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, 34,101 to 34,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
34,101	Matin-aoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	661	about 106	about 6.25 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
34,102	MayaMacarthur, Leyte	661	about 505	about 1.31 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
34,103	OlasLagonoy, Camarines Sur	661	about 43	about 15.40 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
34,104	SalimpunoPanaon, Misamis Occidental	661	about 291	about 2.27 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
34,105	San AndresPandan, Catanduanes	661	about 580	about 1.14 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
34,106	San Antonio PoblacionCalabanga, Camarines Sur	661	about 6,356	about 0.104 km²	−0.64% a year	Urban
34,107	San Francisco ALopez, Quezon	661	about 133	about 4.96 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
34,108	Santo NiñoMalolos City, Bulacan	661	about 8,755	about 0.0755 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
34,109	AgahayMaribojoc, Bohol	660	about 300	about 2.20 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
34,110	AlinDonsol, Sorsogon	660	about 114	about 5.79 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
34,111	BalintadBaungon, Bukidnon	660	about 72	about 9.23 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
34,112	BambanaySan Juan, La Union	660	about 1,808	about 0.365 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
34,113	Bgy. 14 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo	660	about 2,640	about 0.25 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
34,114	Ben-aganBatac City, Ilocos Norte	660	about 6,408	about 0.103 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
34,115	BuayahonSanta Barbara, Iloilo	660	about 306	about 2.16 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
34,116	BuhiCulasi, Antique	660	about 541	about 1.22 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
34,117	BukalTagkawayan, Quezon	660	about 120	about 5.50 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
34,118	CabarasanDulag, Leyte	660	about 234	about 2.82 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
34,119	Capul-anMina, Iloilo	660	about 413	about 1.60 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
34,120	Catungan ISibalom, Antique	660	about 482	about 1.37 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
34,121	Causwagan SurSan Isidro, Bohol	660	about 192	about 3.44 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
34,122	DalidSanta Barbara, Iloilo	660	about 683	about 0.966 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
34,123	DanipaBenito Soliven, Isabela	660	about 125	about 5.26 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
34,124	Del Rosario Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay	660	about 21,019	about 0.0314 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
34,125	GadonganSaguiaran, Lanao del Sur	660	about 738	about 0.894 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
34,126	Gindolongan AlabatMasiu, Lanao del Sur	660	about 4,853	about 0.136 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
34,127	LunggangMaimbung, Sulu	660	about 245	about 2.69 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
34,128	MagsaysayDolores, Eastern Samar	660	about 84	about 7.84 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
34,129	MahayagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	660	about 156	about 4.23 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
34,130	PalaspasDel Gallego, Camarines Sur	660	about 97	about 6.79 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
34,131	Pindolonan ITugaya, Lanao del Sur	660	about 1,015	about 0.65 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
34,132	PisangSan Manuel, Isabela	660	about 88	about 7.51 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
34,133	RizalTagudin, Ilocos Sur	660	about 2,762	about 0.239 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
34,134	San JoseFlora, Apayao	660	about 102	about 6.47 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
34,135	AdantePiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	659	about 90	about 7.32 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
34,136	Alang SalacsacKayapa, Nueva Vizcaya	659	about 31	about 21.23 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
34,137	AstorgaBadiangan, Iloilo	659	about 622	about 1.06 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
34,138	BantugoNagbukel, Ilocos Sur	659	about 1,721	about 0.383 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
34,139	Barangay 112Pasay City	659	about 45,137	about 0.0146 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
34,140	Barangay 244Manila	659	about 49,549	about 0.0133 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
34,141	Barangay 328Manila	659	about 56,810	about 0.0116 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
34,142	Barangay 50-BTacloban City, Leyte	659	about 2,955	about 0.223 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
34,143	Barangay 643Manila	659	about 4,955	about 0.133 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
34,144	DiampacaMadalum, Lanao del Sur	659	about 1,028	about 0.641 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
34,145	KapataganAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	659	about 58	about 11.32 km²	−5.81% a year	Rural
34,146	KilalaSalvador, Lanao del Norte	659	about 178	about 3.70 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
34,147	LamakDumanjug, Cebu	659	about 360	about 1.83 km²	4.12% a year	Rural
34,148	Langlangca PrimeroCandon City, Ilocos Sur	659	about 458	about 1.44 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
34,149	LarapLugus, Sulu	659	about 404	about 1.63 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
34,150	LuzvillaPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	659	about 169	about 3.89 km²	0.07% 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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