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Barangays in Manila

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]

Open Manila

Barangays in Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 897^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 1,902,590^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 897 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 649^[5]; Manila; 69,769 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Barangay 20^[6]; Manila; about 1.38 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Barangay 397^{[5, 7]}; Manila; 19.69% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 259 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Barangay 598, −3.18% a year.

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.

897 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	Barangay 743Manila	2,028	about 53,509	about 0.0379 km²	5.74% a year	Urban
302	Barangay 602Manila	2,027	about 14,904	about 0.136 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
303	Barangay 636Manila	2,025	about 23,657	about 0.0856 km²	−1.26% a year	Urban
304	Barangay 540Manila	2,024	about 90,762	about 0.0223 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
305	Barangay 147Manila	2,023	about 15,443	about 0.131 km²	−2.78% a year	Urban
306	Barangay 518Manila	2,019	about 58,017	about 0.0348 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
307	Barangay 297Manila	2,015	about 61,246	about 0.0329 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
308	Barangay 412Manila	2,015	about 57,902	about 0.0348 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
309	Barangay 539Manila	2,015	about 36,972	about 0.0545 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
310	Barangay 203Manila	2,014	about 33,016	about 0.061 km²	−4.70% a year	Urban
311	Barangay 259Manila	2,014	about 29,618	about 0.068 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
312	Barangay 234Manila	2,013	about 48,506	about 0.0415 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
313	Barangay 18Manila	2,006	about 85,726	about 0.0234 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
314	Barangay 846Manila	1,996	about 142,571	about 0.014 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
315	Barangay 725Manila	1,990	about 37,406	about 0.0532 km²	8.63% a year	Urban
316	Barangay 336Manila	1,986	about 60,549	about 0.0328 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
317	Barangay 763Manila	1,984	about 67,713	about 0.0293 km²	2.65% a year	Urban
318	Barangay 732Manila	1,983	about 85,107	about 0.0233 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
319	Barangay 872Manila	1,950	about 80,579	about 0.0242 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
320	Barangay 135Manila	1,946	about 59,693	about 0.0326 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
321	Barangay 481Manila	1,943	about 102,804	about 0.0189 km²	17.16% a year	Urban
322	Barangay 260Manila	1,935	about 48,618	about 0.0398 km²	3.97% a year	Urban
323	Barangay 204Manila	1,932	about 37,225	about 0.0519 km²	−7.58% a year	Urban
324	Barangay 34Manila	1,930	about 166,379	about 0.0116 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
325	Barangay 513Manila	1,929	about 55,272	about 0.0349 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
326	Barangay 150Manila	1,922	about 40,125	about 0.0479 km²	−3.98% a year	Urban
327	Barangay 834Manila	1,918	about 6,850	about 0.28 km²	2.46% a year	Urban
328	Barangay 849Manila	1,908	about 157,686	about 0.0121 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
329	Barangay 413Manila	1,907	about 110,231	about 0.0173 km²	2.76% a year	Urban
330	Barangay 857Manila	1,907	about 126,291	about 0.0151 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
331	Barangay 294Manila	1,905	about 37,353	about 0.051 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
332	Barangay 771Manila	1,902	about 65,586	about 0.029 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
333	Barangay 570Manila	1,897	about 48,766	about 0.0389 km²	−1.28% a year	Urban
334	Barangay 580Manila	1,889	about 82,851	about 0.0228 km²	−1.45% a year	Urban
335	Barangay 568Manila	1,881	about 89,147	about 0.0211 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
336	Barangay 119Manila	1,877	about 100,374	about 0.0187 km²	−5.20% a year	Urban
337	Barangay 62Manila	1,877	about 90,240	about 0.0208 km²	−1.12% a year	Urban
338	Barangay 98Manila	1,877	about 132,183	about 0.0142 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
339	Barangay 615Manila	1,875	about 91,463	about 0.0205 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
340	Barangay 232Manila	1,871	about 49,761	about 0.0376 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
341	Barangay 778Manila	1,860	about 117,722	about 0.0158 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
342	Barangay 81Manila	1,848	about 103,820	about 0.0178 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
343	Barangay 802Manila	1,840	about 64,789	about 0.0284 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
344	Barangay 205Manila	1,832	about 39,229	about 0.0467 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
345	Barangay 803Manila	1,830	about 39,956	about 0.0458 km²	1.71% a year	Urban
346	Barangay 148Manila	1,827	about 17,400	about 0.105 km²	−5.69% a year	Urban
347	Barangay 745Manila	1,826	about 132,319	about 0.0138 km²	−2.33% a year	Urban
348	Barangay 229Manila	1,825	about 96,561	about 0.0189 km²	4.08% a year	Urban
349	Barangay 790Manila	1,825	about 34,630	about 0.0527 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
350	Barangay 164Manila	1,824	about 68,060	about 0.0268 km²	0.22% a year	Urban

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. 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 adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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