List of municipalities 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. Its most populous city is São Paulo.

Population distribution in Brazil.

Nowadays, the country has 5,571 cities, with 5,569 municipalities plus the capital (Brasília) and the Island of Fernando de Noronha.^[3]

With two exceptions, the state capitals are all the largest cities in their respective states: Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina is its second-largest city after Joinville, while Vitória is only the fourth-largest city in Espírito Santo, although it is located in that state's largest metropolitan area.

Most populous cities in Brazil

São Paulo, the most populous city outside Asia

Rio de Janeiro, the second most populous city 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 capital
	State's largest city
	State capital and largest city
	Federal capital

City	State	2024 Estimate[4]	2022 Census[5]	Change
São Paulo	São Paulo	11,895,578	11,451,245	+3.88%
Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	6,729,894	6,211,423	+8.35%
Brasília	Distrito Federal	2,982,818	2,817,068	+5.88%
Fortaleza	Ceará	2,574,412	2,428,678	+6.00%
Salvador	Bahia	2,568,928	2,418,005	+6.24%
Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	2,416,339	2,315,560	+4.35%
Manaus	Amazonas	2,279,686	2,063,547	+10.47%
Curitiba	Paraná	1,829,225	1,773,733	+3.13%
Recife	Pernambuco	1,587,707	1,488,920	+6.63%
Goiânia	Goiás	1,494,599	1,437,237	+3.99%
Belém	Pará	1,398,531	1,303,389	+7.30%
Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	1,389,322	1,332,570	+4.26%
Guarulhos	São Paulo	1,345,364	1,291,784	+4.15%
Campinas	São Paulo	1,185,977	1,138,309	+4.19%
São Luís	Maranhão	1,088,057	1,037,775	+4.85%
Maceió	Alagoas	994,464	957,916	+3.82%
São Gonçalo	Rio de Janeiro	960,652	896,744	+7.13%
Campo Grande	Mato Grosso do Sul	954,537	897,938	+6.30%
Teresina	Piauí	902,644	866,300	+4.20%
João Pessoa	Paraíba	888,679	833,932	+6.56%
Duque de Caxias	Rio de Janeiro	866,347	808,152	+7.20%
Nova Iguaçu	Rio de Janeiro	843,046	785,882	+7.27%
São Bernardo do Campo	São Paulo	840,499	810,729	+3.67%
Natal	Rio Grande do Norte	785,368	751,300	+4.53%
Santo André	São Paulo	778,711	748,919	+3.98%
Sorocaba	São Paulo	757,459	723,574	+4.68%
Osasco	São Paulo	756,952	743,432	+1.82%
Uberlândia	Minas Gerais	754,954	713,232	+5.85%
Ribeirão Preto	São Paulo	728,400	698,259	+4.32%
São José dos Campos	São Paulo	724,756	697,428	+3.92%
Jaboatão dos Guararapes	Pernambuco	683,285	643,759	+6.14%
Cuiabá	Mato Grosso	682,932	650,912	+4.92%
Feira de Santana	Bahia	657,948	616,279	+6.76%
Joinville	Santa Catarina	654,888	616,323	+6.26%
Contagem	Minas Gerais	649,975	621,865	+4.52%
Aracaju	Sergipe	628,849	602,757	+4.33%
Londrina	Paraná	577,318	555,937	+3.85%
Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	576,361	537,213	+7.29%
Serra	Espírito Santo	572,274	520,649	+9.92%
Juiz de Fora	Minas Gerais	565,764	540,756	+4.62%
Aparecida de Goiânia	Goiás	550,925	527,550	+4.43%
Campos dos Goytacazes	Rio de Janeiro	519,011	483,551	+7.33%
Belford Roxo	Rio de Janeiro	518,263	483,087	+7.28%
Niterói	Rio de Janeiro	516,720	481,758	+7.26%
Porto Velho	Rondônia	514,873	460,413	+11.83%
Ananindeua	Pará	507,838	478,778	+6.07%
Vila Velha	Espírito Santo	502,899	467,722	+7.52%
São José do Rio Preto	São Paulo	501,597	480,439	+4.40%
Macapá	Amapá	487,200	442,933	+9.99%
Caxias do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	479,256	463,338	+3.44%
Boa Vista	Roraima	470,169	413,486	+13.71%
Mogi das Cruzes	São Paulo	468,120	449,955	+4.04%
São João de Meriti	Rio de Janeiro	466,536	440,962	+5.80%
Jundiaí	São Paulo	460,313	443,116	+3.88%
Campina Grande	Paraíba	440,939	419,379	+5.14%
Piracicaba	São Paulo	438,827	423,323	+3.66%
Montes Claros	Minas Gerais	434,321	414,240	+4.85%
Santos	São Paulo	429,567	418,608	+2.62%
Mauá	São Paulo	429,380	418,261	+2.66%
Betim	Minas Gerais	429,236	411,859	+4.22%
Maringá	Paraná	425,983	409,657	+3.99%
Anápolis	Goiás	415,847	398,817	+4.27%
Petrolina	Pernambuco	414,083	386,786	+7.06%
Diadema	São Paulo	404,118	393,237	+2.77%
Caruaru	Pernambuco	402,290	378,052	+6.41%
Carapicuíba	São Paulo	398,462	387,121	+2.93%
Vitória da Conquista	Bahia	394,024	370,868	+6.24%
Bauru	São Paulo	391,740	379,146	+3.32%
Rio Branco	Acre	387,852	364,756	+6.33%
Itaquaquecetuba	São Paulo	382,521	369,275	+3.59%
Blumenau	Santa Catarina	380,597	361,261	+5.35%
Caucaia	Ceará	375,730	355,679	+5.64%
Cariacica	Espírito Santo	375,485	353,510	+6.22%
Ponta Grossa	Paraná	372,562	358,367	+3.96%
Praia Grande	São Paulo	365,577	349,935	+4.47%
Olinda	Pernambuco	365,402	349,976	+4.41%
Franca	São Paulo	364,331	352,537	+3.35%
Cascavel	Paraná	364,104	348,051	+4.61%
Paulista	Pernambuco	362,960	342,167	+6.08%
Canoas	Rio Grande do Sul	359,554	347,657	+3.42%
Santarém	Pará	357,311	331,937	+7.64%
Uberaba	Minas Gerais	354,142	337,846	+4.82%
São José dos Pinhais	Paraná	345,644	329,222	+4.99%
Ribeirão das Neves	Minas Gerais	344,828	329,794	+4.56%
Vitória	Espírito Santo	342,800	322,869	+6.17%
São Vicente	São Paulo	338,407	329,844	+2.60%
Pelotas	Rio Grande do Sul	336,131	325,689	+3.21%
Barueri	São Paulo	330,339	316,473	+4.38%
Palmas	Tocantins	323,625	302,692	+6.92%
Taubaté	São Paulo	321,298	310,739	+3.40%
Camaçari	Bahia	319,394	299,579	+6.61%
Suzano	São Paulo	318,765	307,364	+3.71%
Várzea Grande	Mato Grosso	314,627	299,472	+5.06%
Juazeiro do Norte	Ceará	303,004	286,120	+5.90%
Limeira	São Paulo	300,728	291,869	+3.04%
Parauapebas	Pará	298,854	266,424	+12.17%
Foz do Iguaçu	Paraná	295,500	285,415	+3.53%
