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, 41,801 to 41,850 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank						Urban or rural
41,801	BuoMagdalena, Laguna	123	about 68	about 1.80 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
41,802	CabangcalanMiagao, Iloilo	123	about 115	about 1.07 km²	−3.71% a year	Rural
41,803	MacapagalGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	123	about 9	about 14.14 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
41,804	San Roque Zone ITayabas City, Quezon	123	about 3,083	about 0.0399 km²	−6.39% a year	Urban
41,805	TobgonSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	123	about 14	about 8.54 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
41,806	Barangay 8Salcedo, Eastern Samar	122	about 17,889	about 0.00682 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
41,807	Barangay Poblacion 3Lawaan, Eastern Samar	122	about 15,288	about 0.00798 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
41,808	JulagBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	122	about 22	about 5.57 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
41,809	SinalangtanCalbiga, Samar	122	about 6	about 20.52 km²	−5.14% a year	Rural
41,810	Upper BantawonHinunangan, Southern Leyte	122	about 4	about 32.19 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
41,811	Barangay 4Salcedo, Eastern Samar	121	about 15,963	about 0.00758 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
41,812	Barangay 40Tacloban City, Leyte	121	about 10,522	about 0.0115 km²	−7.30% a year	Urban
41,813	Barangay 9Llorente, Eastern Samar	121	about 6,436	about 0.0188 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
41,814	HindangCalbiga, Samar	121	about 25	about 4.93 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
41,815	RoxasSanta Margarita, Samar	121	about 32	about 3.80 km²	5.97% a year	Rural
41,816	Santo NiñoMotiong, Samar	121	about 19	about 6.23 km²	7.64% a year	Rural
41,817	Villa TañadaGumaca, Quezon	121	about 34	about 3.55 km²	−5.17% a year	Rural
41,818	BelenPalompon, Leyte	120	about 43	about 2.80 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,819	General MalvarBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	120	about 1	about 116.75 km²	3.25% a year	Rural
41,820	IgtunarumBarbaza, Antique	120	about 19	about 6.36 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,821	La-agTubungan, Iloilo	120	about 253	about 0.474 km²	−7.35% a year	Rural
41,822	CuloyLiliw, Laguna	119	about 137	about 0.867 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
41,823	Barangay 15Batangas City, Batangas	118	about 4,856	about 0.0243 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
41,824	Barangay 7Dolores, Eastern Samar	118	about 992	about 0.119 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
41,825	CamonoanMatuguinao, Samar	118	about 0	about 269.78 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
41,826	LuquinLiliw, Laguna	118	about 21	about 5.65 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,827	PinugusanDel Gallego, Camarines Sur	118	about 36	about 3.27 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
41,828	TanawanMajayjay, Laguna	118	about 87	about 1.35 km²	8.18% a year	Rural
41,829	Barangay 6Dolores, Eastern Samar	117	about 1,731	about 0.0676 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
41,830	Centro 4Aparri, Cagayan	117	about 10,541	about 0.0111 km²	4.09% a year	Rural
41,831	QuezonMangatarem, Pangasinan	117	about 2,955	about 0.0396 km²	−8.18% a year	Rural
41,832	San RamonGandara, Samar	117	about 14	about 8.62 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,833	El 98 CastillaIloilo City, Iloilo	116	about 7,160	about 0.0162 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
41,834	HimamalotoGandara, Samar	116	about 50	about 2.30 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
41,835	BayutiBoac, Marinduque	115	about 10	about 11.47 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,836	GuinsaugonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	115	about 110	about 1.05 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,837	Barangay 22Tacloban City, Leyte	114	about 9,194	about 0.0124 km²	4.21% a year	Rural
41,838	Barangay 34Tacloban City, Leyte	114	about 7,862	about 0.0145 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,839	Barangay 5Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	114	about 4,385	about 0.026 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
41,840	BelenSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	114	about 393	about 0.29 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
41,841	CatalinaCauayan City, Isabela	114	about 456	about 0.25 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
41,842	CabugaoSan Jorge, Samar	113	about 6	about 18.58 km²	−3.31% a year	Rural
41,843	MabuhaySanta Margarita, Samar	113	about 36	about 3.13 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
41,844	PookMajayjay, Laguna	113	about 72	about 1.57 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
41,845	San MiguelBoac, Marinduque	113	about 2,517	about 0.0449 km²	−6.86% a year	Urban
41,846	TonyNampicuan, Nueva Ecija	113	about 67	about 1.68 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
41,847	BahaySanta Margarita, Samar	112	about 43	about 2.61 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
41,848	Barangay 15Tacloban City, Leyte	112	about 5,572	about 0.0201 km²	7.76% a year	Urban
41,849	DafunganayAmulung, Cagayan	112	about 17	about 6.50 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
41,850	HernandezSan Jorge, Samar	112	about 45	about 2.51 km²	−1.24% 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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