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, 37,751 to 37,800 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
37,751	LibertadGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	465	about 527	about 0.882 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
37,752	LilitunMadalum, Lanao del Sur	465	about 183	about 2.54 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
37,753	LitanGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur	465	about 136	about 3.41 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
37,754	ManaetBacacay, Albay	465	about 89	about 5.23 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
37,755	NasuliMaasin, Iloilo	465	about 264	about 1.76 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
37,756	PoblacionMagallanes, Sorsogon	465	about 7,922	about 0.0587 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
37,757	Poblacion Barangay 8Lipa City, Batangas	465	about 5,445	about 0.0854 km²	2.71% a year	Urban
37,758	San PedroViga, Catanduanes	465	about 788	about 0.59 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
37,759	TapucanMauban, Quezon	465	about 179	about 2.60 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
37,760	Villa GomezQuezon, Quezon	465	about 137	about 3.40 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
37,761	AgliamSan Manuel, Isabela	464	about 145	about 3.21 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
37,762	ArangoteBugasong, Antique	464	about 84	about 5.52 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
37,763	ArgosinoQuezon, Quezon	464	about 205	about 2.26 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
37,764	BaliliBontoc, Mountain Province	464	about 49	about 9.39 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
37,765	BaragMobo, Masbate	464	about 40	about 11.58 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
37,766	BuenavistaPintuyan, Southern Leyte	464	about 206	about 2.25 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
37,767	BurotNew Lucena, Iloilo	464	about 368	about 1.26 km²	6.49% a year	Rural
37,768	Cabunga-anLeon, Iloilo	464	about 552	about 0.841 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
37,769	DalayapLangiden, Abra	464	about 503	about 0.922 km²	−3.10% a year	Rural
37,770	InyawanLibertad, Antique	464	about 41	about 11.21 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
37,771	LainglainganCalauag, Quezon	464	about 83	about 5.56 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
37,772	Lusad Pob.Dagami, Leyte	464	about 4,218	about 0.11 km²	−8.04% a year	Rural
37,773	Poblacion SurSantiago, Ilocos Sur	464	about 1,725	about 0.269 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
37,774	SagnebBantay, Ilocos Sur	464	about 1,251	about 0.371 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
37,775	San AntonioCatubig, Northern Samar	464	about 98	about 4.74 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
37,776	SilahisOrani, Bataan	464	about 14,321	about 0.0324 km²	−5.33% a year	Rural
37,777	TandocSiruma, Camarines Sur	464	about 2,178	about 0.213 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
37,778	TangabBonifacio, Misamis Occidental	464	about 144	about 3.22 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
37,779	AmbulongCorcuera, Romblon	463	about 454	about 1.02 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
37,780	AyanganMayoyao, Ifugao	463	about 46	about 10.12 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
37,781	BacongGuimbal, Iloilo	463	about 182	about 2.55 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
37,782	Barangay 430Manila	463	about 36,746	about 0.0126 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
37,783	Barangay 7Casiguran, Aurora	463	about 1,659	about 0.279 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
37,784	Barangay 825Manila	463	about 7,742	about 0.0598 km²	4.33% a year	Urban
37,785	BarasDumangas, Iloilo	463	about 4,644	about 0.0997 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
37,786	BuntawanOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	463	about 110	about 4.21 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
37,787	BuriJaro, Leyte	463	about 204	about 2.27 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
37,788	CambuhayDaram, Samar	463	about 324	about 1.43 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
37,789	CaybagoCalbayog City, Samar	463	about 122	about 3.80 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
37,790	ColabaoanSan Juan, Abra	463	about 1,268	about 0.365 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
37,791	GiguimitanSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	463	about 162	about 2.86 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
37,792	HalabaPastrana, Leyte	463	about 151	about 3.07 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
37,793	JaguimitDueñas, Iloilo	463	about 191	about 2.43 km²	−3.19% a year	Rural
37,794	NangkaBatad, Iloilo	463	about 105	about 4.43 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
37,795	Northern PoblacionTudela, Cebu	463	about 4,754	about 0.0974 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
37,796	Otucan NorteBauko, Mountain Province	463	about 289	about 1.60 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
37,797	Ramain PoblacionDitsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur	463	about 12,026	about 0.0385 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
37,798	SalvacionLuna, Apayao	463	about 19	about 23.95 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
37,799	San Francisco SurSan Guillermo, Isabela	463	about 64	about 7.27 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
37,800	SinagawsawanDel Gallego, Camarines Sur	463	about 97	about 4.75 km²	−5.84% 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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