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, 34,351 to 34,400 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
34,351	ManarangVintar, Ilocos Norte	649	about 57	about 11.31 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
34,352	MatangharonDingle, Iloilo	649	about 253	about 2.57 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
34,353	MonbonZumarraga, Samar	649	about 168	about 3.87 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
34,354	MongolbongolDaram, Samar	649	about 373	about 1.74 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
34,355	MontagBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	649	about 81	about 7.97 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
34,356	NatividadSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	649	about 222	about 2.93 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
34,357	Picas NorteJavier, Leyte	649	about 408	about 1.59 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
34,358	San RafaelVillareal, Samar	649	about 247	about 2.63 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
34,359	Santa MariaMobo, Masbate	649	about 128	about 5.09 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
34,360	Santa RitaMarabut, Samar	649	about 114	about 5.67 km²	4.19% a year	Rural
34,361	SaubMatanao, Davao del Sur	649	about 233	about 2.78 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
34,362	BansayanBubong, Lanao del Sur	648	about 3,086	about 0.21 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
34,363	Barangay 438Manila	648	about 50,625	about 0.0128 km²	−2.23% a year	Urban
34,364	Barangay 63Pasay City	648	about 74,740	about 0.00867 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
34,365	Buadi DingunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	648	about 2,959	about 0.219 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
34,366	CagrarayBacacay, Albay	648	about 255	about 2.54 km²	−6.41% a year	Rural
34,367	Calambutan SettlementTudela, Misamis Occidental	648	about 165	about 3.93 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34,368	CatalinaJiabong, Samar	648	about 676	about 0.958 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
34,369	Poblacion Ward 9Guiuan, Eastern Samar	648	about 29,455	about 0.022 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
34,370	Punta MariaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	648	about 240	about 2.70 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
34,371	Ramain BubongBubong, Lanao del Sur	648	about 2,019	about 0.321 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
34,372	RoxasBilar, Bohol	648	about 96	about 6.77 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
34,373	SalvacionGarchitorena, Camarines Sur	648	about 27	about 24.00 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
34,374	San AndresAurora, Isabela	648	about 377	about 1.72 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
34,375	SapinitSan Jorge, Samar	648	about 223	about 2.90 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
34,376	SondolLoon, Bohol	648	about 648	about 1.00 km²	−3.04% a year	Rural
34,377	SuyoPidigan, Abra	648	about 293	about 2.21 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
34,378	TamayoSanta Cruz, Marinduque	648	about 170	about 3.81 km²	−3.78% a year	Rural
34,379	TrinidadMallig, Isabela	648	about 46	about 14.10 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
34,380	Tuyabang AltoOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	648	about 128	about 5.08 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
34,381	UlayanVillareal, Samar	648	about 415	about 1.56 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
34,382	BalinaconNagcarlan, Laguna	647	about 1,356	about 0.477 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
34,383	BalingasagTabontabon, Leyte	647	about 283	about 2.29 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
34,384	BinitayanCamalig, Albay	647	about 837	about 0.773 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
34,385	Casingsingan NorteAmulung, Cagayan	647	about 301	about 2.15 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
34,386	DanaoTigbauan, Iloilo	647	about 459	about 1.41 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
34,387	InitanSibalom, Antique	647	about 423	about 1.53 km²	3.26% a year	Rural
34,388	JordanSinait, Ilocos Sur	647	about 324	about 2.00 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
34,389	LayasinCavinti, Laguna	647	about 276	about 2.34 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
34,390	MabuhayMobo, Masbate	647	about 93	about 6.92 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
34,391	New LebangonPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	647	about 143	about 4.54 km²	5.48% a year	Rural
34,392	Poblacion SurSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	647	about 1,205	about 0.537 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
34,393	San IsidroLagonoy, Camarines Sur	647	about 38	about 17.15 km²	3.88% a year	Rural
34,394	San IsidroRoxas, Palawan	647	about 45	about 14.32 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
34,395	SubaganLicuan-Baay, Abra	647	about 21	about 30.79 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
34,396	TambukoBurauen, Leyte	647	about 404	about 1.60 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
34,397	VelosoMarabut, Samar	647	about 59	about 10.93 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
34,398	AgbudiaRomblon, Romblon	646	about 455	about 1.42 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
34,399	Bagong SilangSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	646	about 200	about 3.23 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
34,400	Barasanan BTobias Fornier, Antique	646	about 640	about 1.01 km²	0.53% 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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