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Barangays in Metro 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]

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Barangays in Metro Manila, at a glance

Barangays: 1,715^[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: 14,001,751^[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: 1,715 urban^[4]; 0 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: Pasong Putik Proper^[6]; Quezon City; about 27.69 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: 373 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin De Porres, −6.43% 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.

1,715 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Metro Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CommonwealthQuezon City	215,035	about 59,898	about 3.59 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
2	PinagbuhatanPasig City	173,576	about 48,621	about 3.57 km²	1.43% a year	Urban
3	Batasan HillsQuezon City	168,770	about 28,270	about 5.97 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
4	PayatasQuezon City	141,998	about 44,794	about 3.17 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
5	PoblacionMuntinlupa City	124,554	about 18,872	about 6.60 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
6	Barangay 171Caloocan City	116,013	about 18,742	about 6.19 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
7	Holy SpiritQuezon City	113,614	about 34,638	about 3.28 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
8	Bagong SilanganQuezon City	113,572	about 16,850	about 6.74 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
9	Pasong TamoQuezon City	113,319	about 22,755	about 4.98 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
10	Barangay 178Caloocan City	112,582	about 51,174	about 2.20 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
11	Addition HillsMandaluyong City	110,493	about 94,438	about 1.17 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
12	PutatanMuntinlupa City	102,146	about 23,700	about 4.31 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
13	Gen. T. De LeonValenzuela City	99,317	about 29,040	about 3.42 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
14	B. F. HomesParañaque City	96,523	about 12,921	about 7.47 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
15	ManggahanPasig City	90,884	about 25,387	about 3.58 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
16	Western BicutanTaguig City	89,897	about 13,938	about 6.45 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
17	Barangay 177Caloocan City	87,381	about 31,208	about 2.80 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
18	Tandang SoraQuezon City	86,005	about 22,166	about 3.88 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
19	B. F. International VillageLas Piñas City	80,621	about 33,453	about 2.41 km²	−0.33% a year	Urban
20	RosarioPasig City	80,002	about 30,652	about 2.61 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
21	San IsidroParañaque City	78,765	about 21,520	about 3.66 km²	−0.18% a year	Urban
22	SauyoQuezon City	77,274	about 28,202	about 2.74 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
23	Barangay 175Caloocan City	74,760	about 26,232	about 2.85 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
24	San AntonioParañaque City	73,832	about 25,285	about 2.92 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
25	MoonwalkParañaque City	71,860	about 17,876	about 4.02 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
26	Barangay 649Manila	69,769	about 62,855	about 1.11 km²	1.81% a year	Urban
27	Matandang BalaraQuezon City	69,667	about 20,612	about 3.38 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
28	San DionisioParañaque City	69,550	about 17,697	about 3.93 km²	−1.00% a year	Urban
29	CuliatQuezon City	69,377	about 26,180	about 2.65 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
30	AlabangMuntinlupa City	69,215	about 17,435	about 3.97 km²	−0.63% a year	Urban
31	Post Proper SouthsideTaguig City	68,388	about 90,103	about 0.759 km²	1.87% a year	Urban
32	BagbagQuezon City	66,268	about 31,707	about 2.09 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
33	Lower BicutanTaguig City	65,652	about 52,105	about 1.26 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
34	FairviewQuezon City	63,913	about 20,354	about 3.14 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
35	GulodQuezon City	63,651	about 49,727	about 1.28 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
36	TunasanMuntinlupa City	63,217	about 7,411	about 8.53 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
37	Post Proper NorthsideTaguig City	62,277	about 27,195	about 2.29 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
38	KaligayahanQuezon City	62,132	about 25,155	about 2.47 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
39	MarulasValenzuela City	61,583	about 24,438	about 2.52 km²	0.89% a year	Urban
40	SantolanPasig City	61,308	about 29,334	about 2.09 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
41	Bahay ToroQuezon City	61,106	about 20,437	about 2.99 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
42	PinagsamaTaguig City	59,759	about 21,042	about 2.84 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
43	SucatMuntinlupa City	59,601	about 22,239	about 2.68 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
44	New Lower BicutanTaguig City	59,120	about 50,530	about 1.17 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
45	Barangay 167Caloocan City	58,357	about 20,193	about 2.89 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
46	TatalonQuezon City	58,286	about 62,673	about 0.93 km²	1.22% a year	Urban
47	CupangMuntinlupa City	57,482	about 11,636	about 4.94 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
48	BaesaQuezon City	56,514	about 28,542	about 1.98 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
49	UgongValenzuela City	56,202	about 16,727	about 3.36 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
50	Don BoscoParañaque City	56,113	about 14,499	about 3.87 km²	0.84% 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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