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, 33,151 to 33,200 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
33,151	SambolawanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	712	about 2,088	about 0.341 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
33,152	San JuanSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	712	about 763	about 0.933 km²	−5.61% a year	Rural
33,153	TacasMiagao, Iloilo	712	about 5,435	about 0.131 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
33,154	TinogpahanSison, Surigao del Norte	712	about 168	about 4.23 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
33,155	TrinidadOras, Eastern Samar	712	about 20	about 35.58 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
33,156	VivoTangalan, Aklan	712	about 101	about 7.03 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
33,157	AntoninoBalaoan, La Union	711	about 1,832	about 0.388 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
33,158	Barangay 74Manila	711	about 35,373	about 0.0201 km²	−8.70% a year	Urban
33,159	BatasanTubigon, Bohol	711	about 960	about 0.741 km²	−4.75% a year	Rural
33,160	BenticayanBaras, Catanduanes	711	about 86	about 8.28 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
33,161	BicalBulan, Sorsogon	711	about 127	about 5.60 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
33,162	BuloBuenavista, Quezon	711	about 151	about 4.71 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
33,163	BuriSan Jose, Occidental Mindoro	711	about 140	about 5.07 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
33,164	CalapePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	711	about 132	about 5.37 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
33,165	CalumaTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	711	about 217	about 3.28 km²	5.89% a year	Rural
33,166	DuhatPadre Burgos, Quezon	711	about 359	about 1.98 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
33,167	General MalvarCatarman, Northern Samar	711	about 53	about 13.32 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
33,168	Kanluran LazaanNagcarlan, Laguna	711	about 91	about 7.78 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
33,169	MandiclumCaramoan, Camarines Sur	711	about 47	about 15.08 km²	−5.57% a year	Rural
33,170	MatamisRosario, Batangas	711	about 238	about 2.99 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
33,171	ParinaPalanas, Masbate	711	about 130	about 5.48 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
33,172	PindolonanPicong, Lanao del Sur	711	about 113	about 6.29 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
33,173	PulogBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	711	about 284	about 2.50 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
33,174	SalipsipPolillo, Quezon	711	about 78	about 9.14 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
33,175	San CarlosPilar, Bohol	711	about 222	about 3.20 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
33,176	San Ignacio IlayaGeneral Luna, Quezon	711	about 169	about 4.20 km²	5.40% a year	Rural
33,177	TinaytayanPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	711	about 191	about 3.73 km²	3.06% a year	Rural
33,178	YawyawanLemery, Iloilo	711	about 100	about 7.11 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
33,179	Barrera Sr.Lupi, Camarines Sur	710	about 99	about 7.19 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
33,180	BolhogBatad, Iloilo	710	about 815	about 0.871 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
33,181	Bon-OtSorsogon City, Sorsogon	710	about 234	about 3.03 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
33,182	CabacnitanBatuan, Bohol	710	about 95	about 7.47 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
33,183	KahayagBacolod, Lanao del Norte	710	about 118	about 6.02 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
33,184	KarcumNunungan, Lanao del Norte	710	about 227	about 3.13 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
33,185	La Purisima ConcepcionBogo City, Cebu	710	about 3,817	about 0.186 km²	−3.42% a year	Urban
33,186	LipatanSanto Niño, Cagayan	710	about 27	about 25.96 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
33,187	Lumang BayanBaco, Oriental Mindoro	710	about 436	about 1.63 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
33,188	Mag-atubangTuburan, Cebu	710	about 82	about 8.65 km²	−7.84% a year	Rural
33,189	MalatingRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	710	about 233	about 3.05 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
33,190	PagayawanTamparan, Lanao del Sur	710	about 1,667	about 0.426 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
33,191	PalangonLibmanan, Camarines Sur	710	about 172	about 4.13 km²	−7.66% a year	Rural
33,192	Poblacion EastSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	710	about 797	about 0.891 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
33,193	San FranciscoDon Carlos, Bukidnon	710	about 229	about 3.10 km²	0.34% a year	Urban
33,194	TolibaoCapoocan, Leyte	710	about 276	about 2.57 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
33,195	Barangay 51Cavite City, Cavite	709	about 14,958	about 0.0474 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
33,196	Barangay 794Manila	709	about 59,083	about 0.012 km²	−0.03% a year	Urban
33,197	BasiaoPadre Burgos, Quezon	709	about 7,543	about 0.094 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
33,198	Binisitahan del SurMagallanes, Sorsogon	709	about 11,738	about 0.0604 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
33,199	BubualSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	709	about 114	about 6.24 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
33,200	LacaPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	709	about 132	about 5.38 km²	0.03% 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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