Petrópolis	Rio de Janeiro	294,983	278,881	+5.77%
Guarujá	São Paulo	294,973	287,634	+2.55%
São José	Santa Catarina	289,949	270,295	+7.27%
Sumaré	São Paulo	289,787	279,546	+3.66%
Marabá	Pará	288,513	266,536	+8.25%
Itajaí	Santa Catarina	287,289	264,054	+8.80%
Cotia	São Paulo	287,004	273,640	+4.88%
Imperatriz	Maranhão	285,146	273,110	+4.41%
Taboão da Serra	São Paulo	284,274	273,542	+3.92%
Santa Maria	Rio Grande do Sul	282,244	271,633	+3.91%
Volta Redonda	Rio de Janeiro	279,898	261,584	+7.00%
Mossoró	Rio Grande do Norte	278,034	264,577	+5.09%
Chapecó	Santa Catarina	275,959	254,781	+8.31%
Gravataí	Rio Grande do Sul	275,294	265,070	+3.86%
Parnamirim	Rio Grande do Norte	269,298	252,716	+6.56%
Indaiatuba	São Paulo	267,796	255,739	+4.71%
Governador Valadares	Minas Gerais	266,649	257,172	+3.69%
São Carlos	São Paulo	265,294	254,822	+4.11%
Macaé	Rio de Janeiro	264,138	246,391	+7.20%
Dourados	Mato Grosso do Sul	260,640	243,368	+7.10%
Embu das Artes	São Paulo	259,323	250,720	+3.43%
Rondonópolis	Mato Grosso	259,167	244,897	+5.83%
São José de Ribamar	Maranhão	257,414	244,579	+5.25%
Juazeiro	Bahia	254,481	235,816	+7.92%
Araraquara	São Paulo	252,318	242,228	+4.17%
Jacareí	São Paulo	249,968	240,275	+4.03%
Maracanaú	Ceará	249,684	234,392	+6.52%
Hortolândia	São Paulo	247,331	236,641	+4.52%
Americana	São Paulo	246,655	237,247	+3.97%
Marília	São Paulo	246,627	237,629	+3.79%
Palhoça	Santa Catarina	245,477	222,598	+10.28%
Magé	Rio de Janeiro	244,092	228,127	+7.00%
Arapiraca	Alagoas	243,661	234,696	+3.82%
Divinópolis	Minas Gerais	242,328	231,091	+4.86%
Itapevi	São Paulo	241,924	232,513	+4.05%
Colombo	Paraná	240,720	232,056	+3.73%
Águas Lindas de Goiás	Goiás	240,613	225,671	+6.62%
Itaboraí	Rio de Janeiro	240,040	224,267	+7.03%
Cabo Frio	Rio de Janeiro	238,166	221,987	+7.29%
Rio Verde	Goiás	238,025	225,696	+5.46%
Sete Lagoas	Minas Gerais	237,931	227,360	+4.65%
Novo Hamburgo	Rio Grande do Sul	235,879	227,732	+3.58%
Ipatinga	Minas Gerais	235,445	227,731	+3.39%
Presidente Prudente	São Paulo	234,083	225,668	+3.73%
Viamão	Rio Grande do Sul	232,113	224,116	+3.57%
Santa Luzia	Minas Gerais	229,483	218,805	+4.88%
São Leopoldo	Rio Grande do Sul	225,669	217,410	+3.80%
Criciúma	Santa Catarina	225,281	214,493	+5.03%
Luziânia	Goiás	218,872	208,725	+4.86%
Lauro de Freitas	Bahia	217,960	203,334	+7.19%
Cabo de Santo Agostinho	Pernambuco	216,969	203,216	+6.77%
Sinop	Mato Grosso	216,029	196,067	+10.18%
Sobral	Ceará	215,286	203,023	+6.04%
Passo Fundo	Rio Grande do Sul	214,564	206,224	+4.04%
Valparaíso de Goiás	Goiás	213,506	198,861	+7.36%
Maricá	Rio de Janeiro	211,986	197,300	+7.44%
Rio Claro	São Paulo	208,857	201,418	+3.69%
Araçatuba	São Paulo	207,775	200,124	+3.82%
Castanhal	Pará	207,603	192,262	+7.98%
