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View of Pipa Beach in Natal.
Skyline of Blumenau.

This is a list of the largest cities in Brazil. Brazil has a relatively high reported level of urbanization, with 8 out of every 10 Brazilians living in cities. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, is based on political divisions, not on the built environment.

A town is any seat of a district (the lowest political division); a city is the seat of a municipality. Nowadays, the country has more than 5,564 municipalities.[1] About 81.3% of Brazilians live in an urban area.[2]

State capitals are also each the largest city in its state, the exceptions being Vitória in Espírito Santo, and Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina; there are also non-capital metropolitan areas in São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Paraíba Valley), Minas Gerais (Vale do Aço), Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos Valley), and Santa Catarina (Joinville & Itajaí Valley). Most of the non-capital large cities in Brazil are in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and Paraná.

Few of the principal Brazilian cities are planned cities; the most famous of these is Brasília, which represents the Modernist school of architecture and urbanism.

Top 100 most populous cities

1 - São Paulo
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2 - Rio de Janeiro
3 - Salvador
4 - Brasília
5 - Fortaleza
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6 - Belo Horizonte
7 - Curitiba
8 - Manaus
9 - Recife
10 - Porto Alegre
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11 - Belém
13 - Goiânia
15 - São Luís
17 - Maceió
21 - Natal
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22 - Teresina

This list of the 100 most populous cities is based on the population of the município where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area.

Unless stated, the estimates for cities 1-40 are from IBGE 2008;[3] those for cities 41 onwards are from IBGE 2006.

State capitals are in bold
Rank City State Population
1 São Paulo  São Paulo 10,990,249
2 Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro 6,161,047
3 Salvador  Bahia 2,948,733
4 Brasília  Distrito Federal 2,557,158
5 Fortaleza  Ceará 2,473,614
6 Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais 2,434,642
7 Curitiba  Paraná 1,828,092
8 Manaus  Amazonas 1,709,010
9 Recife  Pernambuco 1,549,980
10 Porto Alegre  Rio Grande do Sul 1,430,220
11 Belém  Pará 1,424,124
12 Guarulhos  São Paulo 1,279,202
13 Goiânia  Goiás 1,265,394
14 Campinas  São Paulo 1,056,664
15 São Luís  Maranhão 986,826
16 São Gonçalo  Rio de Janeiro 982,832
17 Maceió  Alagoas 924,143
18 Duque de Caxias  Rio de Janeiro 864,392
19 Nova Iguaçu  Rio de Janeiro 855,500
20 São Bernardo do Campo  São Paulo 801,580
21 Natal  Rio Grande do Norte 798,065
22 Teresina  Piauí 793,915
23 Campo Grande  Mato Grosso do Sul 747,189
24 Osasco  São Paulo 713,066
25 João Pessoa  Paraíba 693,082
26 Jaboatão dos Guararapes  Pernambuco 678,346
27 Santo André  São Paulo 671,696
28 Uberlândia  Minas Gerais 622,441
29 Contagem  Minas Gerais 617,749
30 São José dos Campos  São Paulo 609,229
31 Feira de Santana  Bahia 584,497
32 Sorocaba  São Paulo 576,312
33 Ribeirão Preto  São Paulo 558,136
34 Cuiabá  Mato Grosso 544,737
35 Aracaju  Sergipe 536,785
36 Juiz de Fora  Minas Gerais 520,612
37 Londrina  Paraná 505,184
38 Belford Roxo  Rio de Janeiro 495,694
39 Ananindeua  Pará 495,480
40 Aparecida de Goiânia  Goiás 494,919
41 Joinville  Santa Catarina 492,101
42 Niterói  Rio de Janeiro 477,912
43 São João de Meriti  Rio de Janeiro 468,309
44 Campos dos Goitacazes  Rio de Janeiro 431,839
45 Betim  Minas Gerais 429,507
46 Santos  São Paulo 417,518
47 São José do Rio Preto  São Paulo 414,272
48 Mauá  São Paulo 412,753
49 Vila Velha  Espírito Santo 407,579
50 Caxias do Sul  Rio Grande do Sul 405,858
51 Florianópolis  Santa Catarina 402,346
52 Serra  Espírito Santo 397,226
53 Olinda  Pernambuco 394,850
54 Diadema  São Paulo 394,266
55 Carapicuíba  São Paulo 388,532
56 Campina Grande  Paraíba 381,422
57 Porto Velho  Rondônia 379,186
58 Mogi das Cruzes  São Paulo 371,372
59 Piracicaba  São Paulo 365,440
60 Cariacica  Espírito Santo 362,277
61 Macapá  Amapá 359,020
62 Montes Claros  Minas Gerais 358,271
63 Bauru  São Paulo 355,675
63 Itaquaquecetuba  São Paulo 351,493
65 Jundiaí  São Paulo 347,738
66 Pelotas  Rio Grande do Sul 343,167
67 Ribeirão das Neves  Minas Gerais 340,033
68 Maringá  Paraná 331,412
69 Anápolis  Goiás 331,329
70 Canoas  Rio Grande do Sul 329,903
71 São Vicente  São Paulo 328,522
72 Franca  São Paulo 327,176
73 Caucaia  Ceará 326,811
74 Foz do Iguaçu  Paraná 319,189
75 Vitória  Espírito Santo 317,817
76 Paulista  Pernambuco 314,302
77 Vitória da Conquista  Bahia 313,898
78 Petrópolis  Rio de Janeiro 312,766
79 Ponta Grossa  Paraná 311,106
80 Guarujá  São Paulo 304,274
81 Rio Branco  Acre 301,398
82 Blumenau  Santa Catarina 296,151
83 Caruaru  Pernambuco 294,558
84 Uberaba  Minas Gerais 292,377
85 Cascavel  Paraná 291,747
86 Petrolina  Pernambuco 285,339
87 Suzano  São Paulo 279,394
88 Limeira  São Paulo 278,776
89 Santarém  Pará 275,571
90 Barueri  São Paulo 274,201
91 São José dos Pinhais  Paraná 272,530
92 Taubaté  São Paulo 270,918
93 Santa Maria  Rio Grande do Sul 266,822
94 Gravataí  Rio Grande do Sul 266,230
95 Governador Valadares  Minas Gerais 261,981
96 Boa Vista  Roraima 260,930
97 Volta Redonda  Rio de Janeiro 259,811
98 Viamão  Rio Grande do Sul 257,844
99 Novo Hamburgo  Rio Grande do Sul 255,945
100 Juazeiro do Norte  Ceará 246,515

