Ranking

Largest barangays in Masbate

Nursery (Masbate City, Masbate) is the largest of the 550 barangays in Masbate, with 12,733 people at the 2024 census.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 550 barangays, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Largest barangays in Masbate, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Nursery	Masbate City, Masbate	12,733	12,654	+0.6%
2	Tugbo	Masbate City, Masbate	8,642	8,535	+1.3%
3	Puro	Aroroy, Masbate	8,135	8,282	−1.8%
4	Poblacion	Cataingan, Masbate	7,726	7,209	+7.2%
5	Espinosa	Masbate City, Masbate	7,485	7,123	+5.1%
6	Ibingay	Masbate City, Masbate	7,274	8,121	−10.4%
7	Poblacion	Monreal, Masbate	6,642	6,031	+10.1%
8	Panique	Aroroy, Masbate	5,876	6,464	−9.1%
9	Bagumbayan	Masbate City, Masbate	5,754	5,663	+1.6%
10	Mayngaran	Masbate City, Masbate	5,441	5,005	+8.7%
11	Cabitan	Mandaon, Masbate	5,311	5,277	+0.6%
12	Kinamaligan	Masbate City, Masbate	5,248	5,379	−2.4%
13	Villa Inocencio	Placer, Masbate	4,992	5,162	−3.3%
14	Bangad	Milagros, Masbate	4,878	5,033	−3.1%
15	Malinta	Masbate City, Masbate	4,689	4,651	+0.8%
16	Poblacion District II	Claveria, Masbate	4,650	4,493	+3.5%
17	Ambolong	Aroroy, Masbate	4,484	4,632	−3.2%
18	Poblacion	Cawayan, Masbate	4,475	4,311	+3.8%
19	Gilotongan	Cawayan, Masbate	4,451	4,337	+2.6%
20	Pasiagon	Placer, Masbate	4,391	3,795	+15.7%
21	Poblacion	Mandaon, Masbate	4,243	4,593	−7.6%
22	Poblacion	Baleno, Masbate	4,113	4,025	+2.2%
23	Armenia	Uson, Masbate	4,111	4,325	−5.0%
24	Poblacion	Aroroy, Masbate	4,092	4,090	+0.1%
25	Poblacion West	Milagros, Masbate	3,994	4,006	−0.3%
26	District II	San Jacinto, Masbate	3,895	4,483	−13.1%
27	Divisoria	Cawayan, Masbate	3,868	3,816	+1.4%
28	Jamorawon	Milagros, Masbate	3,863	4,114	−6.1%
29	Pinamarbuhan	Mobo, Masbate	3,796	3,538	+7.3%
30	San Pedro	San Pascual, Masbate	3,762	3,232	+16.4%
31	Tigbao	Milagros, Masbate	3,724	3,593	+3.7%
32	Pawican	Cataingan, Masbate	3,692	3,701	−0.2%
33	Poblacion District I	Claveria, Masbate	3,656	3,617	+1.1%
34	Bantigue	Masbate City, Masbate	3,625	3,621	+0.1%
35	Pating	Masbate City, Masbate	3,570	3,892	−8.3%
36	Bacolod	Milagros, Masbate	3,568	3,350	+6.5%
37	Del Carmen	Uson, Masbate	3,536	3,583	−1.3%
38	Panguiranan	Balud, Masbate	3,487	3,485	+0.1%
39	Umabay Exterior	Mobo, Masbate	3,486	3,070	+13.6%
40	Nabangig	Palanas, Masbate	3,478	3,089	+12.6%
41	Bagahanglad	San Jacinto, Masbate	3,475	3,671	−5.3%
42	Naro	Cawayan, Masbate	3,468	3,389	+2.3%
43	Bolod	San Pascual, Masbate	3,436	3,626	−5.2%
44	Poblacion	Pio V. Corpus, Masbate	3,409	3,335	+2.2%
45	Paraiso	Milagros, Masbate	3,402	3,590	−5.2%
46	F. Magallanes	Masbate City, Masbate	3,353	3,369	−0.5%
47	Pasig	Claveria, Masbate	3,335	3,222	+3.5%
48	Syndicate	Aroroy, Masbate	3,280	2,784	+17.8%
