List of largest cities in Brazil
Most populated cities in Brazil
This is a list of the most populous cities based on the population of the municipality where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area.

List of largest cities in Brazil

Section Title: Most populated cities in Brazil
Table Section Text: This is a list of the most populous cities based on the population of the municipality where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area.

2018 rank	City	State	2018 Estimate	2010 Census	Change

1	São Paulo	São Paulo	12,176,866	10,659,386	+14.24%

2	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	6,688,927	5,940,224	+12.60%

3	Brasília	Distrito Federal	2,974,703	2,469,489	+20.46%

4	Salvador	Bahia	2,857,329	2,480,790	+15.18%

5	Fortaleza	Ceará	2,643,247	2,315,116	+14.17%

6	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	2,501,576	2,258,096	+10.78%

7	Manaus	Amazonas	2,145,444	1,718,584	+24.84%

8	Curitiba	Paraná	1,917,185	1,678,965	+14.19%

9	Recife	Pernambuco	1,637,834	1,472,202	+11.25%

10	Goiânia	Goiás	1,495,705	1,256,514	+19.04%

11	Belém	Pará	1,485,732	1,351,618	+9.92%

12	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	1,479,101	1,365,039	+8.36%

14	Campinas	São Paulo	1,194,094	1,024,912	+16.51%

13	Guarulhos	São Paulo	1,365,899	1,176,804	+16.07%

15	São Luís	Maranhão	1,094,667	966,989	+13.20%

16	São Gonçalo	Rio de Janeiro	1,077,687	945,752	+13.95%

17	Maceió	Alagoas	1,012,382	917,086	+10.39%

18	Duque de Caxias	Rio de Janeiro	914,383	818,432	+11.72%

19	Campo Grande	Mato Grosso do Sul	885,711	766,461	+15.56%

20	Natal	Rio Grande do Norte	877,640	785,722	+11.70%

21	Teresina	Piauí	861,442	797,029	+8.08%

22	São Bernardo do Campo	São Paulo	833,240	746,718	+11.59%

23	Nova Iguaçu	Rio de Janeiro	818,875	767,505	+6.69%

24	João Pessoa	Paraíba	800,323	716,042	+11.77%

25	Santo André	São Paulo	716,109	654,354	+9.44%

26	São José dos Campos	São Paulo	713,943	597,425	+19.50%

27	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	Pernambuco	697,636	623,471	+11.90%

