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Barangays in 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]

Open Manila

Barangays in Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 897^[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: 1,902,590^[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: 897 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 649^[5]; Manila; 69,769 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: Barangay 20^[6]; Manila; about 1.38 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: 259 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Barangay 598, −3.18% 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.

897 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	Barangay 28Manila	2,515	about 110,793	about 0.0227 km²	−2.43% a year	Urban
202	Barangay 692Manila	2,508	about 62,388	about 0.0402 km²	16.45% a year	Urban
203	Barangay 282Manila	2,503	about 22,348	about 0.112 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
204	Barangay 39Manila	2,498	about 24,019	about 0.104 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
205	Barangay 206Manila	2,487	about 59,640	about 0.0417 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
206	Barangay 871Manila	2,480	about 193,750	about 0.0128 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
207	Barangay 14Manila	2,479	about 169,795	about 0.0146 km²	4.42% a year	Urban
208	Barangay 821Manila	2,474	about 180,584	about 0.0137 km²	5.30% a year	Urban
209	Barangay 596Manila	2,467	about 110,134	about 0.0224 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
210	Barangay 724Manila	2,459	about 29,379	about 0.0837 km²	1.22% a year	Urban
211	Barangay 37Manila	2,456	about 243,168	about 0.0101 km²	4.34% a year	Urban
212	Barangay 571Manila	2,452	about 110,450	about 0.0222 km²	3.82% a year	Urban
213	Barangay 730Manila	2,443	about 53,929	about 0.0453 km²	11.72% a year	Urban
214	Barangay 881Manila	2,443	about 55,904	about 0.0437 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
215	Barangay 772Manila	2,439	about 77,429	about 0.0315 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
216	Barangay 567Manila	2,437	about 68,842	about 0.0354 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
217	Barangay 13Manila	2,435	about 194,800	about 0.0125 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
218	Barangay 110Manila	2,431	about 13,581	about 0.179 km²	−2.29% a year	Urban
219	Barangay 55Manila	2,427	about 66,131	about 0.0367 km²	−0.63% a year	Urban
220	Barangay 469Manila	2,424	about 170,704	about 0.0142 km²	5.28% a year	Urban
221	Barangay 527Manila	2,424	about 117,101	about 0.0207 km²	3.10% a year	Urban
222	Barangay 398Manila	2,413	about 118,867	about 0.0203 km²	−5.60% a year	Urban
223	Barangay 70Manila	2,405	about 187,891	about 0.0128 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
224	Barangay 867Manila	2,396	about 79,338	about 0.0302 km²	3.03% a year	Urban
225	Barangay 73Manila	2,394	about 230,192	about 0.0104 km²	−0.82% a year	Urban
226	Barangay 561Manila	2,387	about 110,000	about 0.0217 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
227	Barangay 230Manila	2,376	about 216,000	about 0.011 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
228	Barangay 783Manila	2,341	about 85,751	about 0.0273 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
229	Barangay 884Manila	2,341	about 27,671	about 0.0846 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
230	Barangay 100Manila	2,340	about 79,322	about 0.0295 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
231	Barangay 26Manila	2,340	about 118,782	about 0.0197 km²	−2.09% a year	Urban
232	Barangay 780Manila	2,340	about 73,354	about 0.0319 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
233	Barangay 181Manila	2,334	about 125,484	about 0.0186 km²	−4.05% a year	Urban
234	Barangay 808Manila	2,330	about 83,513	about 0.0279 km²	1.58% a year	Urban
235	Barangay 855Manila	2,319	about 52,112	about 0.0445 km²	1.92% a year	Urban
236	Barangay 133Manila	2,317	about 30,527	about 0.0759 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
237	Barangay 769Manila	2,317	about 67,749	about 0.0342 km²	3.63% a year	Urban
238	Barangay 45Manila	2,312	about 129,888	about 0.0178 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
239	Barangay 35Manila	2,289	about 148,636	about 0.0154 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
240	Barangay 515Manila	2,289	about 52,986	about 0.0432 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
241	Barangay 484Manila	2,285	about 132,081	about 0.0173 km²	6.22% a year	Urban
242	Barangay 819Manila	2,280	about 155,102	about 0.0147 km²	3.11% a year	Urban
243	Barangay 225Manila	2,275	about 144,904	about 0.0157 km²	−1.46% a year	Urban
244	Barangay 296Manila	2,273	about 64,574	about 0.0352 km²	16.67% a year	Urban
245	Barangay 36Manila	2,267	about 192,119	about 0.0118 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
246	Barangay 562Manila	2,261	about 103,716	about 0.0218 km²	−3.14% a year	Urban
247	Barangay 19Manila	2,260	about 119,577	about 0.0189 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
248	Barangay 52Manila	2,249	about 84,868	about 0.0265 km²	−4.56% a year	Urban
249	Barangay 605Manila	2,242	about 57,933	about 0.0387 km²	6.11% a year	Urban
250	Barangay 811Manila	2,242	about 67,327	about 0.0333 km²	−0.94% 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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