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]

Map of the Philippines, every barangay in a colour of its own — Every barangay in a colour of its own, no two side by side alike.

At a glance

Barangays: 42,010^[2]; in 1,642 cities and municipalities
People, 2024: 112,727,776^[3]; Of the 112,729,484 the census counted, 1,708 were in embassies abroad, in no region.
Urban or rural: 8,209 urban^[4]; 33,801 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Commonwealth^[5]; Quezon City; 215,035 people
Largest by land: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or more: Bacjawan Sur^{[7, 8]}; Concepcion, Iloilo; 10.14% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020: 13,642 barangays^[8]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Pag-Asa, −9.08% a year.

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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, 19,951 to 20,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
19,951	El RioSibagat, Agusan del Sur	1,502	about 198	about 7.57 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
19,952	GusaranKabayan, Benguet	1,502	about 272	about 5.53 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
19,953	Jaena SurJamindan, Capiz	1,502	about 8	about 190.04 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
19,954	LibodPandan, Catanduanes	1,502	about 3,316	about 0.453 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
19,955	MarinabBulan, Sorsogon	1,502	about 314	about 4.79 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
19,956	PoblacionHungduan, Ifugao	1,502	about 41	about 37.02 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
19,957	San MiguelBauan, Batangas	1,502	about 1,966	about 0.764 km²	−0.61% a year	Urban
19,958	Santo RosarioCandaba, Pampanga	1,502	about 280	about 5.37 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
19,959	SomiorangMatungao, Lanao del Norte	1,502	about 450	about 3.34 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
19,960	AglowayPanitan, Capiz	1,501	about 586	about 2.56 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
19,961	Barangay 346Manila	1,501	about 50,709	about 0.0296 km²	−0.16% a year	Urban
19,962	BarasBarotac Nuevo, Iloilo	1,501	about 407	about 3.69 km²	4.61% a year	Rural
19,963	CansilayanPototan, Iloilo	1,501	about 661	about 2.27 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
19,964	CawitCasiguran, Sorsogon	1,501	about 38,291	about 0.0392 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
19,965	GaasOrmoc City, Leyte	1,501	about 25	about 58.95 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
19,966	LomboySanto Tomas, La Union	1,501	about 1,377	about 1.09 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
19,967	PuyatCarmen, Surigao del Sur	1,501	about 113	about 13.30 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
19,968	RawisDulag, Leyte	1,501	about 475	about 3.16 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
19,969	RizalIbajay, Aklan	1,501	about 483	about 3.11 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
19,970	SalamentoCaluya, Antique	1,501	about 620	about 2.42 km²	5.60% a year	Rural
19,971	Santa Rosa IIBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,501	about 357	about 4.21 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
19,972	Santiago YoungNabua, Camarines Sur	1,501	about 1,501	about 1.00 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
19,973	AslumSanta Rita, Samar	1,500	about 510	about 2.94 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
19,974	BalogoBoac, Marinduque	1,500	about 1,697	about 0.884 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
19,975	CagaraBaleno, Masbate	1,500	about 195	about 7.71 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
19,976	ConcepcionSanto Domingo, Nueva Ecija	1,500	about 593	about 2.53 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
19,977	GuinhalinanBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,500	no border mapped	no border mapped	no 2020 count	Rural
19,978	IgabayBalabagan, Lanao del Sur	1,500	about 302	about 4.96 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
19,979	LugsadCalabanga, Camarines Sur	1,500	about 103	about 14.50 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
19,980	Poblacion IRoxas City, Capiz	1,500	about 15,369	about 0.0976 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
19,981	SawangCapul, Northern Samar	1,500	about 333	about 4.51 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
19,982	AgtongoRomblon, Romblon	1,499	about 363	about 4.13 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
19,983	Amaya VITanza, Cavite	1,499	about 34,460	about 0.0435 km²	6.52% a year	Rural
19,984	AnasMasbate City, Masbate	1,499	about 407	about 3.68 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
19,985	Barangay 54Pasay City	1,499	about 159,638	about 0.00939 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
19,986	Barangay IILaur, Nueva Ecija	1,499	about 4,062	about 0.369 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
19,987	BayawangRosario, Batangas	1,499	about 269	about 5.58 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
19,988	BihisSanta Teresita, Batangas	1,499	about 1,119	about 1.34 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
19,989	DebucaoMaria Aurora, Aurora	1,499	about 572	about 2.62 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
19,990	Dungo-anManjuyod, Negros Oriental	1,499	about 898	about 1.67 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
19,991	FatimaPamplona, Negros Oriental	1,499	about 70	about 21.34 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
19,992	MalayaGeneral Luna, Quezon	1,499	about 215	about 6.97 km²	−4.08% a year	Rural
19,993	RoseteSan Felipe, Zambales	1,499	about 2,144	about 0.699 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
19,994	Santo TomasSaguday, Quirino	1,499	about 253	about 5.93 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
19,995	SuplangTanauan City, Batangas	1,499	about 681	about 2.20 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
19,996	Bagong BayanEl Nido, Palawan	1,498	about 68	about 21.87 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
19,997	BungahanIbaan, Batangas	1,498	about 424	about 3.53 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
19,998	CabayaoasanMangatarem, Pangasinan	1,498	about 494	about 3.03 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
19,999	CerrudoBanga, Aklan	1,498	about 1,626	about 0.921 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
20,000	Happy ValleySan Isidro, Northern Samar	1,498	about 58	about 25.92 km²	no 2020 count	Rural

Rankings of the Philippines

Barangays

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

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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