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, 39,451 to 39,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
39,451	Bao-anganSabangan, Mountain Province	363	about 472	about 0.769 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
39,452	BikilTubungan, Iloilo	363	about 298	about 1.22 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
39,453	CansuagwitLoon, Bohol	363	about 342	about 1.06 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
39,454	CuyapiLibmanan, Camarines Sur	363	about 112	about 3.23 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
39,455	DomagondongDel Gallego, Camarines Sur	363	about 67	about 5.40 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
39,456	JalasVillaba, Leyte	363	about 87	about 4.19 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
39,457	LagbenLagangilang, Abra	363	about 305	about 1.19 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
39,458	MagsaysayLoreto, Dinagat Islands	363	about 78	about 4.64 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
39,459	MagsaysayAlmagro, Samar	363	about 434	about 0.836 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
39,460	MainitBanton, Romblon	363	about 205	about 1.77 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
39,461	MohonPanaon, Misamis Occidental	363	about 356	about 1.02 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
39,462	NabuloCatubig, Northern Samar	363	about 318	about 1.14 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
39,463	OsmeñaCalbayog City, Samar	363	about 31	about 11.58 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
39,464	PaitanBurauen, Leyte	363	about 257	about 1.41 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
39,465	PeñafranciaViga, Catanduanes	363	about 161	about 2.25 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
39,466	PinanangnanSanto Niño, Samar	363	about 400	about 0.907 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
39,467	Poblacion 1Taal, Batangas	363	about 13,152	about 0.0276 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
39,468	SagongonMulanay, Quezon	363	about 135	about 2.69 km²	−4.77% a year	Rural
39,469	SalagaoIvana, Batanes	363	about 112	about 3.24 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
39,470	San DiegoGumaca, Quezon	363	about 60	about 6.05 km²	−0.65% a year	Urban
39,471	TaganahawEsperanza, Agusan del Sur	363	about 60	about 6.04 km²	−2.42% a year	Rural
39,472	Villa AlvarezBalud, Masbate	363	about 36	about 10.16 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
39,473	Villa San IsidroSanta Elena, Camarines Norte	363	about 15	about 24.24 km²	6.52% a year	Rural
39,474	Barangay 4 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	362	about 436	about 0.83 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
39,475	CabatangDolores, Quezon	362	about 38	about 9.48 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
39,476	Cabong SurGuinayangan, Quezon	362	about 105	about 3.45 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
39,477	CadawagOas, Albay	362	about 16	about 22.73 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
39,478	CalawinanDueñas, Iloilo	362	about 168	about 2.15 km²	6.44% a year	Rural
39,479	Cambatutay ViejoTarangnan, Samar	362	about 351	about 1.03 km²	−4.93% a year	Rural
39,480	CantomugcadBuenavista, Bohol	362	about 591	about 0.613 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
39,481	DangcalanCastilla, Sorsogon	362	about 82	about 4.43 km²	−3.11% a year	Rural
39,482	DicambanganDivilacan, Isabela	362	about 49	about 7.35 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
39,483	MacupaTuburan, Cebu	362	about 60	about 6.04 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
39,484	MahanudMatuguinao, Samar	362	about 320	about 1.13 km²	8.87% a year	Rural
39,485	ManarugJavier, Leyte	362	about 38	about 9.59 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
39,486	MandoogLopez, Quezon	362	about 588	about 0.616 km²	5.12% a year	Rural
39,487	MinataCalbiga, Samar	362	about 41	about 8.75 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
39,488	PawaLa Paz, Leyte	362	about 130	about 2.78 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
39,489	RizalEsperanza, Masbate	362	about 385	about 0.941 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,490	SambulawanMobo, Masbate	362	about 46	about 7.81 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
39,491	San LuisNabua, Camarines Sur	362	about 10,255	about 0.0353 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
39,492	BalzaBuguey, Cagayan	361	about 169	about 2.13 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
39,493	Barangay 35-ATacloban City, Leyte	361	about 31,667	about 0.0114 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
39,494	BonifacioGamay, Northern Samar	361	about 262	about 1.38 km²	−6.37% a year	Rural
39,495	ColayoPasil, Kalinga	361	about 2	about 144.52 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
39,496	DasaSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	361	about 59	about 6.07 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
39,497	GirawanDonsol, Sorsogon	361	about 168	about 2.15 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
39,498	Jose P. RizalCatarman, Northern Samar	361	about 11,424	about 0.0316 km²	−7.20% a year	Urban
39,499	KinyamanSanta Cruz, Marinduque	361	about 89	about 4.06 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
39,500	LipaySolsona, Ilocos Norte	361	about 35	about 10.29 km²	0.47% 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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