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There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the population, from São Paulo with the greatest population, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. Brazil has a total population of 174,468,575, it is ranked 5th in the world. This and the figures below are based on 2006 estimate.
Brazilian states by population.
| Rank |
State |
Population |
Comparable country by population |
| 1 |
 São Paulo |
41,055,734 |
 Argentina |
| 2 |
 Minas Gerais |
19,479,356 |
 Sri Lanka |
| 3 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
15,561,720 |
 Kazakhstan |
| 4 |
 Bahia |
13,950,146 |
 Malawi |
| 5 |
 Rio Grande do Sul |
10,963,219 |
 Chad |
| 6 |
 Paraná |
10,387,378 |
 Czech Republic |
| 7 |
 Pernambuco |
8,502,603 |
 Burundi |
| 8 |
 Ceará |
8,217,085 |
 Austria |
| 9 |
 Pará |
7,110,465 |
 Honduras |
| 10 |
 Maranhão |
6,184,538 |
 Libya |
| 11 |
 Santa Catarina |
5,958,266 |
 Jordan |
| 12 |
 Goiás |
5,730,753 |
 Laos |
| 13 |
 Paraíba |
3,623,215 |
 Liberia |
| 14 |
 Espírito Santo |
3,464,285 |
 Lithuania |
| 15 |
 Amazonas |
3,311,026 |
 Uruguay |
| 16 |
 Alagoas |
3,050,652 |
 Armenia |
| 17 |
 Rio Grande do Norte |
3,043,760 |
Armenia |
| 18 |
 Piauí |
3,036,290 |
Armenia |
| 19 |
 Mato Grosso |
2,856,999 |
 Kuwait |
| 20 |
 Distrito Federal |
2,383,784 |
 Latvia |
| 21 |
 Mato Grosso do Sul |
2,297,981 |
Latvia |
| 22 |
 Sergipe |
2,000,738 |
 Lesotho |
| 23 |
 Rondônia |
1,562,417 |
 Estonia |
| 24 |
 Tocantins |
1,332,441 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
| 25 |
 Acre |
686,652 |
 Comoros |
| 26 |
 Amapá |
615,715 |
 Montenegro |
| 27 |
 Roraima |
403,344 |
 Malta |
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