List of Brazilian states by population
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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 |
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1 | São Paulo | 44,035,304 | 41,262,199 | 37,032,403 | Argentina |
2 | Minas Gerais | 20,734,097 | 19,597,330 | 17,891,494 | Sri Lanka |
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 | Burkina Faso |
5 | File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Rio Grande do Sul | 11,207,274 | 10,693,929 | 10,187,798 | Zimbabwe |
6 | Paraná | 11,081,692 | 10,444,526 | 9,569,458 | South Sudan |
7 | Pernambuco | 9,277,727 | 8,796,448 | 7,918,344 | Dominican Republic |
8 | Ceará | 8,842,791 | 8,452,381 | 7,430,661 | Haiti |
9 | Pará | 8,073,924 | 7,581,051 | 6,192,307 | Azerbaijan |
10 | Maranhão | 6,850,884 | 6,574,789 | 5,651,475 | Paraguay |
11 | Santa Catarina | 6,727,148 | 6,248,436 | 5,356,360 | Paraguay |
12 | Goiás | 6,523,222 | 6,003,788 | 5,003,228 | Laos |
13 | Paraíba | 3,943,885 | 3,766,528 | 3,443,825 | Lebanon |
14 | Espírito Santo | 3,885,049 | 3,512,672 | 3,097,232 | Republic of the Congo |
15 | Amazonas | 3,873,743 | 3,483,985 | 2,812,557 | Puerto Rico |
16 | Rio Grande do Norte | 3,408,510 | 3,168,027 | 2,776,782 | Uruguay |
17 | Alagoas | 3,321,730 | 3,120,494 | 2,822,621 | Liberia |
18 | Mato Grosso | 3,224,357 | 3,035,122 | 2,504,353 | Panama |
19 | Piauí | 3,194,718 | 3,118,360 | 2,843,278 | Panama |
20 | Distrito Federal | 2,852,372 | 2,570,160 | 2,051,146 | Armenia |
21 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,619,657 | 2,449,024 | 2,078,001 | Kuwait |
22 | Sergipe | 2,219,574 | 2,068,017 | 1,784,475 | Lesotho |
23 | Rondônia | 1,748,531 | 1,562,409 | 1,379,787 | Kosovo |
24 | Tocantins | 1,496,880 | 1,383,445 | 1,157,098 | Guinea-Bissau |
25 | Acre | 790,101 | 733,559 | 557,526 | Cyprus |
26 | Amapá | 750,912 | 669,526 | 477,032 | Guyana |
27 | Roraima | 496,936 | 450,479 | 324,397 | Western Sahara |
See also
- List of subnational entities
- List of Brazilian states by area
- List of Brazilian states by murder rate
References
External links
- States of Brazil at statoids.com
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