General info

Entity:
Brazil
Capital:
Brasilia
Population (2008-07-01):
191,908,598 (CIA)
Area:
8,511,965 sq.km.
Country code:
br
Region:
South America

Brazil

Administrative units

região capital area (sq.km.) population
2000-08-01
census		 population
2006-07-01
estimate
source: IBGE, Brazil.
Região Centro-Oeste   1,606,446 11,636,728 13,269,517
Distrito Federal Brasília 5,802 2,051,146 2,383,784
Goiás Goiânia 340,119 5,003,228 5,730,753
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 903,385 2,504,353 2,856,999
Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande 357,140 2,078,001 2,297,981
Região Nordeste   1,550,940 47,741,711 51,609,027
Alagoas Maceió 27,819 2,822,621 3,050,652
Bahia Salvador 564,272 13,070,250 13,950,146
Ceará Fortaleza 145,712 7,430,661 8,217,085
Maranhão São Luís 331,919 5,651,475 6,184,538
Paraíba João Pessoa 56,341 3,443,825 3,623,215
Pernambuco Recife 98,526 7,918,344 8,502,603
Piauí Teresina 251,311 2,843,278 3,036,290
Rio Grande do Norte Natal 53,077 2,776,782 3,043,760
Sergipe Aracaju 21,962 1,784,475 2,000,738
Região Norte   3,852,968 12,900,704 15,022,060
Acre Rio Branco 152,522 557,526 686,652
Amapá Macapá 142,816 477,032 615,715
Amazonas Manaus 1,570,947 2,812,557 3,311,026
Pará Belém 1,247,703 6,192,307 7,110,465
Rondônia Porto Velho 237,565 1,379,787 1,562,417
Roraima Boa Vista 224,118 324,397 403,344
Tocantins Palmas 277,297 1,157,098 1,332,441
Região Sudeste   924,574 72,412,411 79,561,095
Espírito Santo Vitória 46,047 3,097,232 3,464,285
Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte 586,553 17,891,494 19,479,356
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 43,797 14,391,282 15,561,720
São Paulo São Paulo 248,177 37,032,403 41,055,734
Região Sul   563,404 25,107,616 27,308,863
Paraná Curitiba 199,282 9,563,458 10,387,378
Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre 268,836 10,187,798 10,963,219
Santa Catarina Florianópolis 95,286 5,356,360 5,958,266
total   8,498,332 169,799,170 186,770,562

Agglomerations

name population
2000-08-01
census		 population
2003-07-01
estimate
São Paulo 17,878,703 18,628,444
Rio de Janeiro 10,894,156 11,226,729
Belo Horizonte 4,819,288 5,100,559
Porto Alegre 3,658,376 3,877,844
Recife 3,337,565 3,466,214
Brasília 2,952,276 3,199,451
Salvador 3,021,572 3,183,327
Fortaleza 2,984,689 3,164,225
Curitiba 2,726,556 2,973,784
Campinas 2,338,148 2,483,594
Belém 1,795,536 1,916,982
Goiânia 1,639,516 1,766,588
Baixada Santista (Santos) 1,476,820 1,555,859
Grande Vitória 1,425,587 1,531,555
Natal 1,043,321 1,167,811
São Luís 1,070,688 1,147,874
Macéio 989,182 1,051,576
Norte/Nordeste Catarinense (Joinville) 926,301 964,626
Florianópolis 816,315 873,970
Londrina 647,854 677,686
Vale do Itajaí (Blumenau) 538,846 590,958
Vale do Aço (Ipatinga) 563,073 582,948
Maringá 474,202 502,737
source: IBGE, Brazil.
note: when the name differs from the main center of a region, the main center is mentioned between brackets; RIDE = Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno.

