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, 34,001 to 34,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
34,001	AcedilloCalbayog City, Samar	666	about 285	about 2.34 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
34,002	Barangay 41Bacolod City, Negros Occidental	666	about 1,855	about 0.359 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
34,003	Barangay 441Manila	666	about 52,031	about 0.0128 km²	−5.84% a year	Urban
34,004	Buenos AiresSan Fernando, Masbate	666	about 100	about 6.64 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
34,005	Calambutan BajoTudela, Misamis Occidental	666	about 177	about 3.77 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
34,006	CaneoBontoc, Mountain Province	666	about 18	about 37.21 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
34,007	DitaGubat, Sorsogon	666	about 221	about 3.01 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
34,008	Divisoria NorteMaddela, Quirino	666	about 151	about 4.42 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
34,009	JubasLibagon, Southern Leyte	666	about 245	about 2.72 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
34,010	NagajaHernani, Eastern Samar	666	about 424	about 1.57 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
34,011	NasapahanLemery, Iloilo	666	about 90	about 7.42 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
34,012	Pamuringao ProperCabatuan, Iloilo	666	about 368	about 1.81 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
34,013	San Roque IbabaCalauag, Quezon	666	about 306	about 2.18 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
34,014	TringunLumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur	666	about 524	about 1.27 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
34,015	Barangay 21Cavite City, Cavite	665	about 14,877	about 0.0447 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
34,016	Barangay V - MalubogTangub City, Misamis Occidental	665	about 5,991	about 0.111 km²	−8.52% a year	Rural
34,017	BaudPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	665	about 435	about 1.53 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
34,018	Cutog PequeñoReina Mercedes, Isabela	665	about 378	about 1.76 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
34,019	KauswaganSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	665	about 90	about 7.40 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
34,020	LibertadHilongos, Leyte	665	about 184	about 3.62 km²	6.72% a year	Rural
34,021	Narra EsteSan Fernando City, La Union	665	about 512	about 1.30 km²	6.77% a year	Rural
34,022	PayanasTorrijos, Marinduque	665	about 72	about 9.19 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
34,023	San IsidroMatalom, Leyte	665	about 7,879	about 0.0844 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
34,024	TupannaPamplona, Cagayan	665	about 92	about 7.23 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
34,025	VirbiraCarasi, Ilocos Norte	665	about 10	about 64.30 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
34,026	ApoloniaParanas, Samar	664	about 92	about 7.19 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
34,027	BancoPalanas, Masbate	664	about 140	about 4.73 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
34,028	BocalSan Fernando, Camarines Sur	664	about 136	about 4.87 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
34,029	BolongtohanDulag, Leyte	664	about 420	about 1.58 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34,030	CagrarayBato, Catanduanes	664	about 147	about 4.52 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
34,031	Legarda-Burnham-KisadBaguio City, Benguet	664	about 1,078	about 0.616 km²	−1.63% a year	Urban
34,032	LipataPanukulan, Quezon	664	about 32	about 20.96 km²	3.90% a year	Rural
34,033	LocusSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	664	about 144	about 4.61 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
34,034	MacuyonSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	664	about 1,292	about 0.514 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
34,035	MahabaCorcuera, Romblon	664	about 371	about 1.79 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
34,036	ManaquemCamiling, Tarlac	664	about 499	about 1.33 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
34,037	MatambogSan Joaquin, Iloilo	664	about 145	about 4.58 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
34,038	NamayanMalolos City, Bulacan	664	about 337	about 1.97 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
34,039	PappaSablan, Benguet	664	about 51	about 13.06 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
34,040	Rizal (Rural)Lopez, Quezon	664	about 391	about 1.70 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
34,041	San IsidroAbuyog, Leyte	664	about 388	about 1.71 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
34,042	San IsidroLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	664	about 154	about 4.31 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34,043	San RoquePandan, Catanduanes	664	about 237	about 2.80 km²	−3.58% a year	Rural
34,044	San RoqueJipapad, Eastern Samar	664	about 60	about 11.00 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
34,045	TaslanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	664	about 355	about 1.87 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
34,046	BabuyanCarrascal, Surigao del Sur	663	about 29	about 22.97 km²	−3.22% a year	Rural
34,047	BaclaranCalauag, Quezon	663	about 23,101	about 0.0287 km²	−5.94% a year	Rural
34,048	BalbalayangSan Gabriel, La Union	663	about 121	about 5.46 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
34,049	Barangay 377Manila	663	about 43,333	about 0.0153 km²	3.35% a year	Urban
34,050	Barangay IDagupan City, Pangasinan	663	about 3,643	about 0.182 km²	−2.02% a year	Urban

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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