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Barangays in Manila

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]

Open Manila

Barangays in Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 897^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 1,902,590^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 897 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 649^[5]; Manila; 69,769 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Barangay 20^[6]; Manila; about 1.38 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Barangay 397^{[5, 7]}; Manila; 19.69% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 259 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Barangay 598, −3.18% a year.

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.

897 barangays, 401 to 450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	Barangay 239Manila	1,631	about 71,535	about 0.0228 km²	−2.14% a year	Urban
402	Barangay 75Manila	1,631	about 63,217	about 0.0258 km²	4.64% a year	Urban
403	Barangay 314Manila	1,630	about 30,697	about 0.0531 km²	−5.50% a year	Urban
404	Barangay 674Manila	1,629	about 9,152	about 0.178 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
405	Barangay 593Manila	1,628	about 36,916	about 0.0441 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
406	Barangay 156Manila	1,627	about 37,317	about 0.0436 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
407	Barangay 782Manila	1,619	about 63,992	about 0.0253 km²	2.13% a year	Urban
408	Barangay 189Manila	1,618	about 66,311	about 0.0244 km²	2.14% a year	Urban
409	Barangay 627Manila	1,618	about 39,951	about 0.0405 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
410	Barangay 572Manila	1,617	about 105,000	about 0.0154 km²	−3.25% a year	Urban
411	Barangay 714Manila	1,617	about 103,654	about 0.0156 km²	4.04% a year	Urban
412	Barangay 901Manila	1,616	about 213,474	about 0.00757 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
413	Barangay 341Manila	1,615	about 48,353	about 0.0334 km²	2.40% a year	Urban
414	Barangay 474Manila	1,614	about 63,543	about 0.0254 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
415	Barangay 720Manila	1,604	about 29,981	about 0.0535 km²	6.41% a year	Urban
416	Barangay 806Manila	1,604	about 55,310	about 0.029 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
417	Barangay 414Manila	1,603	about 97,744	about 0.0164 km²	−1.62% a year	Urban
418	Barangay 450Manila	1,603	about 47,147	about 0.034 km²	−3.19% a year	Urban
419	Barangay 497Manila	1,601	about 42,132	about 0.038 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
420	Barangay 79Manila	1,601	about 203,173	about 0.00788 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
421	Barangay 159Manila	1,595	about 115,580	about 0.0138 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
422	Barangay 462Manila	1,594	about 64,534	about 0.0247 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
423	Barangay 456Manila	1,589	about 64,073	about 0.0248 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
424	Barangay 848Manila	1,589	about 38,382	about 0.0414 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
425	Barangay 63Manila	1,588	about 84,468	about 0.0188 km²	2.24% a year	Urban
426	Barangay 798Manila	1,586	about 56,643	about 0.028 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
427	Barangay 223Manila	1,583	about 83,316	about 0.019 km²	−0.68% a year	Urban
428	Barangay 434Manila	1,582	about 77,549	about 0.0204 km²	7.44% a year	Urban
429	Barangay 521Manila	1,582	about 35,471	about 0.0446 km²	−8.04% a year	Urban
430	Barangay 554Manila	1,581	about 56,667	about 0.0279 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
431	Barangay 604Manila	1,581	about 78,657	about 0.0201 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
432	Barangay 317Manila	1,573	about 63,173	about 0.0249 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
433	Barangay 149Manila	1,569	about 72,639	about 0.0216 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
434	Barangay 899Manila	1,569	about 94,518	about 0.0166 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
435	Barangay 419Manila	1,567	about 70,905	about 0.0221 km²	−1.88% a year	Urban
436	Barangay 7Manila	1,566	about 35,350	about 0.0443 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
437	Barangay 388Manila	1,553	about 61,142	about 0.0254 km²	5.14% a year	Urban
438	Barangay 339Manila	1,551	about 56,196	about 0.0276 km²	5.01% a year	Urban
439	Barangay 563Manila	1,549	about 113,897	about 0.0136 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
440	Barangay 597Manila	1,544	about 50,458	about 0.0306 km²	−1.89% a year	Urban
441	Barangay 800Manila	1,541	about 81,534	about 0.0189 km²	−0.26% a year	Urban
442	Barangay 559Manila	1,535	about 108,099	about 0.0142 km²	4.36% a year	Urban
443	Barangay 426Manila	1,529	about 48,540	about 0.0315 km²	−3.66% a year	Urban
444	Barangay 845Manila	1,527	about 87,257	about 0.0175 km²	3.76% a year	Urban
445	Barangay 507Manila	1,526	about 61,781	about 0.0247 km²	−0.09% a year	Urban
446	Barangay 833Manila	1,517	about 23,629	about 0.0642 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
447	Barangay 528Manila	1,510	about 66,228	about 0.0228 km²	1.26% a year	Urban
448	Barangay 624Manila	1,510	about 61,885	about 0.0244 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
449	Barangay 626Manila	1,502	about 45,515	about 0.033 km²	3.81% a year	Urban
450	Barangay 346Manila	1,501	about 50,709	about 0.0296 km²	−0.16% a year	Urban

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. 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 adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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