about 1.83 km² | −0.01% a year | Rural |
| 18,700 | ImboAnda, Pangasinan | 1,606 | about 669 | about 2.40 km² | −0.72% 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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