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, 18,701 to 18,750 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,701 | Little BaguioImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,606 | about 451 | about 3.56 km² | −0.89% a year | Urban |
| 18,702 | Loboc UpperOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,606 | about 3,815 | about 0.421 km² | −3.06% a year | Rural |
| 18,703 | NangalinanBaggao, Cagayan | 1,606 | about 482 | about 3.33 km² | 1.67% a year | Rural |
| 18,704 | SibongaKadingilan, Bukidnon | 1,606 | about 304 | about 5.29 km² | 2.26% a year | Rural |
| 18,705 | South SilumpakSiasi, Sulu | 1,606 | about 12,167 | about 0.132 km² | 0.70% a year | Rural |
| 18,706 | TacpaoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental | 1,606 | about 119 | about 13.54 km² | 2.08% a year | Rural |
| 18,707 | TamboLigao City, Albay | 1,606 | about 231 | about 6.96 km² | 0.06% a year | Rural |
| 18,708 | TarumMercedes, Camarines Norte | 1,606 | about 185 | about 8.66 km² | −0.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,709 | AtabayAyungon, Negros Oriental | 1,605 | about 393 | about 4.08 km² | 3.37% a year | Rural |
| 18,710 | BaclayTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,605 | about 242 | about 6.64 km² | 1.62% a year | Rural |
| 18,711 | Barangay 131Pasay City | 1,605 | about 52,110 | about 0.0308 km² | 2.86% a year | Urban |
| 18,712 | CarasuchiIndang, Cavite | 1,605 | about 553 | about 2.90 km² | 2.72% a year | Rural |
| 18,713 | EsperanzaPilar, Sorsogon | 1,605 | about 747 | about 2.15 km² | −1.19% a year | Rural |
| 18,714 | HighwayDulag, Leyte | 1,605 | about 1,189 | about 1.35 km² | 1.57% a year | Rural |
| 18,715 | KamagongBongao, Tawi-Tawi | 1,605 | about 175 | about 9.18 km² | 4.78% a year | Rural |
| 18,716 | NaasagMambajao, Camiguin | 1,605 | about 405 | about 3.96 km² | −0.49% a year | Rural |
| 18,717 | ParilKalamansig, Sultan Kudarat | 1,605 | about 109 | about 14.66 km² | −0.46% a year | Rural |
| 18,718 | Poblacion 39Infanta, Quezon | 1,605 | about 7,500 | about 0.214 km² | −1.27% a year | Urban |
| 18,719 | Santo NiñoSan Agustin, Isabela | 1,605 | about 59 | about 27.06 km² | −0.38% a year | Rural |
| 18,720 | Barangay 720Manila | 1,604 | about 29,981 | about 0.0535 km² | 6.41% a year | Urban |
| 18,721 | Barangay 806Manila | 1,604 | about 55,310 | about 0.029 km² | 0.01% a year | Urban |
| 18,722 | BolaoenUrdaneta City, Pangasinan | 1,604 | about 660 | about 2.43 km² | 1.52% a year | Rural |
| 18,723 | CalaranCalamba, Misamis Occidental | 1,604 | about 585 | about 2.74 km² | −0.37% a year | Rural |
| 18,724 | CalunasanM'Lang, Cotabato | 1,604 | about 176 | about 9.11 km² | −0.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,725 | FatimaSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental | 1,604 | about 432 | about 3.71 km² | 0.41% a year | Rural |
| 18,726 | GarciaTubao, La Union | 1,604 | about 736 | about 2.18 km² | −0.41% a year | Rural |
| 18,727 | GinatilanBalamban, Cebu | 1,604 | about 113 | about 14.23 km² | 2.16% a year | Rural |
| 18,728 | KalinawanJaro, Leyte | 1,604 | about 508 | about 3.16 km² | 0.06% a year | Rural |
| 18,729 | NavitasNumancia, Aklan | 1,604 | about 1,808 | about 0.887 km² | 0.04% a year | Rural |
| 18,730 | PantaonCalanogas, Lanao del Sur | 1,604 | about 279 | about 5.75 km² | 4.52% a year | Rural |
| 18,731 | SalvacionSaguday, Quirino | 1,604 | about 292 | about 5.50 km² | 0.39% a year | Rural |
| 18,732 | AbuyoAlfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya | 1,603 | about 39 | about 40.64 km² | 2.60% a year | Rural |
| 18,733 | AnaboLemery, Iloilo | 1,603 | about 314 | about 5.10 km² | 0.84% a year | Rural |
| 18,734 | Bagong SilangKapatagan, Lanao del Norte | 1,603 | about 331 | about 4.84 km² | 0.87% a year | Rural |
| 18,735 | Barangay 414Manila | 1,603 | about 97,744 | about 0.0164 km² | −1.62% a year | Urban |
| 18,736 | Barangay 450Manila | 1,603 | about 47,147 | about 0.034 km² | −3.19% a year | Urban |
| 18,737 | BulalaCamalaniugan, Cagayan | 1,603 | about 921 | about 1.74 km² | 1.16% a year | Urban |
| 18,738 | CabatuhanLabo, Camarines Norte | 1,603 | about 45 | about 35.30 km² | −1.65% a year | Rural |
| 18,739 | CajelBorbon, Cebu | 1,603 | about 258 | about 6.21 km² | 0.92% a year | Rural |
| 18,740 | DughanBarobo, Surigao del Sur | 1,603 | about 246 | about 6.51 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 18,741 | MagandingPicong, Lanao del Sur | 1,603 | about 111 | about 14.40 km² | 0.47% a year | Rural |
| 18,742 | NalneranBasista, Pangasinan | 1,603 | about 1,868 | about 0.858 km² | −1.63% a year | Rural |
| 18,743 | VillagonzaloOlutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay | 1,603 | about 763 | about 2.10 km² | 0.20% a year | Rural |
| 18,744 | Barangay 7Cavite City, Cavite | 1,602 | about 49,598 | about 0.0323 km² | −0.78% a year | Rural |
| 18,745 | Lower BinuangTalipao, Sulu | 1,602 | about 605 | about 2.65 km² | 2.03% a year | Rural |
| 18,746 | New ArgaoMalita, Davao Occidental | 1,602 | about 1,710 | about 0.937 km² | −0.83% a year | Rural |
| 18,747 | PawanMapun, Tawi-Tawi | 1,602 | about 317 | about 5.06 km² | 1.36% a year | Rural |
| 18,748 | Poblacion IIMabini, Bohol | 1,602 | about 327 | about 4.90 km² | −0.25% a year | Rural |
| 18,749 | San IsidroSanta Magdalena, Sorsogon | 1,602 | about 483 | about 3.32 km² | 0.32% a year | Rural |
| 18,750 | San IsidroTubod, Surigao del Norte | 1,602 | about 456 | about 3.51 km² | 1.70% 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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