List of cities in Brazil by population
Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8%[1] of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)[2] in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
Nowadays, the country has more than 5,570 municipalities.[3]
The state capitals are all the largest cities in their respective states, with the only exceptions being Florianópolis (which is the capital and the second largest city of Santa Catarina after Joinville) and Vitória (which is the capital but only the fourth-largest city of Espírito Santo, though it is located in that state's largest metropolitan area).
Most populated cities in Brazil
This is a list of the most populous cities based on the population of the municipality where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area. As IBGE considers the entire Federal District synonymous to Brasília, the population of the Federal District is shown for Brasília.
- State capitals are in bold and states' largest cities are in italics.
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Brazil's population, as recorded by the 2010 census, was of 190,755,799 inhabitants[6] (22.40 inhabitants per square kilometer), with 84.36% of the population defined as urban. The population is heavily concentrated in the Southeast (80.4 million) and Northeast (53.1 million).
Largest metropolitan areas
See also
References
- "Urban population as % of total". The World Bank. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- "IBGE" [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- "Territorial units of the municipality level" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- "IBGE Censo 2010". 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
2010 Brazilian Census Population
CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2020 Estimates of Population
- "2010 Census first final results: Brazil has a population of 190,755,799 residents". IBGE.gov.br.