List of Brazilian states by population

There are 26 States in Brazil plus the Federal District which holds the national capital, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of population, from São Paulo, with the greatest population, to Roraima with the smallest.

Brazilian states by population.

The figures below are based on the 2015 Estimates and 2010 Census of the IBGE.[1]

Rank State Population (2015)[2] Population (2010)[3] Population (2000)[4] Population approximately equal Percent of the total Brazil population, 2015[note 1]
1  São Paulo 44,396,484 41,262,199 37,032,403  Argentina 21.71%
2  Minas Gerais 20,869,101 19,597,330 17,891,494  Sri Lanka 10.23%
3  Rio de Janeiro 16,550,024 15,989,929 14,391,282  Guatemala 8.118%
4  Bahia 15,203,934 14,016,906 13,070,250  Cambodia 7.460%
5  Rio Grande do Sul 11,247,972 10,693,929 10,187,798  Bolivia 5.527%
6  Paraná 11,163,018 10,444,526 9,569,458  Cuba 5.465%
7  Pernambuco 9,345,173 8,796,448 7,918,344  Belarus 4.576%
8  Ceará 8,904,459 8,452,381 7,430,661  Austria 4.361%
9  Pará 8,175,113 7,581,051 6,192,307  Sierra Leone 3.982%
10  Maranhão 6,904,241 6,574,789 5,651,475  Serbia[lower-alpha 1] 3.379%
11  Santa Catarina 6,819,190 6,248,436 5,356,360  Lebanon 3.318%
12  Goiás 6,610,681 6,003,788 5,003,228  Kyrgyzstan 3.217%
13  Paraíba 3,972,202 3,766,528 3,443,825  Croatia 1.945%
14  Amazonas 3,938,336 3,483,985 2,812,557  Croatia 1.910%
15  Espírito Santo 3,929,911 3,512,672 3,097,232  Croatia 1.916%
16  Rio Grande do Norte 3,442,175 3,168,027 2,776,782  Eritrea 1.681%
17  Alagoas 3,340,932 3,120,494 2,822,621  Mongolia 1.638%
18  Mato Grosso 3,265,486 3,035,122 2,504,353  Puerto Rico (US) 1.590%
19  Piauí 3,204,028 3,118,360 2,843,278  Puerto Rico (US) 1.576%
20  Distrito Federal 2,914,830 2,570,160 2,051,146  Armenia 1.407%
21  Mato Grosso do Sul 2,651,235 2,449,024 2,078,001  Moldova[lower-alpha 2] 1.292%
22  Sergipe 2,242,937 2,068,017 1,784,475  Namibia 1.095%
23  Rondônia 1,768,204 1,562,409 1,379,787  Kosovo 0.862%
24  Tocantins 1,515,126 1,383,445 1,157,098  Bahrain 0.738%
25  Acre 803,513 733,559 557,526  Guyana 0.390%
26  Amapá 766,679 669,526 477,032  Guyana 0.370%
27  Roraima 505,665 450,479 324,397  Malta 0.245%
— Total 204,450,649 190,753,519 169,805,170  Brazil 100.0%
  1. Because of the rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not add up to 100%.

See also

Notes
  1. Excludes Kosovo.
  2. Excludes Transnistria.

References
  1. "2010 Census: the total Brazilian population was 190,732,694 persons". IBGE.gov.br.
  2. "2015 IBGE Estimates - Estimates of Resident Population in Brazil, Federative Units and Municipalities" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. "2010 IBGE Census - Population of the Brazilian States" (PDF). 2010 IBGE Census (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. "2000 IBGE Census - Resident population, by Major Regions and Federative Units". 2000 IBGE Census (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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