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, 34,451 to 34,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
34,451	MasintocPaoay, Ilocos Norte	644	about 263	about 2.45 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
34,452	New DauisNabunturan, Davao de Oro	644	about 155	about 4.16 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
34,453	Pagalongan GinaopanDitsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur	644	about 1,905	about 0.338 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
34,454	PanopdopanLamut, Ifugao	644	about 107	about 6.02 km²	−7.16% a year	Rural
34,455	Rimos No. 2Luna, La Union	644	about 1,695	about 0.38 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
34,456	SingaranLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	644	about 163	about 3.96 km²	−6.07% a year	Rural
34,457	Son-ok IPintuyan, Southern Leyte	644	about 330	about 1.95 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34,458	Barangay 324Manila	643	about 51,440	about 0.0125 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
34,459	BatugMacarthur, Leyte	643	about 399	about 1.61 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
34,460	CapannikianClaveria, Cagayan	643	about 376	about 1.71 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
34,461	CasaganSanta Ana, Cagayan	643	about 51	about 12.59 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
34,462	ConcepcionAlitagtag, Batangas	643	about 907	about 0.709 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
34,463	DacayDulag, Leyte	643	about 338	about 1.90 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
34,464	EmilodMagsaysay, Palawan	643	about 230	about 2.80 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
34,465	ImeldaBanna, Ilocos Norte	643	about 193	about 3.33 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
34,466	La PazCalbayog City, Samar	643	about 139	about 4.64 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
34,467	Maga-anZumarraga, Samar	643	about 1,016	about 0.633 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
34,468	MahayagOrmoc City, Leyte	643	about 228	about 2.82 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
34,469	MarinawaBato, Catanduanes	643	about 167	about 3.86 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
34,470	PagnamitanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	643	about 463	about 1.39 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
34,471	PayaoDuero, Bohol	643	about 160	about 4.02 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
34,472	RanchoSanta, Ilocos Sur	643	about 337	about 1.91 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
34,473	RizalLas Navas, Northern Samar	643	about 86	about 7.52 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
34,474	RombangSibalom, Antique	643	about 601	about 1.07 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
34,475	San Juan WestPilar, Abra	643	about 476	about 1.35 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
34,476	San RoqueVillareal, Samar	643	about 168	about 3.83 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
34,477	San RoqueMalitbog, Southern Leyte	643	about 585	about 1.10 km²	3.06% a year	Rural
34,478	SorioanSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	643	about 190	about 3.39 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
34,479	TaugLila, Bohol	643	about 1,468	about 0.438 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
34,480	TaytaganBontoc, Southern Leyte	643	about 564	about 1.14 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
34,481	BacaoMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	642	about 422	about 1.52 km²	3.20% a year	Rural
34,482	BagacayLopez, Quezon	642	about 498	about 1.29 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
34,483	Bagong SirangSan Andres, Catanduanes	642	about 263	about 2.44 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
34,484	Barangay 24Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	642	about 3,733	about 0.172 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
34,485	BoiBoac, Marinduque	642	about 200	about 3.21 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
34,486	Botoc OrientalLoay, Bohol	642	about 1,866	about 0.344 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
34,487	BussaoitBacnotan, La Union	642	about 440	about 1.46 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
34,488	Centro 3Luna, Isabela	642	about 1,778	about 0.361 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
34,489	DisusuanSan Mariano, Isabela	642	about 69	about 9.27 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
34,490	HipitSan Nicolas, Batangas	642	about 1,681	about 0.382 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
34,491	LanaoAsturias, Cebu	642	about 119	about 5.40 km²	−5.20% a year	Rural
34,492	LourdesDangcagan, Bukidnon	642	about 285	about 2.25 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
34,493	MinangaDueñas, Iloilo	642	about 265	about 2.42 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
34,494	PansolCalauag, Quezon	642	about 186	about 3.45 km²	−4.68% a year	Rural
34,495	San AgustinTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	642	about 3,194	about 0.201 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
34,496	Santa JacobeLopez, Quezon	642	about 446	about 1.44 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
34,497	Tenga-tengaCuyo, Palawan	642	about 3,147	about 0.204 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
34,498	TurodSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	642	about 486	about 1.32 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
34,499	YsmaelMaddela, Quirino	642	about 29	about 21.98 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
34,500	AgapeLoboc, Bohol	641	about 701	about 0.915 km²	−0.48% 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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