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, 41,051 to 41,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
41,051	DatagDimiao, Bohol	236	about 740	about 0.319 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
41,052	Kan-anTuburan, Cebu	236	about 113	about 2.09 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
41,053	MaducayanNatonin, Mountain Province	236	about 4	about 58.96 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
41,054	May-ItMajayjay, Laguna	236	about 126	about 1.87 km²	9.93% a year	Rural
41,055	Poblacion CTarangnan, Samar	236	about 9,112	about 0.0259 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
41,056	Purok FBorongan City, Eastern Samar	236	about 8,973	about 0.0263 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
41,057	San IsidroMalitbog, Southern Leyte	236	about 88	about 2.68 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
41,058	BoclodIgbaras, Iloilo	235	about 291	about 0.808 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
41,059	BuguiLidlidda, Ilocos Sur	235	about 90	about 2.60 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
41,060	CalsadaCagayancillo, Palawan	235	about 728	about 0.323 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
41,061	ErmitaGuinayangan, Quezon	235	about 65	about 3.61 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
41,062	Esperanza IbabaLopez, Quezon	235	about 120	about 1.96 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
41,063	G. B. TanLaoang, Northern Samar	235	about 55	about 4.27 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
41,064	General DelgadoNew Lucena, Iloilo	235	about 439	about 0.535 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
41,065	San VicenteGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	235	about 89	about 2.63 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
41,066	TalisayBato, Catanduanes	235	about 313	about 0.752 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
41,067	ArnapSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	234	about 334	about 0.70 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
41,068	AvanzadaLeon, Iloilo	234	about 250	about 0.936 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
41,069	Barangay No. 3Jiabong, Samar	234	about 38,235	about 0.00612 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
41,070	BocawonLa Paz, Leyte	234	about 12	about 19.52 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
41,071	Cag-olo-oloSan Jorge, Samar	234	about 82	about 2.87 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
41,072	CanawiliMaasin, Iloilo	234	about 104	about 2.26 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
41,073	CatmonGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	234	about 39	about 5.99 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
41,074	CosocosNagbukel, Ilocos Sur	234	about 106	about 2.21 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
41,075	LibertadMatuguinao, Samar	234	about 167	about 1.40 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
41,076	Poblacion Zone 9Baybay City, Leyte	234	about 6,985	about 0.0335 km²	−8.57% a year	Rural
41,077	Barangay XVIVictorias City, Negros Occidental	233	about 777	about 0.30 km²	1.17% a year	Urban
41,078	BulawanPintuyan, Southern Leyte	233	about 90	about 2.60 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
41,079	CaraatanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	233	about 64	about 3.64 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
41,080	GajoSanta Margarita, Samar	233	about 42	about 5.55 km²	7.40% a year	Rural
41,081	HenaronaganLope De Vega, Northern Samar	233	about 36	about 6.56 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
41,082	KilingMacarthur, Leyte	233	about 32	about 7.23 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
41,083	MampaitanMogpog, Marinduque	233	about 140	about 1.67 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
41,084	San VicenteSogod, Southern Leyte	233	about 16	about 14.81 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
41,085	Barangay 37Bacolod City, Negros Occidental	232	about 3,204	about 0.0724 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
41,086	BuyacaninLopez, Quezon	232	about 187	about 1.24 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
41,087	CaulayananMotiong, Samar	232	about 80	about 2.90 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
41,088	Cristo ReyBaao, Camarines Sur	232	about 97	about 2.39 km²	−5.68% a year	Rural
41,089	LagtangonMaribojoc, Bohol	232	about 102	about 2.28 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
41,090	Nam-o SurMiagao, Iloilo	232	about 1,450	about 0.16 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
41,091	PacoParanas, Samar	232	about 95	about 2.44 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
41,092	AguetLagangilang, Abra	231	about 196	about 1.18 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
41,093	Barangay 10Batangas City, Batangas	231	about 6,735	about 0.0343 km²	−3.06% a year	Urban
41,094	BayogDumarao, Capiz	231	about 176	about 1.31 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
41,095	CagbanayacaoCalbayog City, Samar	231	about 13	about 17.41 km²	−6.45% a year	Rural
41,096	JoloSanta Cruz, Marinduque	231	about 62	about 3.74 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
41,097	MabarasPalapag, Northern Samar	231	about 46	about 5.00 km²	−3.67% a year	Rural
41,098	NarirongBarbaza, Antique	231	about 119	about 1.94 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
41,099	San GuillermoAngadanan, Isabela	231	about 212	about 1.09 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
41,100	TalibZumarraga, Samar	231	about 196	about 1.18 km²	−0.71% 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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