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]

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, 32,551 to 32,600 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
32,551	Pulong-ParangSanta Cruz, Marinduque	742	about 120	about 6.16 km²	−4.80% a year	Rural
32,552	PurokAgoo, La Union	742	about 1,247	about 0.595 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
32,553	QuinapaguianMercedes, Camarines Norte	742	about 770	about 0.964 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
32,554	San IsidroQuezon, Bukidnon	742	about 127	about 5.83 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
32,555	San PascualOas, Albay	742	about 242	about 3.06 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
32,556	Santo NiñoGandara, Samar	742	about 353	about 2.10 km²	3.88% a year	Rural
32,557	SindanganMacrohon, Southern Leyte	742	about 167	about 4.45 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
32,558	SolongSan Miguel, Catanduanes	742	about 78	about 9.51 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
32,559	Villa PeñaCabarroguis, Quirino	742	about 131	about 5.67 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
32,560	AglobongJaniuay, Iloilo	741	about 109	about 6.79 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
32,561	Barangay 3Lucena City, Quezon	741	about 5,614	about 0.132 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
32,562	Barangay 7Isabela, Negros Occidental	741	about 2,940	about 0.252 km²	−3.10% a year	Rural
32,563	CabacnitanBilar, Bohol	741	about 223	about 3.32 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
32,564	CalamegatanBuguey, Cagayan	741	about 148	about 5.01 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
32,565	CambagteGinatilan, Cebu	741	about 143	about 5.19 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
32,566	Del CorpuzCabatuan, Isabela	741	about 426	about 1.74 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
32,567	Doña ImeldaDiffun, Quirino	741	about 145	about 5.10 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
32,568	G. M. OsiasGamay, Northern Samar	741	about 306	about 2.42 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
32,569	MagayTanauan, Leyte	741	about 1,876	about 0.395 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
32,570	ManrayaSan Antonio, Northern Samar	741	about 382	about 1.94 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
32,571	PonodPintuyan, Southern Leyte	741	about 1,534	about 0.483 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
32,572	SalayAngadanan, Isabela	741	about 734	about 1.01 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
32,573	San GregorioLambunao, Iloilo	741	about 222	about 3.34 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
32,574	San IsidroSison, Surigao del Norte	741	about 1,167	about 0.635 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
32,575	Santo NiñoSan Miguel, Bohol	741	about 205	about 3.61 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
32,576	Tan-awanTubigon, Bohol	741	about 120	about 6.19 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
32,577	Zone VILibon, Albay	741	about 9,574	about 0.0774 km²	6.99% a year	Rural
32,578	AboloAmulung, Cagayan	740	about 143	about 5.19 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
32,579	BakyawanTuburan, Cebu	740	about 291	about 2.54 km²	−4.33% a year	Rural
32,580	Baoa EastBatac City, Ilocos Norte	740	about 230	about 3.22 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
32,581	Barangay 87Pasay City	740	about 52,113	about 0.0142 km²	3.82% a year	Urban
32,582	CabulalaanBacarra, Ilocos Norte	740	about 725	about 1.02 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
32,583	CangrunaanBatac City, Ilocos Norte	740	about 9,147	about 0.0809 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
32,584	LimburanBurauen, Leyte	740	about 622	about 1.19 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
32,585	MabiniPontevedra, Negros Occidental	740	about 981	about 0.754 km²	2.23% a year	Rural
32,586	MadayaTubaran, Lanao del Sur	740	about 172	about 4.30 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
32,587	MahayahayMaragusan, Davao de Oro	740	about 172	about 4.29 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
32,588	MahayahayManticao, Misamis Oriental	740	about 74	about 10.03 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
32,589	NasaugMaasin City, Southern Leyte	740	about 825	about 0.897 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
32,590	PaaganBacnotan, La Union	740	about 407	about 1.82 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
32,591	PalmeraRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay	740	about 111	about 6.68 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
32,592	PanadtaranArgao, Cebu	740	about 297	about 2.49 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
32,593	San RoqueJaro, Leyte	740	about 292	about 2.53 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
32,594	Scout FuentebellaGoa, Camarines Sur	740	about 73	about 10.10 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
32,595	SinaysayanKitaotao, Bukidnon	740	about 42	about 17.46 km²	−8.30% a year	Rural
32,596	TabangohayAlangalang, Leyte	740	about 90	about 8.24 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
32,597	Tabu-BatoMaimbung, Sulu	740	about 988	about 0.749 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
32,598	TamacVillaviciosa, Abra	740	about 48	about 15.36 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
32,599	Barangay 603Manila	739	about 15,428	about 0.0479 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
32,600	Batabat NorteBuenavista, Quezon	739	about 258	about 2.86 km²	4.54% 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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