List of Brazilian states by population
Brazilian states by population.
There are 26 States in Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of 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.
The figures below are based on the 2014 Estimates and 2010 Census of the IBGE.[1]
| Rank | State | Population (2014)[2] | Population (2010)[3] | Population (2000)[4] | Population approximately equal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  São Paulo |
44,035,304 | 41,262,199 | 37,032,403 |  Ukraine |
| 2 |  Minas Gerais |
20,734,097 | 19,597,330 | 17,891,494 |  Cameroon |
| 3 |  Rio de Janeiro |
16,461,173 | 15,989,929 | 14,391,282 |  Netherlands |
| 4 |  Bahia |
15,126,371 | 14,016,906 | 13,070,250 |  Cambodia |
| 5 |  Rio Grande do Sul |
11,207,274 | 10,693,929 | 10,187,798 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
| 6 |  Paraná |
11,081,692 | 10,444,526 | 9,569,458 |  Cuba |
| 7 |  Pernambuco |
9,277,727 | 8,796,448 | 7,918,344 |  United Arab Emirates |
| 8 |  Ceará |
8,842,791 | 8,452,381 | 7,430,661 |  Honduras |
| 9 |  Pará |
8,073,924 | 7,581,051 | 6,192,307 |  Tajikistan |
| 10 |  Maranhão |
6,850,884 | 6,574,789 | 5,651,475 |  Paraguay |
| 11 |  Santa Catarina |
6,727,148 | 6,248,436 | 5,356,360 |  Jordan |
| 12 |  Goiás |
6,523,222 | 6,003,788 | 5,003,228 |  Eritrea |
| 13 |  Paraíba |
3,943,885 | 3,766,528 | 3,443,825 |  Oman |
| 14 |  Espírito Santo |
3,885,049 | 3,512,672 | 3,097,232 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 15 |  Amazonas |
3,873,743 | 3,483,985 | 2,812,557 |  Panama |
| 16 |  Rio Grande do Norte |
3,408,510 | 3,168,027 | 2,776,782 |  Mauritania |
| 17 |  Alagoas |
3,321,730 | 3,120,494 | 2,822,621 |  Uruguay |
| 18 |  Mato Grosso |
3,224,357 | 3,035,122 | 2,504,353 |  Kuwait |
| 19 |  Piauí |
3,194,718 | 3,118,360 | 2,843,278 |  Armenia |
| 20 | .svg.png){kind=small} Federal District |
2,852,372 | 2,570,160 | 2,051,146 |  Albania |
| 21 |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
2,619,657 | 2,449,024 | 2,078,001 |  Jamaica |
| 22 |  Sergipe |
2,219,574 | 2,068,017 | 1,784,475 |  Namibia |
| 23 |  Rondônia |
1,748,531 | 1,562,409 | 1,379,787 |  Guinea-Bissau |
| 24 |  Tocantins |
1,496,880 | 1,383,445 | 1,157,098 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| 25 |  Acre |
790,101 | 733,559 | 557,526 |  Guyana |
| 26 |  Amapá |
750,912 | 669,526 | 477,032 |  Bhutan |
| 27 |  Roraima |
496,936 | 450,479 | 324,397 |  Cape Verde |
See also
- List of subnational entities
- List of Brazilian states by area
- List of Brazilian states by murder rate
References
- ↑ "2010 Census: the total Brazilian population was 190,732,694 persons". IBGE.gov.br.
- ↑ "2014 IBGE Estimates - Estimates of Resident Population in Brazil, Federative Units and Municipalities" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ↑ "2010 IBGE Census - Population of the Brazilian States" (PDF). 2010 IBGE Census (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ↑ "2000 IBGE Census - Resident population, by Major Regions and Federative Units". 2000 IBGE Census (in Portuguese). IBGE.gov.br. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
External links
- States of Brazil at statoids.com
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