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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]

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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, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Manila, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Barangay 649Manila	69,769	about 62,855	about 1.11 km²	1.81% a year	Urban
2	Barangay 20Manila	43,691	about 31,660	about 1.38 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
3	Barangay 105Manila	26,494	about 51,949	about 0.51 km²	1.43% a year	Urban
4	Barangay 128Manila	22,298	about 20,839	about 1.07 km²	−1.45% a year	Urban
5	Barangay 275Manila	20,995	about 77,472	about 0.271 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
6	Barangay 628Manila	16,279	about 87,995	about 0.185 km²	1.66% a year	Urban
7	Barangay 310Manila	13,761	about 158,172	about 0.087 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
8	Barangay 101Manila	13,659	about 130,086	about 0.105 km²	−2.77% a year	Urban
9	Barangay 775Manila	12,116	about 248,279	about 0.0488 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
10	Barangay 118Manila	10,891	about 76,161	about 0.143 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
11	Barangay 598Manila	10,510	about 136,140	about 0.0772 km²	−3.18% a year	Urban
12	Barangay 770Manila	9,673	about 175,236	about 0.0552 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
13	Barangay 843Manila	9,355	about 325,958	about 0.0287 km²	1.63% a year	Urban
14	Barangay 648Manila	9,086	about 213,788	about 0.0425 km²	12.14% a year	Urban
15	Barangay 123Manila	8,879	about 89,416	about 0.0993 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
16	Barangay 719Manila	8,846	about 17,657	about 0.501 km²	6.93% a year	Urban
17	Barangay 397Manila	8,835	about 213,406	about 0.0414 km²	19.69% a year	Urban
18	Barangay 900Manila	8,689	about 132,859	about 0.0654 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
19	Barangay 183Manila	8,512	about 205,604	about 0.0414 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
20	Barangay 350Manila	8,026	about 51,449	about 0.156 km²	4.14% a year	Urban
21	Barangay 898Manila	7,812	about 129,983	about 0.0601 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
22	Barangay 601Manila	7,765	about 66,368	about 0.117 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
23	Barangay 905Manila	7,428	about 45,293	about 0.164 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
24	Barangay 107Manila	7,153	about 45,272	about 0.158 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
25	Barangay 586Manila	6,859	about 61,793	about 0.111 km²	7.34% a year	Urban
26	Barangay 630Manila	6,552	about 25,494	about 0.257 km²	8.52% a year	Urban
27	Barangay 600Manila	6,276	about 98,063	about 0.064 km²	1.53% a year	Urban
28	Barangay 116Manila	6,182	about 145,459	about 0.0425 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
29	Barangay 152Manila	6,016	about 237,787	about 0.0253 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
30	Barangay 112Manila	5,840	about 211,594	about 0.0276 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
31	Barangay 104Manila	5,801	about 147,985	about 0.0392 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
32	Barangay 836Manila	5,673	about 112,783	about 0.0503 km²	1.57% a year	Urban
33	Barangay 767Manila	5,497	about 129,953	about 0.0423 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
34	Barangay 830Manila	5,407	about 12,813	about 0.422 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
35	Barangay 704Manila	5,339	about 147,895	about 0.0361 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
36	Barangay 709Manila	5,339	about 121,066	about 0.0441 km²	6.20% a year	Urban
37	Barangay 129Manila	5,207	about 109,852	about 0.0474 km²	−2.21% a year	Urban
38	Barangay 108Manila	5,114	about 158,820	about 0.0322 km²	−1.26% a year	Urban
39	Barangay 103Manila	5,071	about 153,202	about 0.0331 km²	1.47% a year	Urban
40	Barangay 95Manila	4,994	about 149,075	about 0.0335 km²	−2.47% a year	Urban
41	Barangay 650Manila	4,889	about 46,123	about 0.106 km²	−1.48% a year	Urban
42	Barangay 209Manila	4,704	about 74,548	about 0.0631 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
43	Barangay 102Manila	4,616	about 192,333	about 0.024 km²	2.54% a year	Urban
44	Barangay 776Manila	4,606	about 145,300	about 0.0317 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
45	Barangay 739Manila	4,598	about 176,846	about 0.026 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
46	Barangay 93Manila	4,586	about 103,991	about 0.0441 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
47	Barangay 599Manila	4,577	about 126,436	about 0.0362 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
48	Barangay 375Manila	4,466	about 255,200	about 0.0175 km²	3.25% a year	Urban
49	Barangay 91Manila	4,453	about 78,260	about 0.0569 km²	−0.53% a year	Urban
50	Barangay 779Manila	4,450	about 119,946	about 0.0371 km²	0.03% 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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