Largest metropolitan areas

Currently, as of 2004, IBGE officially recognizes 15 major RMs (Região Metropolitana; Metropolitan Region in English), where approximately 32% of the Brazilian population (55 million people out of 180 million) live. These RMs are responsible for approximately half of the Brazilian GDP and more than 70% of the Brazilian annual industrial production.

IBGE estimatives of 2006 [3]
1 - São Paulo
2 - Rio de Janeiro
3 - Belo Horizonte
4 - Porto Alegre
5 - Recife
6 - Salvador
1 Data of 2005.
2 Data of 2006.

References

  1. ^ "Territorial units of the municipality level" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics". 2008. Retrieved 2007-06-27. @Cidades

See also

Rank Metropolitan Area State Population
1 São Paulo  São Paulo 19,616,060
2 Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro 11,812,482
3 Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais 5,397,438
4 Porto Alegre  Rio Grande do Sul 3,959,807
5 Recife  Pernambuco 3,730,114
6 Salvador  Bahia 3,677,060
7 Fortaleza  Ceará 3,517,275
8 Brasília  Distrito Federal,  Minas Gerais and  Goiás 3,451,549
9 Curitiba  Paraná 3,172,357
10 Campinas  São Paulo 2,633,523
11 Belém  Pará 2,078,405
12 Goiânia  Goiás 2,007,868
13 Manaus  Amazonas 2,006,870
14 Vitória  Espírito Santo 1,624,837
15 Santos  São Paulo 1,606,863
16 Natal  Rio Grande do Norte 1,255,409
17 São Luís  Maranhão 1,211,270
18 Maceió  Alagoas 1,111,678
19 Teresina  Piauí and  Maranhão 1,092,721
20 João Pessoa  Paraíba 1,077,944
21 Joinville  Santa Catarina 1,024,212 1
22 Florianópolis  Santa Catarina 841,552 2
23 Cuiabá  Mato Grosso 815,392
24 Petrolina and Juazeiro  Pernambuco and  Bahia 812,515
25 Aracaju  Sergipe 759,998
26 Londrina  Paraná 759,533
27 Maringá  Paraná 570,094
28 Itajaí  Santa Catarina 465,225 2
29 Blumenau  Santa Catarina 449,726 1
30 Vale do Aço  Minas Gerais 449,340
31 Macapá  Amapá 454,753
32 Criciúma  Santa Catarina 354,066 1
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