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, 39,001 to 39,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
39,001	New CarcarLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	393	about 99	about 3.95 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
39,002	New LookPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	393	about 287	about 1.37 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
39,003	OsmeñaLibjo, Dinagat Islands	393	about 259	about 1.52 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
39,004	Poblacion Barangay 11Lipa City, Batangas	393	about 6,847	about 0.0574 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
39,005	San IsidroPandan, Catanduanes	393	about 15	about 25.46 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
39,006	San JulianSolsona, Ilocos Norte	393	about 57	about 6.95 km²	8.56% a year	Rural
39,007	TalbaBacolor, Pampanga	393	about 166	about 2.37 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,008	AlimitMayoyao, Ifugao	392	about 18	about 22.10 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
39,009	BanayadMendez, Cavite	392	about 407	about 0.964 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,010	Barangay IIIBuenavista, Marinduque	392	about 4,700	about 0.0834 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
39,011	CalanyuganPagsanghan, Samar	392	about 90	about 4.36 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
39,012	Cambula DistrictDulag, Leyte	392	about 1,600	about 0.245 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
39,013	CamiaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	392	about 159	about 2.46 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
39,014	Hanopol NorteBalilihan, Bohol	392	about 146	about 2.69 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
39,015	MaghipidLope De Vega, Northern Samar	392	about 26	about 15.09 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
39,016	MallorgaTalalora, Samar	392	about 63	about 6.18 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
39,017	NauguisanCapoocan, Leyte	392	about 576	about 0.68 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
39,018	New TuburanTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	392	about 39	about 10.16 km²	−6.68% a year	Rural
39,019	TicuganLoon, Bohol	392	about 184	about 2.13 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
39,020	TulahongMaasin, Iloilo	392	about 274	about 1.43 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
39,021	Barangay 762Manila	391	about 14,644	about 0.0267 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
39,022	BayogPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	391	about 512	about 0.763 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,023	BiasongPilar, Cebu	391	about 102	about 3.83 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
39,024	Bongol San MiguelGuimbal, Iloilo	391	about 215	about 1.82 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
39,025	BulayMaasin, Iloilo	391	about 288	about 1.36 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
39,026	CaanislaganBurauen, Leyte	391	about 121	about 3.22 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
39,027	IlihanMagsaysay, Lanao del Norte	391	about 88	about 4.42 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
39,028	Kanlurang MaligayaAgdangan, Quezon	391	about 181	about 2.16 km²	5.64% a year	Rural
39,029	MaaloJuban, Sorsogon	391	about 34	about 11.66 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
39,030	MabuhaySan Jorge, Samar	391	about 318	about 1.23 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
39,031	Poblacion Barangay 2San Sebastian, Samar	391	about 33,136	about 0.0118 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
39,032	Poblacion IISikatuna, Bohol	391	about 301	about 1.30 km²	4.77% a year	Rural
39,033	PonghalLagawe, Ifugao	391	about 53	about 7.39 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
39,034	SalvacionBaras, Catanduanes	391	about 765	about 0.511 km²	4.77% a year	Rural
39,035	SalvacionVirac, Catanduanes	391	about 5,951	about 0.0657 km²	−5.50% a year	Urban
39,036	San RafaelLopez, Quezon	391	about 46	about 8.49 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
39,037	SumnangaSabtang, Batanes	391	about 69	about 5.68 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
39,038	TalimagaoMadalag, Aklan	391	about 320	about 1.22 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
39,039	Zone ITubungan, Iloilo	391	about 3,314	about 0.118 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
39,040	AplayaMaconacon, Isabela	390	about 4	about 87.04 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
39,041	Barangay 238Manila	390	about 23,353	about 0.0167 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
39,042	Bato-batoTapaz, Capiz	390	about 163	about 2.39 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
39,043	BinobucalanHinabangan, Samar	390	about 38	about 10.32 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
39,044	CadayonanBuadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur	390	about 666	about 0.586 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,045	DayapAgdangan, Quezon	390	about 59	about 6.57 km²	3.13% a year	Rural
39,046	GuibononEsperanza, Agusan del Sur	390	about 3	about 116.64 km²	4.16% a year	Rural
39,047	HonradoSocorro, Surigao del Norte	390	about 58	about 6.74 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
39,048	InanahawanPambujan, Northern Samar	390	about 49	about 7.95 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,049	Luya-luyaMauban, Quezon	390	about 123	about 3.17 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
39,050	MacalinoCalanasan, Apayao	390	about 16	about 23.70 km²	1.20% 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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