List of Largest Cities in Brazil - Largest Metropolitan Areas

Largest Metropolitan Areas

Currently, as of 2009, IBGE officially recognizes 16 hi major RMs (Região Metropolitana; Metropolitan Region in English), where approximately 32% of the Brazilian population (55 million people out of 180 million) live. These RMs are responsible for approximately half of the Brazilian GDP and more than 70% of the Brazilian annual industrial production.

IBGE estimatives of 2007, 2008 and 2009
Metropolitan areas of state capitals are in bold.
Rank Metropolitan Area State Population
1 São Paulo São Paulo 19,889,559 3
2 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 11,902,701 2
3 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais 5,397,438 2
4 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 3,968,413 3
5 Salvador Bahia 3,866,004 2
6 Recife Pernambuco 3,768,902 3
7 Fortaleza Ceará 3,602,319 2
8 Brasília Distrito Federal 3,451,549 1
9 Curitiba Paraná 3,172,357 1
10 Campinas São Paulo 2,633,523 1
11 Belém Pará 2,249,405 2
12 Goiânia Goiás 2,102,097 3
13 Manaus Amazonas 2,042,185 3
14 Natal Rio Grande do Norte 1,998,123 1
15 Vitória Espírito Santo 1,624,837 1
16 Baixada Santista São Paulo 1,606,863 1
17 Sorocaba São Paulo 1,488,410 4
18 São Luís Maranhão 1,211,270 1
19 Maceió Alagoas 1,160,393 3
20 João Pessoa Paraíba 1,146,461 3
21 Teresina Piauí 1,116,303 2
22 Florianópolis Santa Catarina 1,012,831 4
23 Campo Grande Mato Grosso do Sul 991,420 4
24 Cuiabá Mato Grosso 815,392 2
25 Petrolina and Juazeiro Pernambuco and Bahia 812,515 1
26 Aracaju Sergipe 794,475 3
27 Londrina Paraná 766,682 3
28 Campina Grande Paraíba 687.545 3
29 Maringá Paraná 570,094 2
30 Juazeiro do Norte Ceará 554,945 2
31 Macapá Amapá 463,704 2
32 Vale do Aço Minas Gerais 449,340 2
33 Imperatriz Maranhão 334,650 2


1 Data of 2007.
2 Data of 2008.
3 Data of 2009.
4 Data of 2010

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