Nova Friburgo	Rio de Janeiro	203,328	189,937	+7.05%
Nossa Senhora do Socorro	Sergipe	202,450	192,330	+5.26%
Rio Grande	Rio Grande do Sul	198,958	191,900	+3.68%
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	Espírito Santo	198,323	185,784	+6.75%
Itabuna	Bahia	196,676	186,708	+5.34%
Jaraguá do Sul	Santa Catarina	195,753	182,660	+7.17%
Alvorada	Rio Grande do Sul	194,116	187,315	+3.63%
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste	São Paulo	189,338	183,347	+3.27%
Ilhéus	Bahia	189,028	178,703	+5.78%
Guarapuava	Paraná	188,710	182,093	+3.63%
Ferraz de Vasconcelos	São Paulo	185,622	179,205	+3.58%
Bragança Paulista	São Paulo	184,634	176,811	+4.42%
Timon	Maranhão	182,241	174,465	+4.46%
Linhares	Espírito Santo	181,912	166,786	+9.07%
Barra Mansa	Rio de Janeiro	181,688	169,899	+6.94%
Araguaína	Tocantins	181,493	171,301	+5.95%
Porto Seguro	Bahia	181,007	167,955	+7.77%
Angra dos Reis	Rio de Janeiro	179,120	167,418	+6.99%
Mesquita	Rio de Janeiro	178,803	167,128	+6.99%
Ibirité	Minas Gerais	178,713	170,387	+4.89%
Teresópolis	Rio de Janeiro	176,692	165,123	+7.01%
Itu	São Paulo	174,561	168,240	+3.76%
São Caetano do Sul	São Paulo	172,109	165,655	+3.90%
Pindamonhangaba	São Paulo	172,027	165,428	+3.99%
Lages	Santa Catarina	171,609	164,981	+4.02%
Poços de Caldas	Minas Gerais	171,533	163,742	+4.76%
Francisco Morato	São Paulo	171,107	165,139	+3.61%
Abaetetuba	Pará	170,999	158,188	+8.10%
Barreiras	Bahia	170,667	159,743	+6.84%
Senador Canedo	Goiás	169,849	155,635	+9.13%
Parnaíba	Piauí	169,552	162,159	+4.56%
Jequié	Bahia	168,733	158,812	+6.25%
Rio das Ostras	Rio de Janeiro	168,099	156,491	+7.42%
Patos de Minas	Minas Gerais	167,870	159,235	+5.42%
Atibaia	São Paulo	166,043	158,640	+4.67%
Itapecerica da Serra	São Paulo	163,928	158,522	+3.41%
Itapetininga	São Paulo	163,774	157,790	+3.79%
Caxias	Maranhão	163,428	156,970	+4.11%
Santana de Parnaíba	São Paulo	162,341	154,105	+5.34%
Fazenda Rio Grande	Paraná	161,506	148,873	+8.49%
Pouso Alegre	Minas Gerais	160,751	152,212	+5.61%
Alagoinhas	Bahia	160,662	151,065	+6.35%
Araucária	Paraná	160,038	151,666	+5.52%
Mogi Guaçu	São Paulo	159,735	153,661	+3.95%
Santa Rita	Paraíba	159,121	149,910	+6.14%
Toledo	Paraná	158,620	150,470	+5.42%
Camaragibe	Pernambuco	155,771	147,771	+5.41%
Nilópolis	Rio de Janeiro	155,544	146,774	+5.98%
Teixeira de Freitas	Bahia	153,332	145,223	+5.58%
Paço do Lumiar	Maranhão	152,306	145,643	+4.57%
Brusque	Santa Catarina	151,949	141,385	+7.47%
Garanhuns	Pernambuco	151,064	142,506	+6.01%
Trindade	Goiás	150,858	142,431	+5.92%
Botucatu	São Paulo	150,442	145,155	+3.64%
Paranaguá	Paraná	149,819	145,829	+2.74%
Franco da Rocha	São Paulo	149,786	144,849	+3.41%
Queimados	Rio de Janeiro	149,093	140,523	+6.10%
Balneário Camboriú	Santa Catarina	148,758	139,155	+6.90%
