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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, 27,951 to 28,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
27,951	ImeldaSanta Marcela, Apayao	982	about 393	about 2.50 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
27,952	Inagdangan NorteZarraga, Iloilo	982	about 861	about 1.14 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
27,953	JamoyaonDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	982	about 98	about 10.07 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
27,954	LipasonPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 275	about 3.57 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
27,955	PinedaPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 141	about 6.95 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
27,956	PitaInfanta, Pangasinan	982	about 26	about 37.75 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
27,957	PuntaLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	982	about 420	about 2.34 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
27,958	Sagrada FamiliaTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	982	about 116	about 8.47 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
27,959	SalakanGuinayangan, Quezon	982	about 274	about 3.59 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
27,960	SalvacionPilar, Surigao del Norte	982	about 163	about 6.04 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
27,961	Sta. CruzMacabebe, Pampanga	982	about 3,897	about 0.252 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
27,962	SigcayBanga, Aklan	982	about 481	about 2.04 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
27,963	Villa ReynoPiat, Cagayan	982	about 56	about 17.48 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
27,964	Barangay 1Alabat, Quezon	981	about 4,439	about 0.221 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
27,965	Barangay 68Pasay City	981	about 63,290	about 0.0155 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
27,966	BonifacioQuezon, Nueva Vizcaya	981	about 54	about 18.19 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
27,967	Cabeseria 23Ilagan City, Isabela	981	about 481	about 2.04 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
27,968	LoyoBasey, Samar	981	about 6,288	about 0.156 km²	−4.85% a year	Rural
27,969	Poblacion Zone 3Mayorga, Leyte	981	about 861	about 1.14 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
27,970	San IsidroBantay, Ilocos Sur	981	about 917	about 1.07 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
27,971	San JuanBallesteros, Cagayan	981	about 57	about 17.26 km²	−5.79% a year	Rural
27,972	San PedroBatac City, Ilocos Norte	981	about 127	about 7.72 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
27,973	San VicenteHindang, Leyte	981	about 721	about 1.36 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
27,974	TambobongVillanueva, Misamis Oriental	981	about 1,603	about 0.612 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
27,975	TinagoCalbiga, Samar	981	about 456	about 2.15 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
27,976	Wakas NorthPilar, Bataan	981	about 598	about 1.64 km²	−6.51% a year	Rural
27,977	AmbaoHinundayan, Southern Leyte	980	about 389	about 2.52 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
27,978	AnninipanFlora, Apayao	980	about 173	about 5.66 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
27,979	BadakBinidayan, Lanao del Sur	980	about 705	about 1.39 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
27,980	BangaTayasan, Negros Oriental	980	about 307	about 3.19 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
27,981	Barangay 36-ACavite City, Cavite	980	about 45,370	about 0.0216 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
27,982	Barangay 623Manila	980	about 38,583	about 0.0254 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
27,983	BartolabacSan Jacinto, Masbate	980	about 120	about 8.18 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
27,984	BiongGigmoto, Catanduanes	980	about 34	about 29.25 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
27,985	Bita-og GajaNew Lucena, Iloilo	980	about 414	about 2.37 km²	4.64% a year	Rural
27,986	BognuyanGasan, Marinduque	980	about 441	about 2.22 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
27,987	BotigueLaoac, Pangasinan	980	about 412	about 2.38 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
27,988	BubuanHadji Panglima Tahil, Sulu	980	about 102	about 9.62 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
27,989	Buenavista RizalPontevedra, Negros Occidental	980	about 349	about 2.81 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
27,990	BularanBanate, Iloilo	980	about 9,333	about 0.105 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
27,991	Cabugao EstePanay, Capiz	980	about 1,301	about 0.753 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
27,992	CawayanBacacay, Albay	980	about 513	about 1.91 km²	−8.06% a year	Rural
27,993	Cawayan InteriorMasbate City, Masbate	980	about 138	about 7.09 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
27,994	DatagOld Panamao, Sulu	980	about 1,910	about 0.513 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
27,995	GuindaulanRosario, Northern Samar	980	about 71	about 13.77 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
27,996	HabagLanuza, Surigao del Sur	980	about 480	about 2.04 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
27,997	ImeldaCatarman, Northern Samar	980	about 167	about 5.86 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
27,998	JambanganSiasi, Sulu	980	about 374	about 2.62 km²	2.23% a year	Rural
27,999	LondresAllen, Northern Samar	980	about 289	about 3.39 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
28,000	MaacGuinsiliban, Camiguin	980	about 65	about 14.98 km²	−0.36% 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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