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, 27,601 to 27,650 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27,601 | PuliranSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,002 | about 247 | about 4.06 km² | −4.57% a year | Rural |
| 27,602 | San VicenteUmingan, Pangasinan | 1,002 | about 283 | about 3.54 km² | 0.68% a year | Rural |
| 27,603 | Tabuc NortePanitan, Capiz | 1,002 | about 919 | about 1.09 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 27,604 | Tatayawan NorthTamparan, Lanao del Sur | 1,002 | about 5,726 | about 0.175 km² | 2.07% a year | Rural |
| 27,605 | ApayaoPiat, Cagayan | 1,001 | about 242 | about 4.14 km² | 0.78% a year | Rural |
| 27,606 | BalagnanBalingasag, Misamis Oriental | 1,001 | about 241 | about 4.16 km² | −1.32% a year | Rural |
| 27,607 | Bgy. 15 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo | 1,001 | about 3,957 | about 0.253 km² | −0.24% a year | Rural |
| 27,608 | Barangay 5Calaca City, Batangas | 1,001 | about 8,008 | about 0.125 km² | 3.03% a year | Rural |
| 27,609 | BariliTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte | 1,001 | about 154 | about 6.52 km² | 3.31% a year | Rural |
| 27,610 | CalilanganBalabagan, Lanao del Sur | 1,001 | about 142 | about 7.06 km² | 1.62% a year | Rural |
| 27,611 | CalumpangOslob, Cebu | 1,001 | about 585 | about 1.71 km² | −0.54% a year | Rural |
| 27,612 | CanapSan Miguel, Leyte | 1,001 | about 256 | about 3.91 km² | 1.81% a year | Rural |
| 27,613 | JebacaMa-Ayon, Capiz | 1,001 | about 140 | about 7.16 km² | 2.10% a year | Rural |
| 27,614 | KawayanKananga, Leyte | 1,001 | about 328 | about 3.05 km² | −2.84% a year | Rural |
| 27,615 | LinmansanganMangatarem, Pangasinan | 1,001 | about 848 | about 1.18 km² | −0.71% a year | Rural |
| 27,616 | MabicaySogod, Southern Leyte | 1,001 | about 521 | about 1.92 km² | 2.20% a year | Rural |
| 27,617 | MalibagoBabatngon, Leyte | 1,001 | about 206 | about 4.85 km² | 4.06% a year | Rural |
| 27,618 | MarikitCasiguran, Aurora | 1,001 | about 248 | about 4.04 km² | 0.91% a year | Rural |
| 27,619 | MimbalawagCalanogas, Lanao del Sur | 1,001 | about 351 | about 2.85 km² | 4.84% a year | Rural |
| 27,620 | San AndresBalud, Masbate | 1,001 | about 145 | about 6.91 km² | −1.30% a year | Rural |
| 27,621 | Santa RosaIloilo City, Iloilo | 1,001 | about 2,607 | about 0.384 km² | 1.39% a year | Urban |
| 27,622 | Tapao-TigueCurrimao, Ilocos Norte | 1,001 | about 214 | about 4.67 km² | 3.31% a year | Rural |
| 27,623 | Barangay 40Caloocan City | 1,000 | about 45,045 | about 0.0222 km² | 0.91% a year | Urban |
| 27,624 | Bgy. No. 52-B, LataagLaoag City, Ilocos Norte | 1,000 | about 427 | about 2.34 km² | 3.31% a year | Rural |
| 27,625 | Bernardo DistrictCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija | 1,000 | about 6,211 | about 0.161 km² | −3.17% a year | Urban |
| 27,626 | CampidhanSan Julian, Eastern Samar | 1,000 | about 195 | about 5.13 km² | −0.07% a year | Rural |
| 27,627 | CaviteAlangalang, Leyte | 1,000 | about 410 | about 2.44 km² | 3.09% a year | Rural |
| 27,628 | DalagdagDavao City, Davao del Sur | 1,000 | about 275 | about 3.63 km² | 0.73% a year | Rural |
| 27,629 | DampulanTorrijos, Marinduque | 1,000 | about 78 | about 12.75 km² | −1.14% a year | Rural |
| 27,630 | DaroJaro, Leyte | 1,000 | about 86 | about 11.65 km² | 0.27% a year | Rural |
| 27,631 | GenitliganBaras, Catanduanes | 1,000 | about 73 | about 13.72 km² | −0.78% a year | Rural |
| 27,632 | Mansabay AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental | 1,000 | about 508 | about 1.97 km² | 4.00% a year | Rural |
| 27,633 | North PoblacionBacong, Negros Oriental | 1,000 | about 3,436 | about 0.291 km² | −0.26% a year | Urban |
| 27,634 | PalayogHinigaran, Negros Occidental | 1,000 | about 117 | about 8.56 km² | −0.31% a year | Rural |
| 27,635 | PamangpangonMilagros, Masbate | 1,000 | about 157 | about 6.36 km² | 0.39% a year | Rural |
| 27,636 | PinalangaMarabut, Samar | 1,000 | about 508 | about 1.97 km² | 1.16% a year | Rural |
| 27,637 | Poblacion IIIDauin, Negros Oriental | 1,000 | about 2,392 | about 0.418 km² | 0.49% a year | Rural |
| 27,638 | Sapang PahalangSan Rafael, Bulacan | 1,000 | about 463 | about 2.16 km² | 1.86% a year | Rural |
| 27,639 | TamboPualas, Lanao del Sur | 1,000 | about 870 | about 1.15 km² | 1.31% a year | Rural |
| 27,640 | AguinaldoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar | 999 | about 317 | about 3.15 km² | 3.09% a year | Rural |
| 27,641 | BagtoLezo, Aklan | 999 | about 1,058 | about 0.944 km² | 0.02% a year | Rural |
| 27,642 | BansingBayombong, Nueva Vizcaya | 999 | about 60 | about 16.55 km² | 0.78% a year | Rural |
| 27,643 | BatoBadoc, Ilocos Norte | 999 | about 598 | about 1.67 km² | 0.07% a year | Rural |
| 27,644 | Baya-bayaTabina, Zamboanga del Sur | 999 | about 318 | about 3.14 km² | −4.66% a year | Rural |
| 27,645 | BinangkilanSanta Barbara, Iloilo | 999 | about 581 | about 1.72 km² | −1.01% a year | Rural |
| 27,646 | BugayongNueva Era, Ilocos Norte | 999 | about 290 | about 3.45 km² | 1.47% a year | Rural |
| 27,647 | BurabodCulion, Palawan | 999 | about 48 | about 20.68 km² | 0.93% a year | Rural |
| 27,648 | Cala-agusMambusao, Capiz | 999 | about 353 | about 2.83 km² | 0.98% a year | Rural |
| 27,649 | DalicanBontoc, Mountain Province | 999 | about 86 | about 11.57 km² | 1.24% a year | Rural |
| 27,650 | Datu DaligasaoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental | 999 | about 72 | about 13.80 km² | 4.22% 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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