Main cities

name population
2000-08-01
census		 population
2006-07-01
estimate
São Paulo 10,434,252 11,016,703
Rio de Janeiro 5,857,904 6,136,652
Salvador 2,443,107 2,711,372
Fortaleza 2,141,402 2,416,920
Belo Horizonte 2,238,526 2,399,920
Brasília 2,051,146 2,383,784
Curitiba 1,587,315 1,788,559
Manaus 1,403,796 1,688,524
Recife 1,422,905 1,515,052
Porto Alegre 1,360,590 1,440,939
Belém 1,280,614 1,428,368
Guarulhos 1,072,717 1,283,253
Goiânia 1,093,007 1,220,412
Campinas 969,396 1,059,420
São Luís 870,028 998,385
São Gonçalo 891,119 973,372
Maceió 797,759 922,458
Duque de Caxias 775,456 855,010
Nova Iguaçu 920,599 844,583
São Bernardo do Campo 703,177 803,906
Teresina 714,318 801,971
Natal 712,317 789,896
Campo Grande 662,534 765,247
Osasco 652,593 714,950
Santo André 649,331 673,234
João Pessoa 594,922 672,081
Jaboatão dos Guararapes 581,556 651,355
São José dos Campos 538,909 610,965
Contagem 538,017 603,376
Uberlândia 500,095 600,368
Sorocaba 494,649 578,068
Ribeirão Preto 505,012 559,650
Cuiabá 482,498 542,861
Feira de Santana 480,692 535,284
Juiz de Fora 447,141 509,125
Aracaju 460,898 505,286
Ananindeua 393,569 498,095
Joinville 429,604 496,051
Londrina 447,065 495,696
Belford Roxo 434,474 489,002
Niterói 459,451 476,669
São João de Meriti 449,476 466,996
Aparecida de Goiânia 336,392 453,104
Campos dos Goytacazes 406,279 429,667
Santos 417,983 418,375
São José do Rio Preto 357,862 415,508
Mauá 363,392 413,943
Caxias do Sul 360,207 412,053
Betim 306,675 407,003
Florianópolis 342,315 406,564
Vila Velha 345,965 405,374
Diadema 357,064 395,333
Serra 321,181 394,370
Carapicuíba 344,596 389,634
Olinda 367,902 387,494
Porto Velho 334,585 380,974
Campina Grande 354,061 379,871
Moji das Cruzes 330,241 372,419
Macapá 282,745 368,367
Piracicaba 328,312 366,442
Cariacica 324,285 361,058
Bauru 315,835 356,680
Itaquaquecetuba 272,942 352,755
Montes Claros 306,258 348,991
Jundiaí 322,798 348,621
Pelotas 323,034 346,452
Canoas 306,093 333,322
São Vicente 303,551 329,370
Franca 287,400 328,121
Maringá 288,653 324,397
Ribeirão das Neves 246,846 322,969
Anápolis 287,666 318,808
Vitória 292,304 317,085
Rio Branco 252,800 314,127
Caucaia 250,479 313,584
Petrópolis 286,348 310,216
Foz do Iguaçu 258,368 309,113
Guarujá 264,812 305,171
Ponta Grossa 273,469 304,973
Paulista 262,237 299,744
Blumenau 261,808 298,603
Vitória da Conquista 262,585 289,772
Uberaba 251,159 285,094
Cascavel 245,066 284,083
Caruaru 253,312 283,152
Suzano 228,690 280,318
Limeira 248,632 279,554
Santarém 262,672 276,074
Taubaté 244,107 271,660
Gravataí 232,629 270,763
Santa Maria 243,392 270,073
Barueri 208,281 265,549
Viamão 227,429 261,971
São José dos Pinhais 204,316 261,125
Petrolina 218,336 260,004
Governador Valadares 246,897 259,405
Novo Hamburgo 236,193 258,754
Volta Redonda 242,839 258,145
Várzea Grande 214,842 254,736
Boa Vista 200,383 249,655
Embu 207,663 245,855
Praia Grande 193,582 245,386
Juazeiro do Norte 211,858 240,638
Sumaré 196,723 237,900
Magé 205,830 237,000
Ipatinga 212,496 236,463
Imperatriz 230,450 232,560
Colombo 183,329 231,787
Mossoró 211,823 229,787
Taboão da Serra 197,644 225,405
Marília 197,153 224,093
Itaboraí 187,479 220,981
Ilhéus 221,883 220,943
Palmas 136,554 220,889
Santa Luzia 184,903 219,699
São Carlos 192,923 218,702
Sete Lagoas 184,871 215,069
Alvorada 183,968 214,953
São Leopoldo 193,547 212,498
Jacareí 191,358 211,559
Divinópolis 183,708 207,983
Juazeiro 174,101 207,969
Presidente Prudente 189,104 206,704
Itabuna 196,456 204,988
Americana 182,593 203,845
Itapevi 162,433 202,683
Arapiraca 186,150 202,390
Hortolândia 152,523 201,795
São José 173,559 201,103
Marabá 167,873 200,801
Araraquara 181,989 199,657