28	Osasco	São Paulo	696,850	637,617	+9.29%

29	Ribeirão Preto	São Paulo	694,534	583,842	+18.96%

30	Uberlândia	Minas Gerais	683,247	579,005	+18.00%

31	Sorocaba	São Paulo	671,186	570,434	+17.66%

32	Contagem	Minas Gerais	659,070	568,640	+15.90%

33	Aracaju	Sergipe	648,939	552,365	+17.48%

34	Feira de Santana	Bahia	609,913	542,476	+12.43%

35	Cuiabá	Mato Grosso	607,153	530,308	+14.49%

36	Joinville	Santa Catarina	583,144	509,293	+14.50%

37	Aparecida de Goiânia	Goiás	565,957	442,978	+27.76%

38	Juiz de Fora	Minas Gerais	564,310	497,778	+13.37%

39	Londrina	Paraná	563,943	493,358	+14.31%

40	Ananindeua	Pará	525,566	456,316	+15.18%

41	Porto Velho	Rondônia	519,531	410,520	+26.55%

42	Niterói	Rio de Janeiro	511,786	441,078	+16.03%

43	Belford Roxo	Rio de Janeiro	508,614	455,598	+11.64%

44	Serra	Espírito Santo	507,598	384,469	+32.03%

45	Caxias do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	504,069	427,664	+17.87%

46	Campos dos Goytacazes	Rio de Janeiro	503,424	442,363	+13.80%

47	Macapá	Amapá	493,634	387,539	+27.38%

48	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	492,977	404,224	+21.96%

49	Vila Velha	Espírito Santo	486,208	393,941	+23.42%

50	São João de Meriti	Rio de Janeiro	471,888	439,497	+7.37%

51	Mauá	São Paulo	468,148	394,698	+18.61%

52	São José do Rio Preto	São Paulo	456,245	406,220	+12.31%

53	Mogi das Cruzes	São Paulo	440,769	366,216	+20.36%

53	Santos	São Paulo	432,957	407,506	+6.25%

55	Betim	Minas Gerais	432,575	367,044	+17.85%

56	Diadema	São Paulo	420,934	370,184	+13.71%

57	Maringá	Paraná	417,010	349,860	+19.19%

58	Jundiaí	São Paulo	414,810	357,909	+15.90%

59	Campina Grande	Paraíba	407,472	383,941	+6.13%

60	Montes Claros	Minas Gerais	404,804	355,401	+13.90%

61	Rio Branco	Acre	401,155	319,825	+25.43%

62	Piracicaba	São Paulo	400,949	356,179	+12.57%

63	Carapicuíba	São Paulo	398,611	344,878	+15.58%

64	Olinda	Pernambuco	391,835	357,965	+9.46%

65	Anápolis	Goiás	381,970	324,303	+17.78%

66	Cariacica	Espírito Santo	378,603	335,984	+12.68%

67	Boa Vista	Roraima	375,374	277,684	+35.18%

68	Bauru	São Paulo	374,272	335,888	+11.43%

69	Itaquaquecetuba	São Paulo	366,519	314,843	+16.41%

70	Caucaia	Ceará	363,982	286,446	+27.07%

71	São Vicente	São Paulo	363,173	316,324	+14.81%

72	Vitória	Espírito Santo	358,267	297,489	+20.43%

73	Caruaru	Pernambuco	356,872	306,788	+16.33%

74	Blumenau	Santa Catarina	352,460	299,159	+17.82%

75	Franca	São Paulo	350,400	318,239	+10.11%

76	Ponta Grossa	Paraná	348,043	305,545	+13.91%

77	Canoas	Rio Grande do Sul	344,957	317,945	+8.50%

78	Petrolina	Pernambuco	343,865	287,233	+19.72%

79	Pelotas	Rio Grande do Sul	341,648	321,818	+6.16%

80	Vitória da Conquista	Bahia	338,885	295,277	+14.77%

81	Ribeirão das Neves	Minas Gerais	331,045	290,727	+13.87%

82	Uberaba	Minas Gerais	330,361	288,235	+14.62%

83	Paulista	Pernambuco	329,117	278,651	+18.11%

84	Cascavel	Paraná	324,476	283,193	+14.58%

85	Praia Grande	São Paulo	319,146	251,526	+26.88%

86	Guarujá	São Paulo	318,107	260,477	+22.12%

87	São José dos Pinhais	Paraná	317,476	254,556	+24.72%

88	Taubaté	São Paulo	311,854	275,218	+13.31%

89	Petrópolis	Rio de Janeiro	305,687	277,816	+10.03%

90	Limeira	São Paulo	303,682	274,100	+10.79%

91	Santarém	Pará	302,667	291,122	+3.97%

92	Suzano	São Paulo	294,638	256,502	+14.87%

93	Mossoró	Rio Grande do Norte	294,076	254,032	+15.76%

94	Camaçari	Bahia	293,723	225,510	+30.25%

95	Palmas	Tocantins	291,855	223,817	+30.40%

