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, 40,651 to 40,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
40,651	AguinaldoArteche, Eastern Samar	274	about 43	about 6.37 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
40,652	Barangay 9Dolores, Eastern Samar	274	about 3,329	about 0.0823 km²	−6.27% a year	Rural
40,653	BolosSiquijor, Siquijor	274	about 289	about 0.947 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
40,654	Bukal MaligayaGuinayangan, Quezon	274	about 78	about 3.50 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
40,655	Dulong BayanPitogo, Quezon	274	about 1,815	about 0.151 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
40,656	GarridoCalubian, Leyte	274	about 112	about 2.44 km²	−5.04% a year	Rural
40,657	HabagGuiuan, Eastern Samar	274	about 15	about 18.76 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
40,658	PoblacionLicuan-Baay, Abra	274	about 38	about 7.13 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
40,659	AmbulongLeon, Iloilo	273	about 613	about 0.445 km²	4.97% a year	Rural
40,660	Bad-asSan Joaquin, Iloilo	273	about 69	about 3.93 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
40,661	Bagong BayanPanganiban, Catanduanes	273	about 459	about 0.595 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
40,662	BarakanasTubod, Lanao del Norte	273	about 71	about 3.85 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
40,663	BinalayanTarangnan, Samar	273	about 68	about 3.99 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
40,664	Can-andanIsabel, Leyte	273	about 157	about 1.74 km²	−4.79% a year	Rural
40,665	CaugbusanGandara, Samar	273	about 37	about 7.30 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
40,666	LawaanPinabacdao, Samar	273	about 90	about 3.02 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
40,667	LincoroSan Jorge, Samar	273	about 44	about 6.27 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
40,668	OdocMarabut, Samar	273	about 90	about 3.05 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
40,669	Poblacion No. 6Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	273	about 3,719	about 0.0734 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
40,670	San AgustinHilongos, Leyte	273	about 153	about 1.78 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
40,671	San Mariano NorteSan Guillermo, Isabela	273	about 84	about 3.24 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
40,672	Tapi-anMainit, Surigao del Norte	273	about 59	about 4.66 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
40,673	BangonCatbalogan City, Samar	272	about 76	about 3.60 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
40,674	BantoMogpog, Marinduque	272	about 166	about 1.64 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
40,675	Bol-lilisingVillaviciosa, Abra	272	about 41	about 6.56 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
40,676	BungliwSan Jorge, Samar	272	about 8	about 32.47 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
40,677	DanaoTaft, Eastern Samar	272	about 43	about 6.27 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
40,678	KatipunanDagami, Leyte	272	about 51	about 5.32 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
40,679	San JosePudtol, Apayao	272	about 59	about 4.63 km²	−4.74% a year	Rural
40,680	San RoqueMauban, Quezon	272	about 26	about 10.54 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
40,681	BanbananSan Remigio, Antique	271	about 14	about 19.96 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
40,682	Barangay 12Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental	271	about 10,423	about 0.026 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
40,683	BilabidSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	271	about 678	about 0.40 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
40,684	CalingayanSinait, Ilocos Sur	271	about 402	about 0.674 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
40,685	CampanarioAngadanan, Isabela	271	about 79	about 3.43 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
40,686	Doña JosefaMacarthur, Leyte	271	about 422	about 0.642 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
40,687	OnopMiagao, Iloilo	271	about 43	about 6.27 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
40,688	Santa FePiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	271	about 53	about 5.15 km²	−3.54% a year	Rural
40,689	Santo RosarioTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	271	about 53	about 5.07 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
40,690	BalbaganParanas, Samar	270	about 30	about 8.92 km²	2.66% a year	Rural
40,691	BalsahanNaic, Cavite	270	about 6,618	about 0.0408 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
40,692	BuenavistaBurauen, Leyte	270	about 29	about 9.37 km²	3.18% a year	Rural
40,693	Bug-otMaasin, Iloilo	270	about 134	about 2.01 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
40,694	CambanteMercedes, Eastern Samar	270	about 248	about 1.09 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
40,695	CambucaoTabontabon, Leyte	270	about 295	about 0.914 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
40,696	General LunaUnisan, Quezon	270	about 62	about 4.39 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
40,697	HigosoanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	270	about 262	about 1.03 km²	−5.71% a year	Rural
40,698	MalannaoAngadanan, Isabela	270	about 111	about 2.44 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
40,699	NecesitoLaua-An, Antique	270	about 106	about 2.55 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
40,700	PoblacionAlmagro, Samar	270	about 299	about 0.904 km²	1.96% 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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