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, 25,801 to 25,850 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,801 | TominaCauayan, Negros Occidental | 1,101 | about 179 | about 6.16 km² | −0.24% a year | Rural |
| 25,802 | AripdipSan Rafael, Iloilo | 1,100 | about 169 | about 6.50 km² | 0.53% a year | Rural |
| 25,803 | BambanenPalimbang, Sultan Kudarat | 1,100 | about 45 | about 24.67 km² | −4.96% a year | Rural |
| 25,804 | Barangay 169Manila | 1,100 | about 39,855 | about 0.0276 km² | 4.54% a year | Urban |
| 25,805 | Barangay 4Balingasag, Misamis Oriental | 1,100 | about 10,185 | about 0.108 km² | −0.52% a year | Rural |
| 25,806 | BitauganSan Miguel, Surigao del Sur | 1,100 | about 17 | about 63.15 km² | −4.86% a year | Rural |
| 25,807 | BusilakLa Libertad, Negros Oriental | 1,100 | about 165 | about 6.67 km² | −5.11% a year | Rural |
| 25,808 | Dalog BalutMasiu, Lanao del Sur | 1,100 | about 2,056 | about 0.535 km² | 4.30% a year | Rural |
| 25,809 | FeriaSan Felipe, Zambales | 1,100 | about 150 | about 7.33 km² | 0.15% a year | Urban |
| 25,810 | GamisSaguday, Quirino | 1,100 | about 293 | about 3.75 km² | 1.05% a year | Rural |
| 25,811 | IlalagMaguing, Lanao del Sur | 1,100 | about 24 | about 46.06 km² | 5.21% a year | Rural |
| 25,812 | IngaEnrile, Cagayan | 1,100 | about 159 | about 6.91 km² | 0.82% a year | Rural |
| 25,813 | NazarethSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte | 1,100 | about 24 | about 46.23 km² | −2.30% a year | Rural |
| 25,814 | PanghagbanBuenavista, Bohol | 1,100 | about 106 | about 10.34 km² | 0.24% a year | Rural |
| 25,815 | PantaragooBalindong, Lanao del Sur | 1,100 | about 973 | about 1.13 km² | 2.76% a year | Rural |
| 25,816 | PantocNarvacan, Ilocos Sur | 1,100 | about 1,089 | about 1.01 km² | −0.58% a year | Rural |
| 25,817 | PoblacionBuenavista, Quezon | 1,100 | about 5,641 | about 0.195 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 25,818 | PoblacionTeresa, Rizal | 1,100 | about 5,789 | about 0.19 km² | −7.99% a year | Rural |
| 25,819 | PurakanBalabagan, Lanao del Sur | 1,100 | about 399 | about 2.76 km² | 0.00% a year | Rural |
| 25,820 | San JuanSulat, Eastern Samar | 1,100 | about 155 | about 7.09 km² | 0.04% a year | Rural |
| 25,821 | San NicolasSan Esteban, Ilocos Sur | 1,100 | about 370 | about 2.97 km² | 0.60% a year | Rural |
| 25,822 | SapladMinalin, Pampanga | 1,100 | about 281 | about 3.91 km² | −2.18% a year | Rural |
| 25,823 | TahusanHinunangan, Southern Leyte | 1,100 | about 948 | about 1.16 km² | 0.44% a year | Rural |
| 25,824 | Tapian Bohe SouthSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi | 1,100 | about 738 | about 1.49 km² | 2.88% a year | Rural |
| 25,825 | Barangay 416Manila | 1,099 | about 38,293 | about 0.0287 km² | 7.24% a year | Urban |
| 25,826 | Barangay VI - Lower PolaoTangub City, Misamis Occidental | 1,099 | about 1,962 | about 0.56 km² | 0.44% a year | Rural |
| 25,827 | Cabuyao SurPadre Burgos, Quezon | 1,099 | about 269 | about 4.08 km² | 0.94% a year | Rural |
| 25,828 | CalamiganConcepcion, Iloilo | 1,099 | about 348 | about 3.16 km² | 0.04% a year | Rural |
| 25,829 | CapahuanTabontabon, Leyte | 1,099 | about 429 | about 2.56 km² | 0.04% a year | Rural |
| 25,830 | ConcordiaAlitagtag, Batangas | 1,099 | about 808 | about 1.36 km² | 4.03% a year | Rural |
| 25,831 | DunaoLigao City, Albay | 1,099 | about 5,361 | about 0.205 km² | 4.22% a year | Urban |
| 25,832 | FukolTalayan, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,099 | about 110 | about 10.01 km² | 3.30% a year | Rural |
| 25,833 | IliganEsperanza, Masbate | 1,099 | about 341 | about 3.22 km² | 4.36% a year | Rural |
| 25,834 | KandinganAloguinsan, Cebu | 1,099 | about 370 | about 2.97 km² | 5.85% a year | Rural |
| 25,835 | KibalagonKadingilan, Bukidnon | 1,099 | about 170 | about 6.48 km² | 1.05% a year | Rural |
| 25,836 | Mananum DaanMedina, Misamis Oriental | 1,099 | about 124 | about 8.89 km² | 2.02% a year | Rural |
| 25,837 | San AndresIlagan City, Isabela | 1,099 | about 973 | about 1.13 km² | 0.35% a year | Rural |
| 25,838 | San AntonioAringay, La Union | 1,099 | about 666 | about 1.65 km² | −1.10% a year | Rural |
| 25,839 | BagacayIbajay, Aklan | 1,098 | about 1,238 | about 0.887 km² | 0.18% a year | Rural |
| 25,840 | Balantad-Carlos FrutoGuimbal, Iloilo | 1,098 | about 871 | about 1.26 km² | −5.50% a year | Rural |
| 25,841 | Campong a RayaGanassi, Lanao del Sur | 1,098 | about 3,519 | about 0.312 km² | 0.51% a year | Rural |
| 25,842 | CanabuanAritao, Nueva Vizcaya | 1,098 | about 29 | about 37.35 km² | 8.75% a year | Rural |
| 25,843 | ColoradoSan Guillermo, Isabela | 1,098 | about 204 | about 5.37 km² | 0.44% a year | Rural |
| 25,844 | HarasanIndang, Cavite | 1,098 | about 768 | about 1.43 km² | −0.07% a year | Rural |
| 25,845 | Ili-ilihonSalay, Misamis Oriental | 1,098 | about 221 | about 4.96 km² | 0.09% a year | Rural |
| 25,846 | KatogonanBuadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur | 1,098 | about 2,752 | about 0.399 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 25,847 | LampayaCalinog, Iloilo | 1,098 | about 654 | about 1.68 km² | 2.37% a year | Rural |
| 25,848 | LuboSogod, Cebu | 1,098 | about 358 | about 3.07 km² | −0.15% a year | Rural |
| 25,849 | ManggahanSan Luis, Batangas | 1,098 | about 1,903 | about 0.577 km² | 0.58% a year | Rural |
| 25,850 | Mariatao DatuTamparan, Lanao del Sur | 1,098 | about 4,594 | about 0.239 km² | 3.56% 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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