96	Taboão da Serra	São Paulo	285,570	225,053	+26.89%

97	Várzea Grande	Mato Grosso	282,009	248,130	+13.65%

98	Santa Maria	Rio Grande do Sul	280,505	259,004	+8.30%

99	Gravataí	Rio Grande do Sul	279,398	253,060	+10.41%

100	Governador Valadares	Minas Gerais	278,685	255,475	+9.09%

101	Sumaré	São Paulo	278,571	236,358	+17.86%

102	Marabá	Pará	275,086	224,014	+22.80%

103	Volta Redonda	Rio de Janeiro	271,998	246,210	+10.47%

104	Juazeiro do Norte	Ceará	271,926	244,701	+11.13%

105	Barueri	São Paulo	271,306	228,962	+18.49%

106	Embu das Artes	São Paulo	270,843	223,622	+21.12%

107	Ipatinga	Minas Gerais	261,344	224,636	+16.34%

108	Foz do Iguaçu	Paraná	258,823	250,918	+3.15%

109	Imperatriz	Maranhão	258,016	245,509	+5.09%

110	Parnamirim	Rio Grande do Norte	255,793	195,274	+30.99%

111	Viamão	Rio Grande do Sul	254,101	236,999	+7.22%

112	Macaé	Rio de Janeiro	251,631	194,497	+29.38%

113	São Carlos	São Paulo	249,415	219,865	+13.44%

114	Indaiatuba	São Paulo	246,908	188,639	+30.89%

115	Novo Hamburgo	Rio Grande do Sul	246,452	237,044	+3.97%

116	Cotia	São Paulo	244,694	190,488	+28.46%

117	Magé	Rio de Janeiro	243,657	218,307	+11.61%

118	São José	Santa Catarina	242,927	203,384	+19.44%

119	Colombo	Paraná	240,840	208,805	+15.34%

120	Itaboraí	Rio de Janeiro	238,695	210,780	+13.24%

121	Sete Lagoas	Minas Gerais	237,286	211,094	+12.41%

122	Marília	São Paulo	237,130	214,742	+10.43%

123	Americana	São Paulo	237,112	209,230	+13.33%

124	Divinópolis	Minas Gerais	235,977	206,867	+14.07%

125	São Leopoldo	Rio Grande do Sul	234,947	212,279	+10.68%

126	Itapevi	São Paulo	234,352	192,184	+21.94%

127	Araraquara	São Paulo	233,744	204,934	+14.06%

128	Jacareí	São Paulo	231,863	208,934	+10.97%

129	Arapiraca	Alagoas	230,417	212,216	+8.58%

130	Rio Verde	Goiás	229,651	169,611	+35.40%

131	Rondonópolis	Mato Grosso	228,857	189,975	+20.47%

132	Hortolândia	São Paulo	227,353	186,461	+21.93%

133	Presidente Prudente	São Paulo	227,072	205,340	+10.58%

134	Maracanaú	Ceará	226,128	200,797	+12.62%

135	Cabo Frio	Rio de Janeiro	222,528	171,551	+29.72%

136	Dourados	Mato Grosso do Sul	220,965	191,638	+15.30%

137	Santa Luzia	Minas Gerais	218,147	198,773	+9.75%

138	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	216,654	182,809	+18.51%

139	Itajaí	Santa Catarina	215,895	182,484	+18.31%

140	Juazeiro	Bahia	215,183	194,327	+10.73%

141	Criciúma	Santa Catarina	213,023	191,473	+11.25%

142	Itabuna	Bahia	212,740	202,359	+5.13%

143	Rio Grande	Rio Grande do Sul	210,005	192,582	+9.05%

144	Alvorada	Rio Grande do Sul	209,213	194,837	+7.38%

145	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	Espírito Santo	207,324	180,984	+14.55%

146	Águas Lindas de Goiás	Goiás	207,070	157,323	+31.62%

147	Sobral	Ceará	206,644	181,010	+14.16%

148	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	Pernambuco	205,112	179,912	+14.01%

149	Luziânia	Goiás	205,023	165,492	+23.89%

150	Rio Claro	São Paulo	204,797	185,777	+10.24%

151	Parauapebas	Pará	202,882	149,411	+35.79%

152	Passo Fundo	Rio Grande do Sul	201,767	181,299	+11.29%

153	Angra dos Reis	Rio de Janeiro	200,407	148,294	+35.14%

154	Castanhal	Pará	198,294	168,559	+17.64%

155	Araçatuba	São Paulo	195,874	178,927	+9.47%

156	Lauro de Freitas	Bahia	195,095	154,245	+26.48%

157	Santa Bárbara d'Oeste	São Paulo	192,536	178,290	+7.99%

158	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	São Paulo	191,993	164,591	+16.65%

