This is a list of the metropolitan areas in Brazil. Brazil has 69 metropolitan regions. As of 2015[update], 26 of these metropolitan regions have more than 1 million inhabitants. These are listed below.
List
This list contains the 26 metropolitan regions with more than 1 million inhabitants, according to the 2015 estimate of the IBGE.[1]
Rank |
Metropolitan area |
State |
Population |
1 |
São Paulo |
São Paulo |
21,090,791 |
2 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Rio de Janeiro |
12,280,703 |
3 |
Belo Horizonte |
Minas Gerais |
5,829,921 |
4 |
Porto Alegre |
File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Rio Grande do Sul |
4,258,926 |
5 |
Distrito Federal e Entorno (Brasilia) |
Distrito Federal / Goiás / Minas Gerais |
4,201,737 |
6 |
Fortaleza |
Ceará |
3,985,295 |
7 |
Salvador |
Bahia |
3,953,288 |
8 |
Recife |
Pernambuco |
3,914,317 |
9 |
Curitiba |
Paraná |
3,502,790 |
10 |
Campinas |
São Paulo |
3,094,181 |
11 |
Manaus |
Amazonas |
2,523,901 |
12 |
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte |
São Paulo |
2,453,387 |
13 |
Goiânia |
Goiás |
2,421,831 |
14 |
Belém |
Pará |
2,402,437 |
15 |
Vitória |
Espírito Santo |
1,901,101 |
16 |
Sorocaba |
São Paulo |
1,888,074 |
17 |
Baixada Santista |
São Paulo |
1,797,500 |
18 |
São Luís |
Maranhão |
1,538,130 |
19 |
Natal |
Rio Grande do Norte |
1,504,821 |
20 |
Piracicaba |
São Paulo |
1,412,721 |
21 |
Norte/Nordeste Catarinense |
Santa Catarina |
1,344,091 |
22 |
Maceió |
Alagoas |
1,304,190 |
23 |
João Pessoa |
Paraíba |
1,253,930 |
24 |
Teresina |
Piauí / Maranhão |
1,194,911 |
25 |
Florianópolis |
Santa Catarina |
1,131,981 |
26 |
Londrina |
Paraná |
1,076,437 |
See also
References
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