Cametá	Pará	143,837	134,184	+7.19%
Vitória de Santo Antão	Pernambuco	143,799	134,110	+7.22%
Varginha	Minas Gerais	142,802	136,467	+4.64%
Campo Largo	Paraná	142,695	136,327	+4.67%
Teófilo Otoni	Minas Gerais	142,571	137,418	+3.75%
Três Lagoas	Mato Grosso do Sul	141,435	132,152	+7.02%
Cachoeirinha	Rio Grande do Sul	141,303	136,258	+3.70%
Caraguatatuba	São Paulo	141,084	134,875	+4.60%
Salto	São Paulo	140,125	134,319	+4.32%
Ji-Paraná	Rondônia	139,359	124,333	+12.09%
Crato	Ceará	138,232	131,050	+5.48%
Santa Cruz do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	138,104	133,230	+3.66%
Conselheiro Lafaiete	Minas Gerais	137,980	131,621	+4.83%
Itapipoca	Ceará	137,892	131,123	+5.16%
Araruama	Rio de Janeiro	137,773	129,669	+6.25%
Resende	Rio de Janeiro	137,612	129,612	+6.17%
Barcarena	Pará	137,331	126,650	+8.43%
Jaú	São Paulo	137,323	133,497	+2.87%
Altamira	Pará	136,982	126,279	+8.48%
Vespasiano	Minas Gerais	136,826	129,246	+5.86%
Sapucaia do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	136,542	132,107	+3.36%
Araras	São Paulo	135,331	130,866	+3.41%
Guarapari	Espírito Santo	134,944	124,656	+8.25%
Apucarana	Paraná	134,306	130,134	+3.21%
Sabará	Minas Gerais	134,286	129,372	+3.80%
Itaituba	Pará	133,684	123,312	+8.41%
São Mateus	Espírito Santo	133,359	123,750	+7.76%
Votorantim	São Paulo	132,849	127,923	+3.85%
Bragança	Pará	131,679	123,082	+6.98%
Sertãozinho	São Paulo	131,600	126,887	+3.71%
Valinhos	São Paulo	131,277	126,325	+3.92%
Pinhais	Paraná	131,199	127,019	+3.29%
Barbacena	Minas Gerais	129,630	125,317	+3.44%
Colatina	Espírito Santo	128,622	119,992	+7.19%
Tatuí	São Paulo	128,560	123,942	+3.73%
Bento Gonçalves	Rio Grande do Sul	127,775	123,151	+3.75%
Barretos	São Paulo	126,600	122,485	+3.36%
Itatiba	São Paulo	126,403	122,424	+3.25%
Sarandi	Paraná	125,785	118,455	+6.19%
Piraquara	Paraná	124,934	118,730	+5.23%
Almirante Tamandaré	Paraná	124,788	119,825	+4.14%
Itaguaí	Rio de Janeiro	123,980	116,841	+6.11%
Arapongas	Paraná	123,863	119,138	+3.97%
São Gonçalo do Amarante	Rio Grande do Norte	123,207	115,838	+6.36%
Birigui	São Paulo	122,988	118,979	+3.37%
Araguari	Minas Gerais	122,874	117,808	+4.30%
Igarassu	Pernambuco	122,312	115,196	+6.18%
Jandira	São Paulo	121,988	118,045	+3.34%
Umuarama	Paraná	121,972	117,095	+4.16%
Bagé	Rio Grande do Sul	121,900	117,938	+3.36%
Guaratinguetá	São Paulo	121,710	118,044	+3.11%
Sorriso	Mato Grosso	120,985	110,635	+9.36%
Uruguaiana	Rio Grande do Sul	120,885	117,210	+3.14%
Catalão	Goiás	120,789	114,427	+5.56%
Eunápolis	Bahia	120,515	113,709	+5.99%
Formosa	Goiás	120,478	115,669	+4.16%
Simões Filho	Bahia	120,394	114,441	+5.20%
Várzea Paulista	São Paulo	119,576	115,771	+3.29%
Catanduva	São Paulo	119,172	115,785	+2.93%
Nova Lima	Minas Gerais	119,142	111,697	+6.67%