159	Nova Friburgo	Rio de Janeiro	190,084	173,989	+9.25%

160	Barra Mansa	Rio de Janeiro	183,976	172,484	+6.66%

161	Nossa Senhora do Socorro	Sergipe	181,503	158,470	+14.53%

162	Teresópolis	Rio de Janeiro	180,886	160,205	+12.91%

163	Guarapuava	Paraná	180,334	166,195	+8.51%

164	Ibirité	Minas Gerais	179,015	152,647	+17.27%

165	Araguaína	Tocantins	177,517	149,313	+18.89%

166	São José de Ribamar	Maranhão	176,321	160,775	+9.67%

167	Mesquita	Rio de Janeiro	175,620	159,685	+9.98%

168	Jaraguá do Sul	Santa Catarina	174,158	142,209	+22.47%

169	Francisco Morato	São Paulo	174,008	148,935	+16.83%

170	Itapecerica da Serra	São Paulo	173,672	143,448	+21.07%

171	Itu	São Paulo	172,268	150,101	+14.77%

172	Linhares	Espírito Santo	170,364	138,679	+22.85%

173	Palhoça	Santa Catarina	168,259	135,720	+23.98%

174	Timon	Maranhão	167,973	147,214	+14.10%

175	Bragança Paulista	São Paulo	166,753	139,726	+19.34%

176	Pindamonhangaba	São Paulo	166,475	146,117	+13.93%

177	Poços de Caldas	Minas Gerais	166,111	149,667	+10.99%

178	Ilhéus	Bahia	164,844	176,917	−6.82%

179	Valparaíso de Goiás	Goiás	164,723	122,771	+34.17%

180	Caxias	Maranhão	164,224	154,211	+6.49%

181	Nilópolis	Rio de Janeiro	162,269	154,232	+5.21%

182	Itapetininga	São Paulo	162,231	144,395	+12.35%

183	São Caetano do Sul	São Paulo	160,275	146,547	+9.37%

184	Teixeira de Freitas	Bahia	158,445	133,261	+18.90%

185	Maricá	Rio de Janeiro	157,789	116,216	+35.77%

186	Lages	Santa Catarina	157,743	154,122	+2.35%

187	Camaragibe	Pernambuco	156,736	138,239	+13.38%

188	Abaetetuba	Pará	156,292	139,749	+11.84%

189	Jequié	Bahia	155,800	151,820	+2.62%

190	Barreiras	Bahia	153,831	130,620	+17.77%

191	Paranaguá	Paraná	153,666	136,911	+12.24%

192	Parnaíba	Piauí	152,653	145,293	+5.07%

193	Franco da Rocha	São Paulo	152,433	126,092	+20.89%

194	Patos de Minas	Minas Gerais	150,833	132,332	+13.98%

195	Alagoinhas	Bahia	150,832	136,473	+10.52%

196	Mogi Guaçu	São Paulo	150,713	137,208	+9.84%

197	Queimados	Rio de Janeiro	149,265	131,163	+13.80%

198	Pouso Alegre	Minas Gerais	148,862	126,836	+17.37%

199	Jaú	São Paulo	148,581	131,050	+13.38%

200	Porto Seguro	Bahia	146,625	122,525	+19.67%

201	Rio das Ostras	Rio de Janeiro	145,989	101,508	+43.82%

202	Botucatu	São Paulo	144,820	122,659	+18.07%

203	Araucária	Paraná	141,410	116,683	+21.19%

204	Atibaia	São Paulo	141,398	120,886	+16.97%

205	Sapucaia do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	140,311	129,615	+8.25%

206	Teófilo Otoni	Minas Gerais	140,235	133,161	+5.31%

207	Sinop	Mato Grosso	139,935	111,643	+25.34%

208	Garanhuns	Pernambuco	138,983	126,472	+9.89%

