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Top 20 most populous cities · 🇧🇷 Brazil

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Top 20 in (26):

Acre Amapá Amazonas BR-PE BR-TO Bahia Ceará Espírito Santo Federal District Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Paraná Paraíba Pará Piauí Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rio de Janeiro Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina Sergipe São Paulo

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

  1. 1

    São Paulo

    largest city of Brazil, and capital of the State of São Paulo

    11,451,999

  2. 2

    Rio de Janeiro

    city of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    6,211,223

  3. 3

    Brasília

    federal capital of Brazil

    2,996,899

  4. 4

    Fortaleza

    municipality of Ceará state, Brazil

    2,578,483

  5. 5

    Belo Horizonte

    municipality of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

    2,315,560

  6. 6

    Manaus

    municipality of Amazonas state, Brazil

    2,303,732

  7. 7

    Curitiba

    municipality of Paraná state, Brazil

    1,773,718

  8. 8

    Recife

    municipality of Pernambuco state, Brazil

    1,488,920

  9. 9

    Goiânia

    municipality of Goiás state, Brazil

    1,437,366

  10. 10

    Porto Alegre

    municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

    1,388,794

  11. 11

    Guarulhos

    second largest municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, part of the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area

    1,324,781

  12. 12

    Belém

    municipality of Pará state, Brazil

    1,303,403

  13. 13

    Nova Iguaçu

    municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    1,297,704

  14. 14

    Campinas

    municipality of São Paulo state, Brazil

    1,213,792

  15. 15

    São Luís

    municipality of Maranhão state, Brazil

    1,037,775

  16. 16

    Campo Grande

    municipality of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil

    962,883

  17. 17

    São Gonçalo

    municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    896,744

  18. 18

    Duque de Caxias

    municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    886,917

  19. 19

    Teresina

    municipality of Piauí state, Brazil

    868,075

  20. 20

    João Pessoa

    municipality of Paraíba state, Brazil

    833,932

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

  1. Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.

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