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, 35,051 to 35,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
35,051	LayogbatoLemery, Iloilo	614	about 229	about 2.68 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
35,052	ManaulHilongos, Leyte	614	about 630	about 0.975 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
35,053	PandanLiloan, Southern Leyte	614	about 125	about 4.91 km²	−4.87% a year	Rural
35,054	PiloroCarigara, Leyte	614	about 252	about 2.44 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
35,055	PoblacionLimay, Bataan	614	about 12,379	about 0.0496 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
35,056	TakikiGattaran, Cagayan	614	about 198	about 3.10 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
35,057	BaclayanDaram, Samar	613	about 621	about 0.987 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
35,058	BarakaNorzagaray, Bulacan	613	about 61	about 10.06 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
35,059	Barangay 8Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	613	about 10,569	about 0.058 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
35,060	BatoPanukulan, Quezon	613	about 67	about 9.20 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
35,061	Bucal III BMaragondon, Cavite	613	about 2,523	about 0.243 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
35,062	BuenavistaPassi City, Iloilo	613	about 620	about 0.989 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
35,063	CadingilanLumbayanague, Lanao del Sur	613	about 1,819	about 0.337 km²	3.64% a year	Rural
35,064	CaraycaraySan Miguel, Leyte	613	about 57	about 10.79 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
35,065	CawitManito, Albay	613	about 444	about 1.38 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
35,066	EsperanzaCasiguran, Aurora	613	about 140	about 4.39 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
35,067	MaanyagTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	613	about 341	about 1.80 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
35,068	Macalibre AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	613	about 145	about 4.22 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
35,069	Mala-abangonTamparan, Lanao del Sur	613	about 7,779	about 0.0788 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
35,070	MiabalawagBubong, Lanao del Sur	613	about 651	about 0.941 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
35,071	Palico IIIImus City, Cavite	613	about 8,340	about 0.0735 km²	5.88% a year	Rural
35,072	PaljeRomblon, Romblon	613	about 184	about 3.34 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
35,073	PugaoanPinili, Ilocos Norte	613	about 233	about 2.63 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
35,074	Sani-saniPlacer, Surigao del Norte	613	about 311	about 1.97 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
35,075	SipaonRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	613	about 98	about 6.25 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
35,076	TactacBalayan, Batangas	613	about 651	about 0.941 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
35,077	TanapBurgos, Ilocos Norte	613	about 17	about 36.06 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
35,078	TiklingDolores, Eastern Samar	613	about 848	about 0.723 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
35,079	TinocuanDueñas, Iloilo	613	about 245	about 2.50 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
35,080	Zone IVBayambang, Pangasinan	613	about 5,473	about 0.112 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
35,081	AgriculaSan Remigio, Antique	612	about 208	about 2.94 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
35,082	BalabagoAlimodian, Iloilo	612	about 729	about 0.839 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
35,083	BaliliValencia, Negros Oriental	612	about 296	about 2.07 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
35,084	BalintadManticao, Misamis Oriental	612	about 33	about 18.38 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
35,085	BalumbunanBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	612	about 63	about 9.67 km²	−5.06% a year	Rural
35,086	Barangay 4Carmona City, Cavite	612	about 19,615	about 0.0312 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
35,087	BayoCalbayog City, Samar	612	about 72	about 8.52 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
35,088	CabaruanQuirino, Isabela	612	about 232	about 2.64 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
35,089	Cantoria No. 2Luna, La Union	612	about 1,163	about 0.526 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
35,090	GabiBaleno, Masbate	612	about 31	about 20.01 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
35,091	GamalSapad, Lanao del Norte	612	about 24	about 24.99 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
35,092	KaragawanKabugao, Apayao	612	about 6	about 100.25 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
35,093	KimatTangub City, Misamis Occidental	612	about 254	about 2.41 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
35,094	LianganNunungan, Lanao del Norte	612	about 40	about 15.14 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
35,095	LosadSabangan, Mountain Province	612	about 74	about 8.25 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
35,096	ManurabiMatnog, Sorsogon	612	about 159	about 3.86 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
35,097	Mat-eMerida, Leyte	612	about 572	about 1.07 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
35,098	MuelangMangatarem, Pangasinan	612	about 59	about 10.42 km²	9.64% a year	Rural
35,099	NusaCagayancillo, Palawan	612	about 929	about 0.659 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
35,100	PalobanderaCawayan, Masbate	612	about 53	about 11.60 km²	0.08% 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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