209	Balneário Camboriú	Santa Catarina	138,732	106,220	+30.61%

210	Toledo	Paraná	138,572	119,002	+16.45%

211	Vitória de Santo Antão	Pernambuco	137,915	123,930	+11.28%

212	Santana de Parnaíba	São Paulo	136,517	102,074	+33.74%

213	Barbacena	Minas Gerais	136,392	121,571	+12.19%

214	Cametá	Pará	136,390	120,897	+12.82%

215	Santa Rita	Paraíba	135,807	119,546	+13.60%

216	Sabará	Minas Gerais	135,421	121,085	+11.84%

217	Varginha	Minas Gerais	134,477	120,975	+11.16%

218	Apucarana	Paraná	133,726	119,159	+12.22%

219	Araras	São Paulo	132,934	117,972	+12.68%

220	Simões Filho	Bahia	132,906	112,099	+18.56%

221	Brusque	Santa Catarina	131,703	103,944	+26.71%

222	Crato	Ceará	131,372	119,949	+9.52%

223	Pinhais	Paraná	130,789	112,852	+15.89%

224	Araruama	Rio de Janeiro	130,439	110,057	+18.52%

225	Resende	Rio de Janeiro	130,334	117,243	+11.17%

226	Campo Largo	Paraná	130,091	107,711	+20.78%

227	Cubatão	São Paulo	129,760	116,010	+11.85%

228	Santa Cruz do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul	129,427	117,214	+10.42%

229	Marituba	Pará	129,321	108,223	+19.49%

230	Cachoeirinha	Rio Grande do Sul	129,307	116,499	+10.99%

231	São Mateus	Espírito Santo	128,542	106,974	+20.16%

232	Itapipoca	Ceará	128,135	114,693	+11.72%

233	Ji-Paraná	Rondônia	127,907	115,593	+10.65%

234	Conselheiro Lafaiete	Minas Gerais	127,539	115,578	+10.35%

235	Valinhos	São Paulo	127,123	100,905	+25.98%

236	Maranguape	Ceará	127,098	94,641	+34.29%

237	Uruguaiana	Rio Grande do Sul	127,079	125,171	+1.52%

238	Bragança	Pará	126,436	112,285	+12.60%

239	Itaguaí	Rio de Janeiro	125,913	100,362	+25.46%

240	Vespasiano	Minas Gerais	125,376	95,279	+31.59%

241	Trindade	Goiás	125,328	98,159	+27.68%

242	São Félix do Xingu	Pará	124,763	90,908	+37.24%

243	Sertãozinho	São Paulo	124,453	110,081	+13.06%

244	Jandira	São Paulo	123,481	103,784	+18.98%

245	Guarapari	Espírito Santo	122,982	102,009	+20.56%

246	Ribeirão Pires	São Paulo	122,607	102,741	+19.34%

247	Codó	Maranhão	122,597	115,076	+6.54%

248	Birigui	São Paulo	122,359	108,479	+12.80%

249	Barcarena	Pará	122,294	94,641	+29.22%

250	Colatina	Espírito Santo	121,580	109,789	+10.74%

251	Barretos	São Paulo	121,344	111,884	+8.46%

252	Votorantim	São Paulo	121,331	105,514	+14.99%

253	Catanduva	São Paulo	121,210	112,143	+8.09%

254	Arapongas	Paraná	121,198	104,010	+16.53%

255	Guaratinguetá	São Paulo	121,073	111,322	+8.76%

256	Bagé	Rio Grande do Sul	120,943	116,078	+4.19%

257	Paço do Lumiar	Maranhão	120,621	104,567	+15.35%

258	Várzea Paulista	São Paulo	120,572	101,230	+19.11%

259	Tatuí	São Paulo	120,533	106,572	+13.10%

