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, 30,801 to 30,850 shown, most people first.
| Rank | Urban or rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30,801 | Casingsingan SurAmulung, Cagayan | 831 | about 312 | about 2.66 km² | 1.34% a year | Rural |
| 30,802 | CatayaganSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur | 831 | about 577 | about 1.44 km² | 0.71% a year | Rural |
| 30,803 | Cawayanin IlayaCatanauan, Quezon | 831 | about 230 | about 3.62 km² | 4.63% a year | Rural |
| 30,804 | CentroUson, Masbate | 831 | about 149 | about 5.57 km² | −0.37% a year | Rural |
| 30,805 | Jalaud SurZarraga, Iloilo | 831 | about 1,620 | about 0.513 km² | 0.44% a year | Rural |
| 30,806 | KatipunanPilar, Surigao del Norte | 831 | about 105 | about 7.90 km² | 5.95% a year | Rural |
| 30,807 | LibuconSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte | 831 | about 65 | about 12.70 km² | 3.53% a year | Rural |
| 30,808 | Malbeg-PatalanCuyapo, Nueva Ecija | 831 | about 325 | about 2.56 km² | 4.45% a year | Rural |
| 30,809 | Masalukot IVCandelaria, Quezon | 831 | about 48 | about 17.29 km² | 1.31% a year | Rural |
| 30,810 | MaydasoMilaor, Camarines Sur | 831 | about 577 | about 1.44 km² | 0.32% a year | Rural |
| 30,811 | Nangka IMogpog, Marinduque | 831 | about 2,459 | about 0.338 km² | −3.78% a year | Rural |
| 30,812 | Poblacion Barangay 1General Macarthur, Eastern Samar | 831 | about 9,719 | about 0.0855 km² | −1.84% a year | Rural |
| 30,813 | PolipolSan Gabriel, La Union | 831 | about 154 | about 5.38 km² | −1.95% a year | Rural |
| 30,814 | SudlonSalvador, Lanao del Norte | 831 | about 222 | about 3.74 km² | 1.07% a year | Rural |
| 30,815 | BalabagNew Lucena, Iloilo | 830 | about 814 | about 1.02 km² | 1.16% a year | Rural |
| 30,816 | Barangay 543Manila | 830 | about 68,033 | about 0.0122 km² | 0.23% a year | Urban |
| 30,817 | BelenBanate, Iloilo | 830 | about 417 | about 1.99 km² | −6.55% a year | Rural |
| 30,818 | BungaBontoc, Southern Leyte | 830 | about 149 | about 5.56 km² | 1.16% a year | Rural |
| 30,819 | CalolotBonifacio, Misamis Occidental | 830 | about 174 | about 4.78 km² | 0.06% a year | Rural |
| 30,820 | CanalCarigara, Leyte | 830 | about 593 | about 1.40 km² | −0.29% a year | Rural |
| 30,821 | LahiGigaquit, Surigao del Norte | 830 | about 129 | about 6.44 km² | 0.89% a year | Rural |
| 30,822 | LinokmadalumLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur | 830 | about 120 | about 6.89 km² | −1.29% a year | Rural |
| 30,823 | Look NatuhSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi | 830 | about 891 | about 0.932 km² | 2.76% a year | Rural |
| 30,824 | Lubo-ongHungduan, Ifugao | 830 | about 18 | about 45.17 km² | −2.26% a year | Rural |
| 30,825 | MalapaaoLangiden, Abra | 830 | about 18 | about 46.06 km² | −0.12% a year | Rural |
| 30,826 | MansanasJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur | 830 | about 158 | about 5.26 km² | −3.06% a year | Rural |
| 30,827 | New CarmenSominot, Zamboanga del Sur | 830 | about 78 | about 10.70 km² | −1.90% a year | Rural |
| 30,828 | NusaSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi | 830 | about 19,302 | about 0.043 km² | 2.89% a year | Rural |
| 30,829 | PagalonganCalanogas, Lanao del Sur | 830 | about 432 | about 1.92 km² | 3.64% a year | Rural |
| 30,830 | PinagdapuganPolangui, Albay | 830 | about 529 | about 1.57 km² | −2.67% a year | Rural |
| 30,831 | Poblacion IINaujan, Oriental Mindoro | 830 | about 6,241 | about 0.133 km² | −3.28% a year | Rural |
| 30,832 | San JoseGingoog City, Misamis Oriental | 830 | about 129 | about 6.45 km² | 2.66% a year | Rural |
| 30,833 | San PabloVirac, Catanduanes | 830 | about 24,128 | about 0.0344 km² | −1.12% a year | Rural |
| 30,834 | SapaMiagao, Iloilo | 830 | about 6,587 | about 0.126 km² | 4.93% a year | Rural |
| 30,835 | TalubTamparan, Lanao del Sur | 830 | about 1,644 | about 0.505 km² | 7.67% a year | Rural |
| 30,836 | Barangay 43-ATacloban City, Leyte | 829 | about 33,293 | about 0.0249 km² | −0.20% a year | Rural |
| 30,837 | Barangay DRosario, Batangas | 829 | about 9,964 | about 0.0832 km² | −1.85% a year | Urban |
| 30,838 | BaritLumba-Bayabao, Lanao del Sur | 829 | about 26 | about 31.57 km² | 0.62% a year | Rural |
| 30,839 | Bug-otArgao, Cebu | 829 | about 188 | about 4.41 km² | −1.66% a year | Rural |
| 30,840 | BugangInabanga, Bohol | 829 | about 166 | about 4.98 km² | 0.09% a year | Rural |
| 30,841 | BugangAlimodian, Iloilo | 829 | about 377 | about 2.20 km² | −1.34% a year | Rural |
| 30,842 | BugbugaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur | 829 | about 240 | about 3.46 km² | 0.06% a year | Rural |
| 30,843 | BuhuanCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro | 829 | about 307 | about 2.70 km² | −1.85% a year | Rural |
| 30,844 | CabutaganLupi, Camarines Sur | 829 | about 663 | about 1.25 km² | 1.47% a year | Rural |
| 30,845 | CalumpitLobo, Batangas | 829 | about 256 | about 3.24 km² | 4.00% a year | Rural |
| 30,846 | CanorongGinatilan, Cebu | 829 | about 192 | about 4.31 km² | 1.10% a year | Rural |
| 30,847 | Cappa-cappaSan Esteban, Ilocos Sur | 829 | about 351 | about 2.36 km² | 0.47% a year | Rural |
| 30,848 | MabuhayKadingilan, Bukidnon | 829 | about 95 | about 8.70 km² | 5.05% a year | Rural |
| 30,849 | MontinolaIloilo City, Iloilo | 829 | about 6,528 | about 0.127 km² | 1.82% a year | Urban |
| 30,850 | OlangoMagsaysay, Lanao del Norte | 829 | about 153 | about 5.43 km² | 5.54% 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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