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim 174,227 198,150
Rio Grande 186,755 196,982
Camaçari 161,727 196,798
Maracanaú 179,732 196,422
Rio Claro 168,087 190,373
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste 170,078 188,417
Passo Fundo 168,440 188,302
Criciúma 170,274 188,233
Luziânia 141,082 187,262
Dourados 164,674 186,357
Mesquita .. 185,552
Araçatuba 169,240 181,598
Indaiatuba 147,050 181,124
Cotia 148,987 179,685
Nossa Senhora do Socorro 130,655 179,060
Nova Friburgo 173,321 178,102
Ferraz de Vasconcelos 142,377 176,532
Barra Mansa 170,593 176,151
Sobral 155,120 175,814
Ibirité 133,044 173,617
Chapecó 146,534 173,262
Cabo de Santo Agostinho 152,977 172,150
Francisco Morato 133,738 170,585
Parnamirim 124,690 170,055
Rondonópolis 150,049 169,814
Guarapuava 154,990 169,007
Águas Lindas de Goiás 105,746 168,919
Lages 156,406 168,384
Itajaí 147,463 168,088
Cabo Frio 126,894 165,591
Itapecerica da Serra 129,685 162,239
Macaé 131,550 160,725
Castanhal 134,418 158,462
Itu 135,304 156,100
Poços de Caldas 135,343 154,477
Teresópolis 137,550 150,921
Nilópolis 153,712 150,475
Camaragibe 128,702 150,354
Jequié 147,115 148,974
Paranaguá 127,171 147,934
Timon 128,595 146,139
Lauro de Freitas 113,543 145,831
Caxias 139,551 144,387
Angra dos Reis 119,180 144,137
Pindamonhangaba 125,722 143,737
Parnaíba 132,235 143,675
Bragança Paulista 124,888 143,621
Itapetininga 125,192 143,097
Mogi Guaçu 124,134 141,559
Porto Seguro .. 140,252
Alagoinhas 129,617 139,723
Patos de Minas 123,708 139,354
Queimados 121,993 139,118
Barreiras 131,335 137,794
Uruguaiana 126,561 136,364
Rio Verde 116,559 136,229
Sapucaia do Sul 122,751 135,956
São José de Ribamar 107,384 134,593
Sabará 115,352 134,282
Abaetetuba 119,072 133,316
São Caetano do Sul 140,159 133,241
Jaraguá do Sul 108,489 131,786
Santa Rita 115,537 131,684
Araguaína 112,762 130,105
Atibaia 111,055 129,751
Garanhuns 117,587 128,398
Palhoça 102,742 128,102
Teófilo Otoni 129,076 127,530
Vitória de Santo Antão 121,269 125,563
Jaú 111,783 125,399
Pouso Alegre 106,587 125,209
Franco da Rocha 108,122 124,816
Barbacena 113,947 124,601
Varginha 108,284 124,502
Valparaíso de Goiás .. 123,921
Teixeira de Freitas 107,257 123,399
Pinhais 102,985 123,288
Linhares 112,608 123,000
Bagé 118,747 122,461
Cachoeirinha 107,564 121,880
Botucatu 108,112 121,274
Cubatão 108,309 121,002
Santa Cruz do Sul 107,501 119,803
Resende 105,770 119,729
Ribeirão Pires 104,508 118,864
Araucária .. 118,313
Apucarana 107,819 117,260
Catanduva 105,771 116,984
Araras 104,205 116,566
Codó 110,761 115,098
Crato 104,377 115,087
Almirante Tamandaré .. 113,589
Ji-Paraná 106,768 113,453
Jandira .. 113,323
Conselheiro Lafaiete 102,417 113,019
Guaratinguetá 104,022 113,012
Parintins .. 112,636
Colatina 112,615 111,789
Várzea Paulista .. 110,449
Poá .. 110,213
Barretos 103,874 110,195
Araguari 101,519 109,876
Simões Filho .. 109,775
Salto .. 108,552
Birigui .. 108,472
Guarapari .. 108,120
Campo Largo .. 107,756
Itabira .. 107,721
Votorantim .. 107,157
Tatuí .. 107,115
Toledo .. 107,033
Itapipoca .. 107,012
Cametá .. 106,816
Passos .. 106,516
Sertãozinho .. 106,407
Açailândia .. 106,357
Ourinhos .. 106,350
Guaíba .. 105,808
Coronel Fabriciano .. 104,851
Bento Gonçalves .. 104,423
Sinop .. 103,868
Bragança .. 103,751
Paulo Afonso .. 103,705
Piraquara .. 103,574
São Mateus .. 102,955
Trindade .. 102,430
Santana de Parnaíba .. 102,224
Santana .. 101,864
Paço do Lumiar .. 101,554
Marituba .. 101,356
Corumbá .. 101,089
Arapongas .. 100,855
Araruama .. 100,378
Maranguape .. 100,279
Erechim .. 100,251
Muriaé .. 100,063
source: IBGE, Brazil.
note: data for 2000 is based on preliminary figures from the census.