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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, 33,351 to 33,400 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
33,351	PacoMainit, Surigao del Norte	701	about 282	about 2.49 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
33,352	PagsangahanCalatrava, Romblon	701	about 77	about 9.10 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
33,353	PituboPantar, Lanao del Norte	701	about 417	about 1.68 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
33,354	PotolanDingle, Iloilo	701	about 326	about 2.15 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
33,355	VillarBotolan, Zambales	701	about 22	about 32.50 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
33,356	BalawagMaguing, Lanao del Sur	700	about 263	about 2.66 km²	8.98% a year	Rural
33,357	BangcoNunungan, Lanao del Norte	700	about 87	about 8.09 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
33,358	BaniSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	700	about 303	about 2.31 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
33,359	BenbenLa Paz, Abra	700	about 153	about 4.57 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
33,360	DanawanSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	700	about 700	about 1.00 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
33,361	DapdapTarangnan, Samar	700	about 105	about 6.64 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
33,362	Datu KilayShariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur	700	about 619	about 1.13 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
33,363	DiamlaPualas, Lanao del Sur	700	about 853	about 0.821 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
33,364	DunmonQuezon, Isabela	700	about 59	about 11.77 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
33,365	HiguloanBaybay City, Leyte	700	about 201	about 3.48 km²	5.59% a year	Rural
33,366	IlianPicong, Lanao del Sur	700	about 92	about 7.64 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
33,367	ImmuliPidigan, Abra	700	about 168	about 4.17 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
33,368	JangtudPalapag, Northern Samar	700	about 99	about 7.09 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
33,369	KalawaigBanisilan, Cotabato	700	about 132	about 5.29 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
33,370	LingeyBucloc, Abra	700	about 44	about 15.94 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
33,371	MalobaloKitaotao, Bukidnon	700	about 574	about 1.22 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
33,372	MipagaSaguiaran, Lanao del Sur	700	about 875	about 0.80 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
33,373	NagtupacanPamplona, Cagayan	700	about 458	about 1.53 km²	8.30% a year	Rural
33,374	Santa MariaDupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya	700	about 230	about 3.05 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
33,375	TaliaoBurgos, Ilocos Sur	700	about 583	about 1.20 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
33,376	Upper TambakingMaimbung, Sulu	700	about 972	about 0.72 km²	7.34% a year	Rural
33,377	BayabasDanao City, Cebu	699	about 48	about 14.51 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
33,378	Bayo PequeñoAnini-Y, Antique	699	about 546	about 1.28 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
33,379	CabicahanCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 278	about 2.51 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
33,380	CagbilwangCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 207	about 3.38 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
33,381	DilavoPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	699	about 37	about 19.15 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
33,382	LongsobCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 64	about 10.86 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
33,383	MahanludMalabuyoc, Cebu	699	about 84	about 8.32 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
33,384	MaligayaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	699	about 90	about 7.73 km²	−5.96% a year	Rural
33,385	PoblacionConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	699	about 341	about 2.05 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
33,386	SalvacionSibalom, Antique	699	about 388	about 1.80 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
33,387	Santa CruzTagbina, Surigao del Sur	699	about 96	about 7.26 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
33,388	SinabaanBantay, Ilocos Sur	699	about 1,889	about 0.37 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
33,389	TalogtogMangatarem, Pangasinan	699	about 603	about 1.16 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
33,390	TipasanLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	699	about 159	about 4.40 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
33,391	AgbalutoRomblon, Romblon	698	about 332	about 2.10 km²	−3.36% a year	Rural
33,392	BagumbayanAmai Manabilang, Lanao del Sur	698	about 33	about 20.93 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
33,393	BaniladNagcarlan, Laguna	698	about 509	about 1.37 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
33,394	CalipayanDulag, Leyte	698	about 873	about 0.80 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
33,395	CanlaasAntequera, Bohol	698	about 233	about 2.99 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
33,396	CapudlosanHindang, Leyte	698	about 244	about 2.86 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
33,397	GahoyGuiuan, Eastern Samar	698	about 436	about 1.60 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
33,398	JimautanCalbayog City, Samar	698	about 215	about 3.24 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
33,399	MaliaoLeon, Iloilo	698	about 358	about 1.95 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
33,400	MigabodPilar, Sorsogon	698	about 329	about 2.12 km²	no 2020 count	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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