List of Brazilian states by population density
Appearance
Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre. It is worked out by simply dividing the population by the area of the Federative Units. In 2018, Brazil had an overall population density of 25.06 inhabitants per square kilometer.[1]
Rank | State | Area (km2)[2] | Population | Density (pop./km2) | Comparable country (Density) |
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1 | Distrito Federal | 5,760.8 | 2,817,381 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 489 | Tuvalu |
2 | Rio de Janeiro | 43,696.1 | 16,055,174 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 367 | Comoros |
3 | São Paulo | 248,209.4 | 44,411,238 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4 | Alagoas | 27,767 | 3,127,683 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 113 | Albania |
5 | Sergipe | 22,050.3 | 2,210,004 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 100 | Romania |
6 | Pernambuco | 98,937.8 | 9,058,931 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 91.6 | Costa Rica |
7 | Espírito Santo | 46,077.5 | 3,833,712 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 83.2 | Benin |
8 | Santa Catarina | 95,730.7 | 7,610,361 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 79.5 | Tunisia |
9 | Paraíba | 56,584.6 | 3,974,687 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 70.2 | Honduras |
10 | Rio Grande do Norte | 53,306.8 | 3,302,729 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 62.0 | Kenya |
11 | Ceará | 146,348.3 | 8,794,957 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 60.1 | Mexico |
12 | Paraná | 199,314.9 | 11,444,380 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 57.4 | Lithuania |
13 | Rio Grande do Sul | 281,707.1 | 10,882,965 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 38.6 | Guinea |
14 | Minas Gerais | 586,514.0 | 20,539,989 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 35.0 | Venezuela |
15 | Bahia | 564,692 | 14,141,626 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 25.0 | Mozambique |
16 | Maranhão | 331,983.2 | 6,776,699 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 20.4 | Equatorial Guinea |
17 | Goiás | 340,086.0 | 7,056,495 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 20.7 | Solomon Islands |
18 | Piauí | 251,755.5 | 3,271,199 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 13.0 | Norway |
19 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 357,145.532 | 2,757,013 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 7.72 | Central African Republic |
20 | Rondônia | 237,765.3 | 1,581,196 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 6.65 | Central African Republic |
21 | Pará | 1,245,870.7 | 8,120,131 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 6.52 | Kazakhstan |
22 | Acre | 152,581.0 | 830,018 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 5.44 | Gabon |
23 | Amapá | 142,814.6 | 733,759 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 5.14 | Guyana |
24 | Tocantins | 278,420.7 | 1,511,460 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 5.43 | Gabon |
25 | Mato Grosso | 903,357 | 3,658,649 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 4.05 | Canada |
26 | Roraima | 223,644.5 | 636,707 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 2.85 | Mongolia |
27 | Amazonas | 1,559,167.9 | 3,941,613 (2022 Brazilian census, 2022) | 2.53 | French Guiana |
— | Brazil | 8,515,767 | 203,062,512 (census, 2022) | 23.8
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Peru |
Notes and references
See also
External links
- "States of Brazil". Statoids.