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, 35,001 to 35,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
35,001	Barangay 363Manila	616	about 25,667	about 0.024 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
35,002	BurgosTuy, Batangas	616	about 5,404	about 0.114 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
35,003	BusaoMaribojoc, Bohol	616	about 356	about 1.73 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
35,004	CancavanCarmen, Surigao del Sur	616	about 106	about 5.81 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
35,005	CangclaranLazi, Siquijor	616	about 176	about 3.50 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
35,006	CatuyanSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	616	about 144	about 4.28 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
35,007	Del PilarSan Isidro, Surigao del Norte	616	about 338	about 1.82 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
35,008	KamansiTuburan, Cebu	616	about 75	about 8.21 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
35,009	LibertadTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	616	about 93	about 6.60 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
35,010	LinderoLibertad, Antique	616	about 275	about 2.24 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
35,011	MagcasuangBabatngon, Leyte	616	about 109	about 5.65 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
35,012	QuinalabasaNaguilian, Isabela	616	about 87	about 7.10 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
35,013	San LeonardoMaria Aurora, Aurora	616	about 203	about 3.03 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
35,014	San VicenteGigmoto, Catanduanes	616	about 158	about 3.90 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
35,015	Secante Bag-oTudela, Cebu	616	about 161	about 3.82 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
35,016	Villa BatabatBuenavista, Quezon	616	about 117	about 5.27 km²	−2.99% a year	Rural
35,017	ViveRonda, Cebu	616	about 267	about 2.31 km²	−7.72% a year	Rural
35,018	AbuyogayJavier, Leyte	615	about 504	about 1.22 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
35,019	AntipoloGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	615	about 154	about 4.00 km²	−2.89% a year	Rural
35,020	BacjaoBalangiga, Eastern Samar	615	about 162	about 3.79 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
35,021	Barangay 5Bantay, Ilocos Sur	615	about 3,324	about 0.185 km²	−1.82% a year	Urban
35,022	Barangay 53-ACavite City, Cavite	615	about 1,447	about 0.425 km²	9.64% a year	Rural
35,023	BitauganAntequera, Bohol	615	about 240	about 2.56 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
35,024	CangagIsabel, Leyte	615	about 145	about 4.23 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
35,025	CastilloPitogo, Quezon	615	about 10,531	about 0.0584 km²	−2.48% a year	Rural
35,026	CaulangohanCaibiran, Biliran	615	about 504	about 1.22 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
35,027	FundaCuyo, Palawan	615	about 469	about 1.31 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
35,028	GuimadOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	615	about 218	about 2.82 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
35,029	KormatanMadalum, Lanao del Sur	615	about 12,813	about 0.048 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
35,030	Lawa-anBasey, Samar	615	about 1,916	about 0.321 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
35,031	LicunganSugpon, Ilocos Sur	615	about 18	about 33.47 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
35,032	LitawanSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	615	about 21	about 30.00 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
35,033	Mayamot ITalugtug, Nueva Ecija	615	about 169	about 3.64 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
35,034	NaparasanMapanas, Northern Samar	615	about 61	about 10.05 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
35,035	OmayaSan Narciso, Zambales	615	about 109	about 5.63 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
35,036	PalenciaTarangnan, Samar	615	about 262	about 2.35 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
35,037	RoxasLas Navas, Northern Samar	615	about 71	about 8.71 km²	−3.16% a year	Rural
35,038	San IsidroDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	615	about 256	about 2.40 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
35,039	Agapito Yap, Sr.Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	614	about 116	about 5.30 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
35,040	AmantacopBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 41	about 15.07 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
35,041	AposongPiagapo, Lanao del Sur	614	about 709	about 0.866 km²	6.95% a year	Rural
35,042	Arnaldo Pob.General Trias City, Cavite	614	about 12,634	about 0.0486 km²	−2.99% a year	Rural
35,043	Barangay 31Cavite City, Cavite	614	about 15,825	about 0.0388 km²	−1.32% a year	Urban
35,044	Barangay IISan Fernando City, La Union	614	about 4,264	about 0.144 km²	8.20% a year	Urban
35,045	BasayungunLumbatan, Lanao del Sur	614	about 832	about 0.738 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
35,046	BemposaAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	614	about 165	about 3.72 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
35,047	CagbongaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 202	about 3.04 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
35,048	CahumpanCalbayog City, Samar	614	about 234	about 2.62 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
35,049	Cat-iwingHinundayan, Southern Leyte	614	about 243	about 2.53 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
35,050	Gama PequeñoCalinog, Iloilo	614	about 929	about 0.661 km²	3.36% 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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