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, 39,801 to 39,850 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
39,801	Barangay 218Manila	339	about 15,000	about 0.0226 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
39,802	Beguito NuevoLibmanan, Camarines Sur	339	about 170	about 2.00 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,803	BurabodMacarthur, Leyte	339	about 229	about 1.48 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
39,804	CanduhaoMaripipi, Biliran	339	about 300	about 1.13 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
39,805	CansadongSanta Rita, Samar	339	about 109	about 3.11 km²	−3.01% a year	Rural
39,806	CasipoSan Clemente, Tarlac	339	about 134	about 2.53 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
39,807	MasayaBuenavista, Quezon	339	about 52	about 6.49 km²	−5.33% a year	Rural
39,808	NaguilianCalanasan, Apayao	339	about 4	about 93.15 km²	−2.76% a year	Rural
39,809	NausokJagna, Bohol	339	about 308	about 1.10 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
39,810	New CartagenaPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	339	about 61	about 5.52 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
39,811	PalaadMayoyao, Ifugao	339	about 36	about 9.36 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
39,812	RizalBaras, Catanduanes	339	about 364	about 0.932 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
39,813	San JoseCalbayog City, Samar	339	about 80	about 4.25 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
39,814	Santa Maria IlayaGeneral Luna, Quezon	339	about 201	about 1.69 km²	6.37% a year	Rural
39,815	SevillanaBenito Soliven, Isabela	339	about 81	about 4.16 km²	4.60% a year	Rural
39,816	Barangay 243Manila	338	about 22,685	about 0.0149 km²	−5.92% a year	Urban
39,817	Barangay No. 3Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	338	about 1,238	about 0.273 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
39,818	KilongSagada, Mountain Province	338	about 159	about 2.13 km²	−4.58% a year	Rural
39,819	LantawanLupon, Davao Oriental	338	about 81	about 4.18 km²	−3.73% a year	Rural
39,820	LunasBarlig, Mountain Province	338	about 28	about 12.09 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
39,821	Pambilan SurAlabat, Quezon	338	about 444	about 0.761 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
39,822	R. Lapu-lapuUnisan, Quezon	338	about 12,472	about 0.0271 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
39,823	RizalCarigara, Leyte	338	about 570	about 0.593 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
39,824	SagaosawanCapul, Northern Samar	338	about 147	about 2.30 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
39,825	Santa LuciaAbuyog, Leyte	338	about 21	about 16.21 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
39,826	UgboAlimodian, Iloilo	338	about 217	about 1.56 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
39,827	AlbalateCatbalogan City, Samar	337	about 40	about 8.41 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
39,828	Bono-anonDaram, Samar	337	about 109	about 3.10 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
39,829	CanlasidLoboc, Bohol	337	about 523	about 0.644 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
39,830	CawilihanLeon, Iloilo	337	about 58	about 5.85 km²	4.54% a year	Rural
39,831	DomoyogDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	337	about 48	about 7.02 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
39,832	Hanopol WesteBalilihan, Bohol	337	about 395	about 0.853 km²	5.74% a year	Rural
39,833	Head TipanMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	337	about 71	about 4.75 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
39,834	KatipunanClarin, Bohol	337	about 503	about 0.67 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
39,835	LumbogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	337	about 29	about 11.78 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
39,836	MabuhayBatuan, Masbate	337	about 125	about 2.69 km²	6.92% a year	Rural
39,837	MagsaysayIloilo City, Iloilo	337	about 4,629	about 0.0728 km²	2.75% a year	Urban
39,838	MaricolcolMiagao, Iloilo	337	about 428	about 0.787 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
39,839	ModelPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	337	about 4,870	about 0.0692 km²	−0.70% a year	Urban
39,840	OaquingSan Juan, La Union	337	about 475	about 0.709 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
39,841	PalanasGuinobatan, Albay	337	about 60	about 5.60 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
39,842	Poblacion Ward 7Guiuan, Eastern Samar	337	about 6,172	about 0.0546 km²	−2.47% a year	Urban
39,843	RealCardona, Rizal	337	about 14,464	about 0.0233 km²	−2.90% a year	Urban
39,844	SidegPaoay, Ilocos Norte	337	about 139	about 2.43 km²	−7.14% a year	Rural
39,845	VelosoAlmagro, Samar	337	about 486	about 0.693 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
39,846	BaacLangiden, Abra	336	about 99	about 3.39 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
39,847	BalogoBanton, Romblon	336	about 130	about 2.58 km²	−4.15% a year	Rural
39,848	Barangay 542Manila	336	about 27,541	about 0.0122 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
39,849	Cag-anahawCalbayog City, Samar	336	about 25	about 13.71 km²	−4.88% a year	Rural
39,850	MapislaLicuan-Baay, Abra	336	about 7	about 48.53 km²	−4.94% 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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