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, 25,951 to 26,000 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,951 | MendezPolangui, Albay | 1,093 | about 528 | about 2.07 km² | −0.56% a year | Rural |
| 25,952 | New VisayasDon Carlos, Bukidnon | 1,093 | about 236 | about 4.64 km² | 1.94% a year | Rural |
| 25,953 | PatrocenioNew Corella, Davao del Norte | 1,093 | about 88 | about 12.45 km² | 0.47% a year | Rural |
| 25,954 | Pisak-pisakTabuan-Lasa, Basilan | 1,093 | about 516 | about 2.12 km² | 2.55% a year | Rural |
| 25,955 | SarapanPassi City, Iloilo | 1,093 | about 484 | about 2.26 km² | −1.72% a year | Rural |
| 25,956 | TabulacSan Jose City, Nueva Ecija | 1,093 | about 331 | about 3.30 km² | −3.32% a year | Rural |
| 25,957 | TaggayPinukpuk, Kalinga | 1,093 | about 52 | about 21.06 km² | −3.26% a year | Rural |
| 25,958 | Villa GarciaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur | 1,093 | about 942 | about 1.16 km² | −0.04% a year | Rural |
| 25,959 | Aklan VillageDiffun, Quirino | 1,092 | about 222 | about 4.91 km² | 1.79% a year | Rural |
| 25,960 | BalatakanJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,092 | about 107 | about 10.17 km² | −4.15% a year | Rural |
| 25,961 | Bogo CalabatJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,092 | about 166 | about 6.56 km² | −2.81% a year | Rural |
| 25,962 | IlianBacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur | 1,092 | about 5,379 | about 0.203 km² | 1.51% a year | Rural |
| 25,963 | PangolTanudan, Kalinga | 1,092 | about 15 | about 72.89 km² | 2.78% a year | Rural |
| 25,964 | SacnanganPilar, Sorsogon | 1,092 | about 173 | about 6.33 km² | −1.46% a year | Rural |
| 25,965 | San NicolasLinapacan, Palawan | 1,092 | about 43 | about 25.16 km² | 0.49% a year | Rural |
| 25,966 | San PedroMabini, Pangasinan | 1,092 | about 121 | about 9.03 km² | 0.97% a year | Rural |
| 25,967 | TuloganPadada, Davao del Sur | 1,092 | about 501 | about 2.18 km² | 0.81% a year | Rural |
| 25,968 | Banban GrandeCalinog, Iloilo | 1,091 | about 623 | about 1.75 km² | 0.76% a year | Rural |
| 25,969 | BanotSampaloc, Quezon | 1,091 | about 481 | about 2.27 km² | −0.61% a year | Rural |
| 25,970 | Bgy. No. 25, Santa CayetanaLaoag City, Ilocos Norte | 1,091 | about 6,199 | about 0.176 km² | −1.13% a year | Rural |
| 25,971 | Barangay No. 3San Policarpo, Eastern Samar | 1,091 | about 386 | about 2.83 km² | 1.34% a year | Rural |
| 25,972 | BurgosTalibon, Bohol | 1,091 | about 200 | about 5.46 km² | −0.99% a year | Rural |
| 25,973 | CalapatonKitaotao, Bukidnon | 1,091 | about 66 | about 16.60 km² | 4.25% a year | Rural |
| 25,974 | CaliforniaUbay, Bohol | 1,091 | about 314 | about 3.48 km² | −4.36% a year | Rural |
| 25,975 | CamasiPresident Roxas, Cotabato | 1,091 | about 265 | about 4.12 km² | −0.50% a year | Rural |
| 25,976 | CandelariaLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,091 | about 251 | about 4.34 km² | −1.82% a year | Rural |
| 25,977 | Centro NorteCamalaniugan, Cagayan | 1,091 | about 3,228 | about 0.338 km² | −0.41% a year | Rural |
| 25,978 | KabulakanLambayong, Sultan Kudarat | 1,091 | about 237 | about 4.61 km² | 5.26% a year | Rural |
| 25,979 | KamaranganSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,091 | about 111 | about 9.86 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 25,980 | LuboSanto Niño, Cagayan | 1,091 | about 238 | about 4.58 km² | −0.31% a year | Rural |
| 25,981 | MaquinaDumangas, Iloilo | 1,091 | about 577 | about 1.89 km² | −6.41% a year | Rural |
| 25,982 | PorasBoac, Marinduque | 1,091 | about 1,291 | about 0.845 km² | −0.15% a year | Rural |
| 25,983 | San MiguelCateel, Davao Oriental | 1,091 | about 141 | about 7.75 km² | 2.28% a year | Rural |
| 25,984 | San PatricioLa Paz, Agusan del Sur | 1,091 | about 122 | about 8.91 km² | −1.68% a year | Rural |
| 25,985 | TimboBuenavista, Marinduque | 1,091 | about 217 | about 5.02 km² | 1.87% a year | Rural |
| 25,986 | AgmaloboIvisan, Capiz | 1,090 | about 410 | about 2.66 km² | 1.53% a year | Rural |
| 25,987 | AguinaldoBulan, Sorsogon | 1,090 | about 189 | about 5.76 km² | −0.52% a year | Rural |
| 25,988 | Bacnor EastBurgos, Isabela | 1,090 | about 932 | about 1.17 km² | 3.04% a year | Rural |
| 25,989 | BalaoaTadian, Mountain Province | 1,090 | about 145 | about 7.52 km² | −0.86% a year | Rural |
| 25,990 | BangonLupi, Camarines Sur | 1,090 | about 107 | about 10.17 km² | −8.01% a year | Rural |
| 25,991 | CabugnayanSan Juan, La Union | 1,090 | about 1,250 | about 0.872 km² | 1.97% a year | Rural |
| 25,992 | CagbalogoVinzons, Camarines Norte | 1,090 | about 133 | about 8.17 km² | −3.03% a year | Rural |
| 25,993 | CalabengBani, Pangasinan | 1,090 | about 108 | about 10.06 km² | −0.07% a year | Rural |
| 25,994 | CalawePantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte | 1,090 | about 1,594 | about 0.684 km² | 0.18% a year | Rural |
| 25,995 | CaparispisanPagudpud, Ilocos Norte | 1,090 | about 64 | about 17.11 km² | 3.88% a year | Urban |
| 25,996 | CapilijanIbajay, Aklan | 1,090 | about 1,182 | about 0.922 km² | 0.18% a year | Rural |
| 25,997 | DipiliBayog, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,090 | about 24 | about 45.38 km² | 3.17% a year | Rural |
| 25,998 | FuguEchague, Isabela | 1,090 | about 391 | about 2.79 km² | 0.20% a year | Rural |
| 25,999 | KuyotJaniuay, Iloilo | 1,090 | about 1,617 | about 0.674 km² | 0.29% a year | Rural |
| 26,000 | Mateo FranciscoSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,090 | about 305 | about 3.57 km² | −0.46% 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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