49	Begia	Cawayan, Masbate	3,272	3,165	+3.4%
50	Usab	Masbate City, Masbate	3,240	3,139	+3.2%
51	Luy-a	Aroroy, Masbate	3,233	3,186	+1.5%
52	Maolingon	Mandaon, Masbate	3,218	3,142	+2.4%
53	Poblacion	Balud, Masbate	3,190	3,264	−2.3%
54	Tigbao	Aroroy, Masbate	3,167	3,131	+1.2%
55	San Rafael	San Pascual, Masbate	3,165	3,140	+0.8%
56	Daraga	Placer, Masbate	3,156	3,138	+0.6%
57	Osmeña	Claveria, Masbate	3,138	3,200	−1.9%
58	Katipunan	Placer, Masbate	3,110	3,194	−2.6%
59	Buenavista	Uson, Masbate	3,070	3,091	−0.7%
60	Bagauma	Aroroy, Masbate	3,034	2,841	+6.8%
61	Magsalangi	Milagros, Masbate	3,014	2,701	+11.6%
62	Asid	Masbate City, Masbate	2,998	2,908	+3.1%
63	Guinhadap	Monreal, Masbate	2,904	2,434	+19.3%
64	Real	Monreal, Masbate	2,902	2,979	−2.6%
65	Malbug	Cawayan, Masbate	2,884	3,178	−9.3%
66	Calasuche	Milagros, Masbate	2,873	2,816	+2.0%
67	Mahayahay	Cawayan, Masbate	2,865	2,949	−2.9%
68	Marintoc	Mobo, Masbate	2,863	2,802	+2.2%
69	Canomay	Dimasalang, Masbate	2,857	2,944	−3.0%
70	Bolo	Masbate City, Masbate	2,835	3,107	−8.8%
71	Tumalaytay	Mandaon, Masbate	2,834	2,860	−0.9%
72	Miaga	Uson, Masbate	2,832	2,857	−0.9%
73	Lantangan	Mandaon, Masbate	2,787	2,776	+0.4%
74	Capsay	Aroroy, Masbate	2,689	2,649	+1.5%
75	Guiom	Cawayan, Masbate	2,680	2,375	+12.8%
76	Cueva	San Pascual, Masbate	2,666	2,788	−4.4%
77	Pawa	Masbate City, Masbate	2,664	2,575	+3.5%
78	Dapdap	Uson, Masbate	2,652	2,687	−1.3%
79	Poblacion	Palanas, Masbate	2,647	2,613	+1.3%
80	Jaboyoan	Aroroy, Masbate	2,635	2,740	−3.8%
81	Bangon	Aroroy, Masbate	2,596	2,915	−10.9%
82	Laurente	San Pascual, Masbate	2,593	2,752	−5.8%
83	Mataba	Aroroy, Masbate	2,571	2,569	+0.1%
84	Bagacay	Mobo, Masbate	2,568	2,616	−1.8%
85	Macarthur	Monreal, Masbate	2,562	2,928	−12.5%
86	Balocawe	Dimasalang, Masbate	2,556	2,587	−1.2%
87	Pajo	Balud, Masbate	2,552	2,277	+12.1%
88	Burgos	San Jacinto, Masbate	2,546	2,294	+11.0%
89	Poblacion	Dimasalang, Masbate	2,533	2,562	−1.1%
90	Poblacion East	Milagros, Masbate	2,518	2,642	−4.7%
91	Peña Island	Cawayan, Masbate	2,509	2,728	−8.0%
92	Boca Chica	San Pascual, Masbate	2,484	2,756	−9.9%
93	Narangasan	Milagros, Masbate	2,481	2,650	−6.4%
94	Chico Island	Cawayan, Masbate	2,474	2,572	−3.8%
95	Talabaan	Aroroy, Masbate	2,471	1,555	+58.9%
96	Maravilla	Palanas, Masbate	2,471	2,339	+5.6%
97	Dao	Balud, Masbate	2,463	2,527	−2.5%
98	Tinigban	Aroroy, Masbate	2,458	2,674	−8.1%
99	Tabuc	Mobo, Masbate	2,458	2,686	−8.5%
100	Gangao	Baleno, Masbate	2,437	2,342	+4.1%

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). Published August 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.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 works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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