Paulo Afonso	Bahia	119,128	112,870	+5.54%
Marituba	Pará	118,998	110,515	+7.68%
Ribeirão Pires	São Paulo	118,877	115,559	+2.87%
Santana	Amapá	118,353	107,373	+10.23%
Codó	Maranhão	118,295	114,269	+3.52%
São Lourenço da Mata	Pernambuco	117,759	111,243	+5.86%
Itabira	Minas Gerais	117,747	113,343	+3.89%
Araxá	Minas Gerais	117,677	111,691	+5.36%
Itanhaém	São Paulo	117,435	112,476	+4.41%
Luís Eduardo Magalhães	Bahia	116,662	107,909	+8.11%
Passos	Minas Gerais	116,530	111,939	+4.10%
Paulínia	São Paulo	115,690	110,537	+4.66%
Tubarão	Santa Catarina	115,495	110,088	+4.91%
Cubatão	São Paulo	115,082	112,471	+2.32%
Breves	Pará	115,051	106,968	+7.56%
Camboriú	Santa Catarina	113,525	103,074	+10.14%
Nova Serrana	Minas Gerais	112,910	105,552	+6.97%
Paragominas	Pará	112,843	105,538	+6.92%
Tangará da Serra	Mato Grosso	112,547	106,434	+5.74%
Itacoatiara	Amazonas	112,520	103,598	+8.61%
Itumbiara	Goiás	112,289	107,970	+4.00%
Cambé	Paraná	111,009	107,208	+3.55%
Manacapuru	Amazonas	110,691	101,883	+8.65%
Planaltina	Goiás	110,619	105,031	+5.32%
São Pedro da Aldeia	Rio de Janeiro	110,556	104,029	+6.27%
Açailândia	Maranhão	110,506	106,550	+3.71%
Jataí	Goiás	110,404	105,729	+4.42%
Lavras	Minas Gerais	109,884	104,761	+4.89%
Erechim	Rio Grande do Sul	109,497	105,705	+3.59%
Santo Antônio de Jesus	Bahia	109,267	103,055	+6.03%
Maranguape	Ceará	108,937	105,093	+3.66%
Ariquemes	Rondônia	108,573	96,833	+12.12%
Coronel Fabriciano	Minas Gerais	108,551	104,736	+3.64%
Vilhena	Rondônia	108,528	95,832	+13.25%
Itabaiana	Sergipe	108,408	103,439	+4.80%
Muriaé	Minas Gerais	108,161	104,108	+3.89%
Patos	Paraíba	107,774	103,165	+4.47%
Bacabal	Maranhão	107,620	103,711	+3.77%
Itaperuna	Rio de Janeiro	107,246	101,041	+6.14%
Ubá	Minas Gerais	107,222	103,365	+3.73%
Novo Gama	Goiás	107,092	103,804	+3.17%
Ourinhos	São Paulo	106,877	103,970	+2.80%
Poá	São Paulo	106,431	103,765	+2.57%
Ituiutaba	Minas Gerais	106,397	102,217	+4.09%
Balsas	Maranhão	106,094	101,616	+4.41%
Ipojuca	Pernambuco	105,638	98,932	+6.78%
Lagarto	Sergipe	105,558	101,579	+3.92%
Caldas Novas	Goiás	104,788	98,622	+6.25%
Assis	São Paulo	104,642	101,409	+3.19%
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe	Pernambuco	104,277	98,254	+6.13%
Abreu e Lima	Pernambuco	103,945	98,462	+5.57%
Campo Mourão	Paraná	104,642	99,432	+5.24%
Itaúna	Minas Gerais	102,500	97,669	+4.95%
Aracruz	Espírito Santo	102,410	94,765	+8.07%
Iguatu	Ceará	102,251	98,064	+4.27%
Japeri	Rio de Janeiro	102,149	96,289	+6.09%
Pará de Minas	Minas Gerais	102,033	97,139	+5.04%
Parintins	Amazonas	101,956	96,372	+5.79%
Leme	São Paulo	101,316	98,161	+3.21%
Francisco Beltrão	Paraná	101,302	96,666	+4.80%
São Cristóvão	Sergipe	100,360	95,612	+4.97%
Votuporanga	São Paulo	100,159	96,634	+3.65%

