2010 Brazilian census

The Brazilian 2010 Census was the twelfth census of Brazil, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with the reference date being August 1, 2010. The population was found to be a record 190,755,799, an increase of 12.5%.^[1][2] The population aged, with the median age now being 29, compared to 25 in 2000. The next census is to take place on August 1, 2022, after two cancelations, one to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the other due to budgetary restraints.

Twelfth census of Brazil
← 2000 August 1, 2010 2022 →
General information
Country	Brazil
Results
Total population	190,755,799 ( 12.5%)
Most populous state	São Paulo (41,262,199)
Least populous state	Roraima (450,479)

Federal units' and regions' population

Federal Units

Population and population change in Brazil by federal unit

Rank	Federal Unit	Population as of 2000 census	Population as of 2010 census[3]	Change	Percent change	Percent of Brazil
1	São Paulo	36,969,476	41,262,199	4,292,723	11.6%	21.6%
2	Minas Gerais	17,866,402	19,597,330	1,730,928	9.7%	10.3%
3	Rio de Janeiro	14,367,083	15,989,929	1,622,846	11.3%	8.4%
4	Bahia	13,066,910	14,016,906	949,996	7.3%	7.4%
5	Rio Grande do Sul	10,181,749	10,693,929	512,180	5.0%	5.6%
6	Paraná	9,558,454	10,444,526	886,072	9.3%	5.5%
7	Pernambuco	7,911,937	8,796,448	884,511	11.2%	4.6%
8	Ceará	7,418,476	9,883,640	1,033,905	13.9%	4.4%
9	Pará	6,189,550	7,581,051	1,391,501	22.5%	4.0%
10	Maranhão	5,642,960	6,574,789	931,829	16.5%	3.5%
11	Santa Catarina	5,349,580	6,248,436	898,856	16.8%	3.3%
12	Goiás	4,996,439	6,003,788	1,007,349	20.1%	3.2%
13	Paraíba	3,439,344	3,766,528	327,184	9.5%	2.0%
14	Espírito Santo	3,094,390	3,514,952	420,562	13.6%	1.8%
15	Amazonas	2,813,085	3,483,985	670,900	23.8%	1.8%
16	Rio Grande do Norte	2,771,538	3,168,027	396,489	14.3%	1.7%
17	Alagoas	2,819,172	3,120,494	301,322	10.7%	1.6%
18	Piauí	2,841,202	3,118,360	277,158	9.7%	1.6%
19	Mato Grosso	2,502,260	3,035,122	532,862	21.3%	1.6%
20	Distrito Federal	2,043,169	2,570,160	526,991	25.8%	1.4%
21	Mato Grosso do Sul	2,074,877	2,449,024	374,147	18.0%	1.3%
22	Sergipe	1,781,714	2,068,017	286,303	16.0%	1.1%
23	Rondônia	1,377,792	1,562,409	184,617	13.4%	0.8%
24	Tocantins	1,155,913	1,383,445	227,532	19.7%	0.7%
25	Acre	557,226	733,559	176,333	31.7%	0.4%
26	Amapá	475,843	669,526	193,683	40.7%	0.4%
27	Roraima	324,152	450,479	126,327	39.0%	0.2%
	Brazil	169,590,693	190,755,799	27,323,632	12.5%	100%

Regions

Rank	Region	Population (2000)	Population (2010)	Population change	Percent Change	Percent of Brazil
1	Southeast	72,297,351	80,364,410	8,067,059	11.2%	42.1%
2	Northeast	47,693,253	53,081,950	5,388,697	11.3%	27.8%
3	South	25,089,783	27,386,891	2,297,108	9.1%	14.4%
4	North	12,893,561	15,864,454	2,970,893	23.0%	8.3%
5	Central-West	11,616,745	14,058,094	2,441,349	21.0%	7.4%

Race and religion

The census found that the composition of Brazil was as follows: 47.5% were White, 43.4% were Pardo (Mixed-Race), 7.5% were Black, 1.1% were East Asian (Yellow in the census), 0.4% were Indigenous and 0.01% did not answer.

The census also asked people their religion: 64.6% were Catholics, 22.2% were Protestants or Evangelicals, 8% had no religion, 2% followed Spiritism and 3.2% followed other religions.^[4]

See also

• Demographics of Brazil