List of Largest Cities in Brazil - Top 115 Most Populous Cities and State Capitals

Top 115 Most Populous Cities and State Capitals

This list here of the 115 most populous cities is based on the population of the município where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area.

IBGE estimates of 2010
State capitals are in bold. Second Rank* is by capitals and non-capitals. Palmas is the only state capital not listed.
Rank Rank* City State Population
1 2 São Paulo São Paulo 11,244,369
2 3 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 6,323,037
3 4 Salvador Bahia 2,676,606
4 1 Brasília Distrito Federal 2,562,963
5 5 Fortaleza Ceará 2,447,409
6 6 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais 2,375,444
7 7 Manaus Amazonas 1,802,525
8 8 Curitiba Paraná 1,746,896
9 9 Recife Pernambuco 1,536,934
10 10 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 1,409,939
11 11 Belém Pará 1,392,031
12 12 Goiânia Goiás 1,301,892
13 1 Guarulhos São Paulo 1,222,357
14 2 Campinas São Paulo 1,080,999
15 13 São Luís Maranhão 1,011,943
16 14 Maceió Alagoas 1,002,675
17 3 São Gonçalo Rio de Janeiro 999,901
18 4 Duque de Caxias Rio de Janeiro 872,762
19 5 Nova Iguaçu Rio de Janeiro 865,089
20 15 Natal Rio Grande do Norte 806,203
21 16 Teresina Piauí 802,537
22 17 Campo Grande Mato Grosso do Sul 787,204
23 6 São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo 765,204
24 7 Osasco São Paulo 730,051
25 18 João Pessoa Paraíba 702,235
26 8 Jaboatão dos Guararapes Pernambuco 687,688
27 9 Santo André São Paulo 683,336
28 10 Uberlândia Minas Gerais 634,345
29 11 Contagem Minas Gerais 625,393
30 12 São José dos Campos São Paulo 615,871
31 13 Feira de Santana Bahia 591,707
32 14 Sorocaba São Paulo 586,311
33 15 Ribeirão Preto São Paulo 563,107
34 19 Cuiabá Mato Grosso 550,562
35 20 Aracaju Sergipe 544,039
36 16 Juiz de Fora Minas Gerais 526,706
37 17 Aparecida de Goiânia Goiás 510,770
38 18 Londrina Paraná 510,707
39 19 Ananindeua Pará 505,512
40 20 Belford Roxo Rio de Janeiro 501,544
41 21 Joinville Santa Catarina 497,331
42 22 Niterói Rio de Janeiro 479,384
43 23 São João de Meriti Rio de Janeiro 469,827
44 24 Betim Minas Gerais 441,748
45 25 Campos dos Goitacazes Rio de Janeiro 434,008
46 26 Santos São Paulo 433,502
47 27 Mauá São Paulo 427,512
48 28 São José do Rio Preto São Paulo 425,261
49 29 Vila Velha Espírito Santo 413,548
50 30 Caxias do Sul Rio Grande do Sul 410,166
51 21 Florianópolis Santa Catarina 408,161
52 31 Serra Espírito Santo 404,688
53 32 Diadema São Paulo 401,217
54 33 Olinda Pernambuco 397,268
55 34 Carapicuíba São Paulo 392,701
56 35 Campina Grande Paraíba 383,764
57 22 Porto Velho Rondônia 382,829
58 36 Mogi das Cruzes São Paulo 375,268
59 37 Piracicaba São Paulo 368,843
60 23 Macapá Amapá 366,484
61 38 Cariacica Espírito Santo 365,859
62 39 Montes Claros Minas Gerais 363,227
63 40 Bauru São Paulo 359,429
64 41 Itaquaquecetuba São Paulo 359,253
65 42 Jundiaí São Paulo 349,929
66 43 Ribeirão das Neves Minas Gerais 349,307
67 44 Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul 345,181
68 45 Anápolis Goiás 335,960
69 46 Maringá Paraná 335,511
70 47 Caucaia Ceará 334,364
71 48 Canoas Rio Grande do Sul 332,056
72 49 Franca São Paulo 330,938
73 50 São Vicente São Paulo 330,795
74 51 Foz do Iguaçu Paraná 325,137
75 24 Vitória Espírito Santo 320,156
76 52 Paulista Pernambuco 319,373
77 53 Vitória da Conquista Bahia 318,901
78 54 Petrópolis Rio de Janeiro 315,119
79 55 Ponta Grossa Paraná 314,681
80 56 Guarujá São Paulo 308,058
81 25 Rio Branco Acre 305,954
82 57 Blumenau Santa Catarina 299,416
83 58 Caruaru Pernambuco 298,501
84 59 Uberaba Minas Gerais 296,261
85 60 Cascavel Paraná 296,254
86 61 Petrolina Pernambuco 285,339
87 62 Suzano São Paulo 284,356
88 63 Limeira São Paulo 281,583
89 64 São José dos Pinhais Paraná 279,297
90 65 Santarém Pará 276,665
91 66 Taubaté São Paulo 273,426
92 67 Barueri São Paulo 270,173
93 68 Gravataí Rio Grande do Sul 269,446
94 69 Santa Maria Rio Grande do Sul 268,969
95 26 Boa Vista Roraima 266,901
96 70 Governador Valadares Minas Gerais 263,274
97 71 Volta Redonda Rio de Janeiro 261,403
98 72 Viamão Rio Grande do Sul 260,740
99 73 Novo Hamburgo Rio Grande do Sul 257,746
100 74 Juazeiro do Norte Ceará 249,829
101 75 Praia Grande São Paulo 249,551
102 76 Embu São Paulo 248,722
103 77 Colombo Paraná 247,268
104 78 Ipatinga Minas Gerais 244,508
105 79 Magé Rio de Janeiro 244,334
106 80 Mossoró Rio Grande do Norte 244,287
107 81 Juazeiro Bahia 243,896
108 82 Sumaré São Paulo 241,077
109 83 Várzea Grande Mato Grosso 240,038
110 84 Imperatriz Maranhão 236,691
111 85 Santa Luzia Minas Gerais 231,607
112 86 Itaboraí Rio de Janeiro 228,996
113 87 Camaçari Bahia 227,955
114 88 Taboão da Serra São Paulo 227,343
115 89 Marília São Paulo 225,938

