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, 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: 112,727,776^[3]; Of the 112,729,484 the census counted, 1,708 were in embassies abroad, in no region.
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: 8,209 urban^[4]; 33,801 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Commonwealth^[5]; Quezon City; 215,035 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: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 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: Cogon Ramos^{[7, 8]}; Cebu City, Cebu; 36.65% 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: 14,075 barangays^[8]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Mayapa, −13.70% 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.

42,010 barangays, 4,501 to 4,550 shown, most people first.

Barangays, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
4,501	NasapianKapalawan, Special Geographic Area	4,755	about 268	about 17.76 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
4,502	San IsidroSan Francisco, Cebu	4,755	about 929	about 5.12 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
4,503	San PabloTarlac City, Tarlac	4,755	about 7,304	about 0.651 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
4,504	BalingasayBolinao, Pangasinan	4,754	about 646	about 7.36 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
4,505	La PazCabatuan, Isabela	4,754	about 454	about 10.46 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
4,506	LangkaMeycauayan City, Bulacan	4,754	about 18,498	about 0.257 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
4,507	DicalonganAmpatuan, Maguindanao del Sur	4,752	about 647	about 7.35 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
4,508	Quirino 2-AQuezon City	4,751	about 27,462	about 0.173 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
4,509	TukaBagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,751	about 341	about 13.92 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
4,510	MasalongLabo, Camarines Norte	4,750	about 736	about 6.45 km²	6.77% a year	Urban
4,511	AnonangSan Fabian, Pangasinan	4,749	about 1,039	about 4.57 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
4,512	CahumayanDanao City, Cebu	4,749	about 1,021	about 4.65 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
4,513	LabuinSanta Cruz, Laguna	4,748	about 1,270	about 3.74 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
4,514	Luray IIToledo City, Cebu	4,748	about 3,681	about 1.29 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
4,515	LayogPagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur	4,747	about 451	about 10.52 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
4,516	PalestinaPili, Camarines Sur	4,747	about 735	about 6.46 km²	−5.55% a year	Urban
4,517	PangabuganButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,747	about 11,014	about 0.431 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
4,518	PurnagaMagsaysay, Occidental Mindoro	4,745	about 113	about 41.89 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
4,519	PacoMankayan, Benguet	4,744	about 751	about 6.32 km²	−0.50% a year	Urban
4,520	Santo Rosario-SilanganPateros	4,744	about 32,717	about 0.145 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
4,521	BotongonEstancia, Iloilo	4,743	about 7,801	about 0.608 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
4,522	IrironCalintaan, Occidental Mindoro	4,742	about 214	about 22.19 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
4,523	LamlahakLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,742	about 157	about 30.29 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
4,524	VergaraMandaluyong City	4,740	about 27,241	about 0.174 km²	2.04% a year	Urban
4,525	Barangay 185Pasay City	4,738	about 93,822	about 0.0505 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
4,526	Barangay 71Tacloban City, Leyte	4,738	about 6,385	about 0.742 km²	−0.14% a year	Urban
4,527	BunuananCatbalogan City, Samar	4,738	about 4,307	about 1.10 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
4,528	EstiponaPura, Tarlac	4,738	about 877	about 5.40 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
4,529	AbagaLala, Lanao del Norte	4,737	about 1,346	about 3.52 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
4,530	Banaybanay IISan Jose, Batangas	4,736	about 1,829	about 2.59 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
4,531	LourdesSan Fernando City, Pampanga	4,735	about 15,176	about 0.312 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
4,532	San DiegoLian, Batangas	4,735	about 700	about 6.76 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
4,533	BinubusanLian, Batangas	4,734	about 666	about 7.11 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
4,534	North LaudSiasi, Sulu	4,734	about 1,780	about 2.66 km²	9.86% a year	Rural
4,535	MayacabacDauis, Bohol	4,732	about 2,132	about 2.22 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
4,536	San IsidroLubao, Pampanga	4,732	about 1,848	about 2.56 km²	2.92% a year	Urban
4,537	BagahabagSolano, Nueva Vizcaya	4,731	about 952	about 4.97 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
4,538	BulolLigawasan, Special Geographic Area	4,729	about 302	about 15.67 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
4,539	ButadonKapatagan, Lanao del Norte	4,729	about 713	about 6.63 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
4,540	Igmaya-anSalvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental	4,729	about 148	about 31.94 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
4,541	MapaladSanta Rosa, Nueva Ecija	4,729	about 728	about 6.50 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
4,542	MasocBayombong, Nueva Vizcaya	4,729	about 918	about 5.15 km²	6.11% a year	Rural
4,543	Pinagsanhan I BMaragondon, Cavite	4,729	about 177	about 26.66 km²	5.01% a year	Rural
4,544	Wasi-anRosario, Agusan del Sur	4,729	about 58	about 82.10 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
4,545	New BarbacanRoxas, Palawan	4,728	about 229	about 20.67 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
4,546	NovallasTanjay City, Negros Oriental	4,727	about 284	about 16.64 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
4,547	Poblacion IIMarilao, Bulacan	4,727	about 7,003	about 0.675 km²	−1.19% a year	Urban
4,548	San Juan de MataTarlac City, Tarlac	4,727	about 475	about 9.96 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
4,549	CofradiaMalolos City, Bulacan	4,725	about 8,734	about 0.541 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
4,550	NavaisIloilo City, Iloilo	4,725	about 3,780	about 1.25 km²	1.03% a year	Rural

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: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). 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 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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