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, 25,651 to 25,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
25,651	San MarianoSanta Maria, Pangasinan	1,110	about 1,037	about 1.07 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
25,652	TerogoCaramoan, Camarines Sur	1,110	about 374	about 2.97 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
25,653	AcboSigma, Capiz	1,109	about 250	about 4.44 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
25,654	BagongbanwaTubigon, Bohol	1,109	about 20,091	about 0.0552 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
25,655	BanacudMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,109	about 3,989	about 0.278 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
25,656	Barangay 145Manila	1,109	about 62,655	about 0.0177 km²	1.81% a year	Urban
25,657	Barangay 17Pasay City	1,109	about 91,653	about 0.0121 km²	2.88% a year	Urban
25,658	BatingMambusao, Capiz	1,109	about 158	about 7.03 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
25,659	BogasongLibagon, Southern Leyte	1,109	about 203	about 5.45 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
25,660	BunlalacaoMangatarem, Pangasinan	1,109	about 518	about 2.14 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
25,661	Genablan OrientalMatnog, Sorsogon	1,109	about 307	about 3.61 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
25,662	Gui-obAlcantara, Romblon	1,109	about 489	about 2.27 km²	−7.11% a year	Rural
25,663	GuisingGattaran, Cagayan	1,109	about 199	about 5.57 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
25,664	IyaganBaao, Camarines Sur	1,109	about 284	about 3.91 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
25,665	Lower PatagSison, Surigao del Norte	1,109	about 349	about 3.18 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
25,666	MaligoPualas, Lanao del Sur	1,109	about 2,282	about 0.486 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
25,667	MarikabanTingloy, Batangas	1,109	about 378	about 2.93 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
25,668	Muelle Loney-MontesIloilo City, Iloilo	1,109	about 12,617	about 0.0879 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
25,669	PoblacionPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	1,109	about 5,306	about 0.209 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
25,670	Sta. Cruz Biga-aLezo, Aklan	1,109	about 866	about 1.28 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
25,671	Batas DaoGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite	1,108	about 223	about 4.96 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
25,672	EkipBokod, Benguet	1,108	about 65	about 16.97 km²	3.45% a year	Rural
25,673	InaladCalubian, Leyte	1,108	about 447	about 2.48 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
25,674	Jao-asanMagdiwang, Romblon	1,108	about 108	about 10.29 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
25,675	LapiniganClaver, Surigao del Norte	1,108	about 1,361	about 0.814 km²	5.85% a year	Rural
25,676	LatagTaal, Batangas	1,108	about 1,194	about 0.928 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
25,677	ParangOld Panamao, Sulu	1,108	about 833	about 1.33 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
25,678	Poblacion 1Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte	1,108	about 5,568	about 0.199 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
25,679	RombangBelison, Antique	1,108	about 1,157	about 0.958 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
25,680	San RafaelPatnongon, Antique	1,108	about 294	about 3.77 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
25,681	San VicenteBurgos, Pangasinan	1,108	about 235	about 4.71 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
25,682	Tampakan DampongSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,108	about 6,156	about 0.18 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
25,683	Tenga ManubulPandami, Sulu	1,108	about 5,178	about 0.214 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
25,684	ZinaragAparri, Cagayan	1,108	about 110	about 10.08 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
25,685	Barangay 1Tigbauan, Iloilo	1,107	about 7,380	about 0.15 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
25,686	Barangay 86Tacloban City, Leyte	1,107	about 9,303	about 0.119 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
25,687	CalusichePagsanjan, Laguna	1,107	about 852	about 1.30 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
25,688	CantolaroySibonga, Cebu	1,107	about 324	about 3.42 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
25,689	CanturingMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,107	about 4,500	about 0.246 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
25,690	CogonCastilla, Sorsogon	1,107	about 351	about 3.15 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
25,691	El KatipunanLaak, Davao de Oro	1,107	about 282	about 3.92 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
25,692	General TerreroBangar, La Union	1,107	about 3,218	about 0.344 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
25,693	GubaClarin, Misamis Occidental	1,107	about 202	about 5.49 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
25,694	KatipunanSulop, Davao del Sur	1,107	about 383	about 2.89 km²	4.11% a year	Rural
25,695	MagsaysayJabonga, Agusan del Norte	1,107	about 343	about 3.23 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
25,696	MahilumCalatrava, Negros Occidental	1,107	about 826	about 1.34 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
25,697	MangayaoBayambang, Pangasinan	1,107	about 820	about 1.35 km²	−3.19% a year	Rural
25,698	Maytalang IILumban, Laguna	1,107	about 171	about 6.49 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
25,699	Patikul HigadPatikul, Sulu	1,107	about 1,225	about 0.904 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
25,700	AgnipaRomblon, Romblon	1,106	about 291	about 3.80 km²	−0.09% a year	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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