Brazil's population, as recorded by the 2008 National Household Survey, was approximately 190 million inhabitants (22.31 inhabitants per square kilometer), with a proportion of men and women of 0,95:1 and 83.75% of the population defined as urban. The population is heavily concentrated in the Southeast (79.8 million) and Northeast (53.5 million), while the two wider regions, the Midwest and North, which form 64.12% of Brazil, have a total of just 29.1 million inhabitants. Brazil's population increased significantly between 1940 and 1970, due to a decline in mortality, although the birth rate has also declined slightly in the past period. In the 1940s the rate of annual population growth was 2.4%, rising to 3.0% in 1950 and remaining at 2.9% in 1960, life expectancy rose from 44 to 54 years and 72, 6 years in 2007. The rate of population increase has been declining since 1960 of 3.04% per annum between 1950–1960 to 1.05% in 2008 and expected to drop to a negative value of −0.29% in 2050, thus completing demographic transition. The major metropolitan areas of Brazil are Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte – all in the Southeast – 19.5, 11.5 and 5.1 million inhabitants respectively. Almost all capitals are the largest cities in their states except Victoria, capital of Espirito Santo, and Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina. There are also non-capital metropolitan areas in the states of São Paulo (Campinas, Santos and Paraíba Valley), Minas Gerais (Steel Valley), Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos River Valley), Santa Catarina (North/Northeast) and (Itajaí River Valley) and Ceara (Juazeiro do Norte - Cariri Metropolitan Region).

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