List of Brazilian states by population

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. The figures below are based on the 2010 census.

Brazilian states by population.

Rank	State	Population 2000	Population 2010	Growth
1	São Paulo	37,032,403	41,252,160	11.39%
2	Minas Gerais	17,891,494	19,595,309	9.52%
3	Rio de Janeiro	14,391,282	15,993,583	11.13%
4	Bahia	13,070,250	14,021,432	7.28%
5	Rio Grande do Sul	10,187,798	10,695,532	4.98%
6	Paraná	9,569,458	10,439,601	9.16%
7	Pernambuco	7,918,344	8,796,032	11.08%
8	Ceará	7,430,661	8,448,055	13.69%
9	Pará	6,192,307	7,588,078	22.54%
10	Maranhão	5,651,475	6,569,683	16.25%
11	Santa Catarina	5,356,360	6,249,682	16.68%
12	Goiás	5,003,228	6,004,045	20.00%
13	Paraíba	3,443,825	3,766,834	9.38%
14	Espírito Santo	3,097,232	3,512,672	13.41%
15	Amazonas	2,812,557	3,480,937	23.76%
16	Rio Grande do Norte	2,776,782	3,168,133	14.09%
17	Alagoas	2,822,621	3,120,922	10.57%
18	Piauí	2,843,278	3,119,015	9.70%
19	Mato Grosso	2,504,353	3,033,991	21.15%
20	Distrito Federal	2,051,146	2,562,963	24.95%
21	Mato Grosso do Sul	2,078,001	2,449,341	17.87%
22	Sergipe	1,784,475	2,068,031	15.89%
23	Rondônia	1,379,787	1,560,501	13.10%
24	Tocantins	1,157,098	1,383,453	19.56%
25	Acre	557,526	732,793	31.44%
26	Amapá	477,032	668,689	40.18%
27	Roraima	324,397	451,227	39.10%

See also

• List of subnational entities
• List of Brazilian states by area
• List of Brazilian states by murder rate

External links

• States of Brazil at statoids.com