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Barangays in Makati City

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 Makati City

Barangays in Makati City, at a glance

Barangays: 23^[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: 309,770^[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: 23 urban^[4]; 0 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Pio Del Pilar^[5]; Makati City; 55,572 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: Forbes Park^[6]; Makati City; about 2.49 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: Pinagkaisahan^{[5, 7]}; Makati City; 2.98% 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: None of the 23^[7]; Every one had more people in 2024 than in 2020.

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.

23 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Makati City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Pio Del PilarMakati City	55,572	about 60,273	about 0.922 km²	2.21% a year	Urban
2	Bel-AirMakati City	39,354	about 22,748	about 1.73 km²	2.15% a year	Urban
3	Guadalupe NuevoMakati City	21,596	about 37,170	about 0.581 km²	1.22% a year	Urban
4	OlympiaMakati City	19,035	about 41,291	about 0.461 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
5	BangkalMakati City	18,013	about 20,014	about 0.90 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
6	San AntonioMakati City	18,012	about 19,515	about 0.923 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
7	PoblacionMakati City	17,088	about 16,431	about 1.04 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
8	TejerosMakati City	16,019	about 56,010	about 0.286 km²	1.39% a year	Urban
9	San LorenzoMakati City	14,793	about 8,601	about 1.72 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
10	Guadalupe ViejoMakati City	13,525	about 24,238	about 0.558 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
11	PalananMakati City	11,934	about 18,445	about 0.647 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
12	SingkamasMakati City	7,485	about 55,444	about 0.135 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
13	Santa CruzMakati City	6,744	about 14,079	about 0.479 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
14	La PazMakati City	6,682	about 26,516	about 0.252 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
15	San IsidroMakati City	6,260	about 13,151	about 0.476 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
16	ValenzuelaMakati City	5,598	about 23,423	about 0.239 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
17	MagallanesMakati City	5,473	about 4,450	about 1.23 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
18	PinagkaisahanMakati City	5,323	about 33,904	about 0.157 km²	2.98% a year	Urban
19	KasilawanMakati City	5,007	about 49,088	about 0.102 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
20	UrdanetaMakati City	4,720	about 6,344	about 0.744 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
21	DasmariñasMakati City	4,320	about 2,193	about 1.97 km²	0.91% a year	Urban
22	Forbes ParkMakati City	4,183	about 1,680	about 2.49 km²	2.89% a year	Urban
23	CarmonaMakati City	3,034	about 8,222	about 0.369 km²	2.43% 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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