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, 26,801 to 26,850 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26,801 | Barangay 67Pasay City | 1,046 | about 40,700 | about 0.0257 km² | −1.29% a year | Urban |
| 26,802 | BariwLibon, Albay | 1,046 | about 246 | about 4.26 km² | −6.04% a year | Rural |
| 26,803 | CagnipaPresentacion, Camarines Sur | 1,046 | about 356 | about 2.94 km² | 4.09% a year | Rural |
| 26,804 | CangbagsaLarena, Siquijor | 1,046 | about 1,036 | about 1.01 km² | 0.16% a year | Rural |
| 26,805 | DilausanLumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur | 1,046 | about 1,279 | about 0.818 km² | 0.94% a year | Rural |
| 26,806 | GalongenBacnotan, La Union | 1,046 | about 1,761 | about 0.594 km² | −2.39% a year | Rural |
| 26,807 | Ilaya-TayasanTayasan, Negros Oriental | 1,046 | about 137 | about 7.65 km² | 3.70% a year | Rural |
| 26,808 | LiabMamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur | 1,046 | about 671 | about 1.56 km² | 4.90% a year | Rural |
| 26,809 | MagsaysayAlicia, Isabela | 1,046 | about 2,997 | about 0.349 km² | −1.24% a year | Urban |
| 26,810 | MalokiatPozorrubio, Pangasinan | 1,046 | about 523 | about 2.00 km² | −3.22% a year | Rural |
| 26,811 | ManaoagIguig, Cagayan | 1,046 | about 1,250 | about 0.837 km² | −2.87% a year | Rural |
| 26,812 | MapurogSapad, Lanao del Norte | 1,046 | about 182 | about 5.76 km² | 2.86% a year | Rural |
| 26,813 | PantaonSaguiaran, Lanao del Sur | 1,046 | about 2,084 | about 0.502 km² | 4.01% a year | Rural |
| 26,814 | PoblacionAmai Manabilang, Lanao del Sur | 1,046 | about 196 | about 5.33 km² | 4.46% a year | Rural |
| 26,815 | SagbokHinundayan, Southern Leyte | 1,046 | about 508 | about 2.06 km² | 3.48% a year | Rural |
| 26,816 | San NicolasNaujan, Oriental Mindoro | 1,046 | about 260 | about 4.02 km² | −1.22% a year | Rural |
| 26,817 | Santa CruzPalo, Leyte | 1,046 | about 6,927 | about 0.151 km² | 0.77% a year | Rural |
| 26,818 | TalisaySurigao City, Surigao del Norte | 1,046 | about 27 | about 39.41 km² | −2.57% a year | Urban |
| 26,819 | TanggalCordon, Isabela | 1,046 | about 158 | about 6.61 km² | −0.02% a year | Rural |
| 26,820 | TongaoPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur | 1,046 | about 171 | about 6.10 km² | −1.05% a year | Rural |
| 26,821 | AlupaySampaloc, Quezon | 1,045 | about 574 | about 1.82 km² | −1.11% a year | Rural |
| 26,822 | ApoaporawanAborlan, Palawan | 1,045 | about 100 | about 10.43 km² | 0.51% a year | Rural |
| 26,823 | Barangay 536Manila | 1,045 | about 66,561 | about 0.0157 km² | 2.47% a year | Urban |
| 26,824 | Barangay 631Manila | 1,045 | about 21,240 | about 0.0492 km² | −4.28% a year | Urban |
| 26,825 | Kulaman ValleyArakan, Cotabato | 1,045 | about 37 | about 28.20 km² | −0.92% a year | Rural |
| 26,826 | LlameraLibjo, Dinagat Islands | 1,045 | about 58 | about 18.13 km² | −0.34% a year | Rural |
| 26,827 | MabatoMauban, Quezon | 1,045 | about 18,661 | about 0.056 km² | −2.71% a year | Rural |
| 26,828 | MatamKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,045 | about 94 | about 11.17 km² | −1.84% a year | Rural |
| 26,829 | PacoSan Rafael, Bulacan | 1,045 | about 786 | about 1.33 km² | 0.05% a year | Rural |
| 26,830 | PalaquioBucay, Abra | 1,045 | about 228 | about 4.59 km² | −0.41% a year | Rural |
| 26,831 | PasuguePanitan, Capiz | 1,045 | about 393 | about 2.66 km² | 2.00% a year | Rural |
| 26,832 | PitatanglanLumbayanague, Lanao del Sur | 1,045 | about 2,302 | about 0.454 km² | 1.88% a year | Rural |
| 26,833 | San VicenteTabogon, Cebu | 1,045 | about 608 | about 1.72 km² | 4.90% a year | Rural |
| 26,834 | Sta. Maria VillageCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro | 1,045 | about 4,543 | about 0.23 km² | −1.46% a year | Urban |
| 26,835 | BacoLeyte, Leyte | 1,044 | about 479 | about 2.18 km² | 0.80% a year | Rural |
| 26,836 | Barangay 256Manila | 1,044 | about 48,558 | about 0.0215 km² | 0.32% a year | Urban |
| 26,837 | BataanTinambac, Camarines Sur | 1,044 | about 128 | about 8.14 km² | 1.01% a year | Rural |
| 26,838 | CabasaranPoona Piagapo, Lanao del Norte | 1,044 | about 322 | about 3.24 km² | 1.06% a year | Rural |
| 26,839 | Calapangan NorteLasam, Cagayan | 1,044 | about 527 | about 1.98 km² | 3.35% a year | Rural |
| 26,840 | CawayanLibagon, Southern Leyte | 1,044 | about 133 | about 7.87 km² | 2.37% a year | Rural |
| 26,841 | CulasianDumaran, Palawan | 1,044 | about 44 | about 23.52 km² | 2.34% a year | Rural |
| 26,842 | DanaoPlaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,044 | about 378 | about 2.76 km² | 0.39% a year | Rural |
| 26,843 | DimapatoyBubong, Lanao del Sur | 1,044 | about 908 | about 1.15 km² | 8.15% a year | Rural |
| 26,844 | DuyunRizal, Cagayan | 1,044 | about 384 | about 2.72 km² | 0.02% a year | Rural |
| 26,845 | LamiganAyungon, Negros Oriental | 1,044 | about 71 | about 14.79 km² | −3.19% a year | Rural |
| 26,846 | Lanipga-CawayanRagay, Camarines Sur | 1,044 | about 184 | about 5.67 km² | 3.46% a year | Rural |
| 26,847 | LarayMacrohon, Southern Leyte | 1,044 | about 295 | about 3.54 km² | 2.21% a year | Rural |
| 26,848 | Lower CaynagaLope De Vega, Northern Samar | 1,044 | about 112 | about 9.30 km² | 2.39% a year | Rural |
| 26,849 | Mabusag NorteBadoc, Ilocos Norte | 1,044 | about 842 | about 1.24 km² | −1.78% a year | Rural |
| 26,850 | Magais IDel Gallego, Camarines Sur | 1,044 | about 196 | about 5.33 km² | −0.96% 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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