Distribution

State	Number of cities over 100,000 inhabitants
São Paulo	80
Minas Gerais	36
Rio de Janeiro	29
Paraná	24
Rio Grande do Sul	19
Bahia	18
Goiás	16
Pará, Pernambuco	15
Santa Catarina	14
Espírito Santo, Maranhão	10
Ceará	9
Mato Grosso	6
Sergipe	5
Amazonas, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia	4
Mato Grosso do Sul	3
Alagoas, Amapá, Piauí, Tocantins	2
Acre, Distrito Federal, Roraima	1

Largest metropolitan areas

This section is an excerpt from List of metropolitan areas in Brazil § List.[edit]

Metropolitan area[6]	Region	State	Population estimate (2019)[7]	Population (2017)[8]	Population (2016)[9]	Change (2016-7)	Type
São Paulo	Southeast	São Paulo	21,734,682	21,391,624	21,242,939	+0.7%	metropolitan area
Rio de Janeiro		Rio de Janeiro	12,763,459	12,377,505	12,330,186	+0.4%	metropolitan area
Belo Horizonte		Minas Gerais	5,961,895	5,915,536	5,873,841	+0.7%	metropolitan area
Brasília	Central-West	Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais	4,627,771	4,366,901	4,284,676	+1.9%	integrated development area
Porto Alegre	South	Rio Grande do Sul	4,340,733	4,293,050	4,276,475	+0.4%	metropolitan area
Fortaleza	Northeast	Ceará	4,106,245	4,051,744	4,019,213	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Recife		Pernambuco	4,079,575	3,965,699	3,940,456	+0.6%	metropolitan area
Salvador		Bahia	3,929,209	4,015,205	3,984,583	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Curitiba	South	Paraná	3,654,960	3,572,326	3,537,894	+1.0%	metropolitan area
Campinas	Southeast	São Paulo	3,264,915	3,168,019	3,131,528	+1.2%	metropolitan area
Manaus	North	Amazonas	2,676,936	2,612,747	2,568,817	+1.7%	metropolitan area
Goiânia	Central-West	Goiás	2,560,625	2,493,792	2,458,504	+1.4%	metropolitan area
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte	Southeast	São Paulo	2,552,610	2,497,857	2,475,879	+0.9%	metropolitan area
Belém	North	Pará	2,510,274	2,441,761	2,422,481	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Sorocaba	Southeast	São Paulo	2,143,789	2,088,381	1,908,425	+9.4%	metropolitan area
Vitória		Espírito Santo	1,979,337	1,960,213	1,935,483	+1.3%	metropolitan area
Baixada Santista		São Paulo	1,865,397	1,828,212	1,813,033	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Ribeirão Preto		São Paulo	1,720,469	1,678,910	1,662,645	+1.0%	metropolitan area
São Luís	Northeast	Maranhão	1,633,117	1,619,377	1,605,305	+0.9%	metropolitan area
Natal		Rio Grande do Norte	1,604,067	1,596,104	1,537,211	+3.8%	metropolitan area
Piracicaba	Southeast	São Paulo	1,495,220	1,464,993	1,452,691	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Norte e Nordeste Catarinense	South	Santa Catarina	1,419,518	1,383,456	1,363,854	+1.4%	metropolitan area
Maceió	Northeast	Alagoas	1,310,520	1,352,241	1,314,254	+2.9%	metropolitan area
João Pessoa		Paraíba	1,278,401	1,282,227	1,268,360	+1.1%	metropolitan area
Teresina		Piauí, Maranhão	1,223,902	1,204,397	1,199,941	+0.4%	integrated development area
Florianópolis	South	Santa Catarina	1,209,818	1,172,076	1,152,115	+1.7%	metropolitan area
Londrina		Paraná	1,111,577	1,094,347	1,085,479	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Vale do Rio Cuiabá	Central-West	Mato Grosso	1,041,307	1,005,690	998,174	+0.8%	metropolitan area

Gallery

• 
  São Paulo
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  Rio de Janeiro
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  Brasília
• 
  Fortaleza
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  Salvador
• 
  Belo Horizonte
• 
  Manaus
• 
  Curitiba
• 
  Recife
• 
  Goiânia
• 
  Porto Alegre
• 
  Belém
• 
  Campinas
• 
  Campo Grande
• 
  João Pessoa
• 
  Natal
• 
  Cuiabá
• 
  Florianópolis
• 
  Vitória

See also

• Municipalities of Brazil
• List of municipalities of Brazil
• List of largest cities in Brazil by state
• List of metropolitan areas in the Americas
• Largest cities in the Americas
• Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics