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Barangays in Metro Manila

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]

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Barangays in Metro Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 1,715^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 14,001,751^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 1,715 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Commonwealth^[5]; Quezon City; 215,035 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Pasong Putik Proper^[6]; Quezon City; about 27.69 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Barangay 397^{[5, 7]}; Manila; 19.69% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 373 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin De Porres, −6.43% a year.

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.

1,715 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	MalandayValenzuela City	19,344	about 8,753	about 2.21 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
202	E. RodriguezQuezon City	19,291	about 29,318	about 0.658 km²	2.56% a year	Urban
203	GreenhillsSan Juan City	19,156	about 10,082	about 1.90 km²	5.68% a year	Urban
204	OlympiaMakati City	19,035	about 41,291	about 0.461 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
205	Tangos SouthNavotas City	18,971	about 115,677	about 0.164 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
206	Viente RealesValenzuela City	18,874	about 9,630	about 1.96 km²	−5.97% a year	Urban
207	NBBS ProperNavotas City	18,689	about 50,105	about 0.373 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
208	TinajerosMalabon City	18,677	about 20,061	about 0.931 km²	0.34% a year	Urban
209	PaltokQuezon City	18,657	about 28,225	about 0.661 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
210	BangkalMakati City	18,013	about 20,014	about 0.90 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
211	San AntonioMakati City	18,012	about 19,515	about 0.923 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
212	Barangay 73Caloocan City	17,965	about 119,767	about 0.15 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
213	MarilagQuezon City	17,891	about 38,310	about 0.467 km²	8.86% a year	Urban
214	Santa TeresitaQuezon City	17,838	about 51,855	about 0.344 km²	10.47% a year	Urban
215	Doña ImeldaQuezon City	17,695	about 18,925	about 0.935 km²	10.38% a year	Urban
216	Talon KuatroLas Piñas City	17,656	about 24,728	about 0.714 km²	−3.81% a year	Urban
217	Barangay 160Caloocan City	17,469	about 37,168	about 0.47 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
218	Tangos NorthNavotas City	17,384	about 79,018	about 0.22 km²	−0.18% a year	Urban
219	West CrameSan Juan City	17,359	about 89,021	about 0.195 km²	1.44% a year	Urban
220	San RoqueMarikina City	17,268	about 15,418	about 1.12 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
221	PoblacionMakati City	17,088	about 16,431	about 1.04 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
222	Industrial ValleyMarikina City	16,678	about 20,414	about 0.817 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
223	Ramon MagsaysayQuezon City	16,641	about 47,410	about 0.351 km²	3.67% a year	Urban
224	Barangay 162Caloocan City	16,606	about 29,133	about 0.57 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
225	PoblacionMandaluyong City	16,407	about 72,278	about 0.227 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
226	ComemboTaguig City	16,299	about 52,577	about 0.31 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
227	Barangay 628Manila	16,279	about 87,995	about 0.185 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
228	PitogoTaguig City	16,244	about 93,896	about 0.173 km²	2.50% a year	Urban
229	Tanza 2Navotas City	16,184	about 24,264	about 0.667 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
230	BarangkaMarikina City	16,144	about 12,138	about 1.33 km²	−0.72% a year	Urban
231	Novaliches ProperQuezon City	16,096	about 25,590	about 0.629 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
232	TejerosMakati City	16,019	about 56,010	about 0.286 km²	1.39% a year	Urban
233	WawaTaguig City	15,930	about 15,466	about 1.03 km²	2.54% a year	Urban
234	CalumpangMarikina City	15,914	about 21,860	about 0.728 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
235	Tanza 1Navotas City	15,795	about 3,085	about 5.12 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
236	Barangka DriveMandaluyong City	15,782	about 73,748	about 0.214 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
237	BambangTaguig City	15,749	about 36,969	about 0.426 km²	2.95% a year	Urban
238	Barangay 173Caloocan City	15,702	about 17,086	about 0.919 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
239	Barangay 163Caloocan City	15,645	about 26,162	about 0.598 km²	1.85% a year	Urban
240	BagbaguinValenzuela City	15,524	about 14,645	about 1.06 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
241	South CemboTaguig City	15,458	about 71,235	about 0.217 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
242	San Martin De PorresParañaque City	15,377	about 9,551	about 1.61 km²	−6.43% a year	Urban
243	South TriangleQuezon City	15,070	about 13,336	about 1.13 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
244	Canumay EastValenzuela City	15,058	about 11,237	about 1.34 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
245	New EraQuezon City	14,987	about 21,471	about 0.698 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
246	Bagong Lipunan Ng CrameQuezon City	14,944	about 16,156	about 0.925 km²	2.23% a year	Urban
247	San AntonioPasig City	14,904	about 20,086	about 0.742 km²	5.92% a year	Urban
248	DaanghariNavotas City	14,837	about 46,366	about 0.32 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
249	TañongMalabon City	14,836	about 36,723	about 0.404 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
250	BuliMuntinlupa City	14,802	about 22,292	about 0.664 km²	2.52% a year	Urban

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. 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 adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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