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, 29,751 to 29,800 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,751 | Lumbac LalanBalindong, Lanao del Sur | 886 | about 4,408 | about 0.201 km² | 6.33% a year | Rural |
| 29,752 | LungibVictoria, Northern Samar | 886 | about 101 | about 8.79 km² | 3.13% a year | Rural |
| 29,753 | MumulaanPaoay, Ilocos Norte | 886 | about 206 | about 4.31 km² | 0.36% a year | Rural |
| 29,754 | PasungolSanta, Ilocos Sur | 886 | about 10,662 | about 0.0831 km² | 0.30% a year | Rural |
| 29,755 | QuiomBatac City, Ilocos Norte | 886 | about 65 | about 13.63 km² | 0.05% a year | Rural |
| 29,756 | San MartinBacnotan, La Union | 886 | about 1,515 | about 0.585 km² | −1.41% a year | Rural |
| 29,757 | San RoqueTinambac, Camarines Sur | 886 | about 73 | about 12.13 km² | 0.63% a year | Rural |
| 29,758 | Silangang MaligayaAgdangan, Quezon | 886 | about 132 | about 6.73 km² | 0.89% a year | Rural |
| 29,759 | SobolSan Nicolas, Pangasinan | 886 | about 295 | about 3.00 km² | 2.63% a year | Rural |
| 29,760 | AgsabuEsperanza, Agusan del Sur | 885 | about 12 | about 71.44 km² | −1.21% a year | Rural |
| 29,761 | AslongLibmanan, Camarines Sur | 885 | about 392 | about 2.26 km² | −0.16% a year | Rural |
| 29,762 | BatoBuenavista, Bohol | 885 | about 546 | about 1.62 km² | 0.86% a year | Rural |
| 29,763 | BucaoPolillo, Quezon | 885 | about 176 | about 5.04 km² | 0.38% a year | Rural |
| 29,764 | BuenavistaCastillejos, Zambales | 885 | about 646 | about 1.37 km² | 0.94% a year | Rural |
| 29,765 | CalumpangPlacer, Masbate | 885 | about 113 | about 7.86 km² | −2.03% a year | Rural |
| 29,766 | CalzadaJavier, Leyte | 885 | about 506 | about 1.75 km² | 4.76% a year | Rural |
| 29,767 | DandanunTugaya, Lanao del Sur | 885 | about 11,927 | about 0.0742 km² | 2.70% a year | Rural |
| 29,768 | Ferdinand E. MarcosCalubian, Leyte | 885 | about 3,378 | about 0.262 km² | 1.14% a year | Rural |
| 29,769 | InganHinunangan, Southern Leyte | 885 | about 119 | about 7.42 km² | −1.36% a year | Rural |
| 29,770 | LigtosLeon, Iloilo | 885 | about 463 | about 1.91 km² | −0.46% a year | Rural |
| 29,771 | MadayaLumbatan, Lanao del Sur | 885 | about 434 | about 2.04 km² | 3.39% a year | Rural |
| 29,772 | MamaanunPiagapo, Lanao del Sur | 885 | about 372 | about 2.38 km² | 6.37% a year | Rural |
| 29,773 | ManganNunungan, Lanao del Norte | 885 | about 51 | about 17.47 km² | 3.85% a year | Rural |
| 29,774 | MontesuntingCarmen, Bohol | 885 | about 115 | about 7.70 km² | −0.14% a year | Rural |
| 29,775 | ParillaPalompon, Leyte | 885 | about 553 | about 1.60 km² | 0.75% a year | Rural |
| 29,776 | SaliokNatonin, Mountain Province | 885 | about 20 | about 44.57 km² | 0.19% a year | Rural |
| 29,777 | San DimasMalinao, Aklan | 885 | about 290 | about 3.05 km² | 0.19% a year | Rural |
| 29,778 | San VicentePilar, Bohol | 885 | about 110 | about 8.04 km² | 2.24% a year | Rural |
| 29,779 | Silangan NapapatidNagcarlan, Laguna | 885 | about 744 | about 1.19 km² | 1.38% a year | Rural |
| 29,780 | South GranadaBoljoon, Cebu | 885 | about 164 | about 5.39 km² | −1.46% a year | Rural |
| 29,781 | TicumValencia, Bohol | 885 | about 127 | about 6.99 km² | −1.08% a year | Rural |
| 29,782 | TigdokTudela, Misamis Occidental | 885 | about 920 | about 0.962 km² | 0.94% a year | Rural |
| 29,783 | TumarasKibawe, Bukidnon | 885 | about 160 | about 5.54 km² | 0.14% a year | Rural |
| 29,784 | Upper Villa JacintaMacrohon, Southern Leyte | 885 | about 373 | about 2.37 km² | 1.52% a year | Rural |
| 29,785 | Abanao-Zandueta-Kayong-Chugum-OtekBaguio City, Benguet | 884 | about 17,931 | about 0.0493 km² | 7.03% a year | Urban |
| 29,786 | AnibongJulita, Leyte | 884 | about 725 | about 1.22 km² | 0.05% a year | Rural |
| 29,787 | BasbasaTayum, Abra | 884 | about 207 | about 4.27 km² | 0.89% a year | Rural |
| 29,788 | BisagPalanan, Isabela | 884 | about 22 | about 39.59 km² | 0.14% a year | Rural |
| 29,789 | BurgosBasey, Samar | 884 | about 819 | about 1.08 km² | −0.51% a year | Rural |
| 29,790 | ConcepcionKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte | 884 | about 72 | about 12.34 km² | 3.63% a year | Rural |
| 29,791 | Dayap ItaasLaurel, Batangas | 884 | about 177 | about 4.99 km² | 2.24% a year | Urban |
| 29,792 | GulodCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro | 884 | about 304 | about 2.91 km² | 2.58% a year | Rural |
| 29,793 | HalianDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte | 884 | about 1,789 | about 0.494 km² | −1.91% a year | Rural |
| 29,794 | KaumpangTapul, Sulu | 884 | about 636 | about 1.39 km² | 4.19% a year | Rural |
| 29,795 | LambogManay, Davao Oriental | 884 | about 172 | about 5.14 km² | 1.91% a year | Rural |
| 29,796 | Lower TambakingMaimbung, Sulu | 884 | about 1,094 | about 0.808 km² | no 2020 count | Rural |
| 29,797 | MacamiasGuimba, Nueva Ecija | 884 | about 762 | about 1.16 km² | 1.52% a year | Rural |
| 29,798 | MalaguicayAbuyog, Leyte | 884 | about 198 | about 4.46 km² | −2.73% a year | Rural |
| 29,799 | PangadaSanta Catalina, Ilocos Sur | 884 | about 2,577 | about 0.343 km² | −0.48% a year | Rural |
| 29,800 | Pangpang NorteMambusao, Capiz | 884 | about 273 | about 3.24 km² | 0.16% 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
Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.
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