260	Caraguatatuba	São Paulo	119,625	99,540	+20.18%

261	Santana	Amapá	119,610	99,029	+20.78%

262	Formosa	Goiás	119,506	97,903	+22.07%

263	Três Lagoas	Mato Grosso do Sul	119,465	98,311	+21.52%

264	Itabira	Minas Gerais	119,186	105,694	+12.77%

265	Itatiba	São Paulo	119,090	99,705	+19.44%

266	Bento Gonçalves	Rio Grande do Sul	119,049	104,470	+13.96%

267	Salto	São Paulo	117,561	103,795	+13.26%

268	Almirante Tamandaré	Paraná	117,168	99,514	+17.74%

269	Paulo Afonso	Bahia	117,014	107,520	+8.83%

270	Araguari	Minas Gerais	116,691	107,810	+8.24%

271	Poá	São Paulo	116,530	104,574	+11.43%

272	Igarassu	Pernambuco	115,640	97,032	+19.18%

273	Ubá	Minas Gerais	114,265	97,726	+16.92%

274	Passos	Minas Gerais	113,998	104,691	+8.89%

275	Novo Gama	Goiás	113,679	92,788	+22.51%

276	Altamira	Pará	113,195	94,624	+19.63%

277	Parintins	Amazonas	113,168	96,223	+17.61%

278	Ourinhos	São Paulo	112,711	102,302	+10.17%

279	São Lourenço da Mata	Pernambuco	112,362	101,762	+10.42%

280	Eunápolis	Bahia	112,318	98,078	+14.52%

281	Senador Canedo	Goiás	112,224	82,712	+35.68%

282	Tucuruí	Pará	112,148	96,343	+16.40%

283	Paragominas	Pará	111,764	97,459	+14.68%

284	Açailândia	Maranhão	111,757	101,022	+10.63%

285	Piraquara	Paraná	111,052	91,783	+20.99%

286	Corumbá	Mato Grosso do Sul	110,806	102,209	+8.41%

287	Umuarama	Paraná	110,590	100,025	+10.56%

288	Coronel Fabriciano	Minas Gerais	109,405	103,008	+6.21%

289	Muriaé	Minas Gerais	108,113	99,949	+8.17%

290	Patos	Paraíba	106,984	100,675	+6.27%

291	Paulínia	São Paulo	106,776	80,874	+32.03%

292	Catalão	Goiás	106,618	84,964	+25.49%

293	Ariquemes	Rondônia	106,168	88,330	+20.19%

294	Santa Cruz do Capibaribe	Pernambuco	105,936	82,649	+28.18%

295	Cambé	Paraná	105,704	96,427	+9.62%

296	Araxá	Minas Gerais	105,083	93,071	+12.91%

297	Erechim	Rio Grande do Sul	105,059	96,031	+9.40%

298	Tubarão	Santa Catarina	104,937	96,284	+8.99%

299	Bacabal	Maranhão	104,633	98,445	+6.29%

300	Ituiutaba	Minas Gerais	104,067	96,097	+8.29%

301	Japeri	Rio de Janeiro	103,960	91,933	+13.08%

302	Assis	São Paulo	103,666	94,659	+9.52%

303	Tailândia	Pará	103,664	79,282	+30.75%

304	Itumbiara	Goiás	103,652	91,892	+12.80%

305	Lagarto	Sergipe	103,576	94,071	+10.10%

306	Iguatu	Ceará	103,255	95,011	+8.68%

307	São Pedro da Aldeia	Rio de Janeiro	102,846	86,506	+18.89%

308	Lavras	Minas Gerais	102,728	89,380	+14.93%

309	Itaperuna	Rio de Janeiro	102,626	89,762	+14.33%

310	Leme	São Paulo	102,412	91,476	+11.96%

311	Breves	Pará	101,891	92,283	+10.41%

312	Tangará da Serra	Mato Grosso	101,764	81,918	+24.23%

313	São Gonçalo do Amarante	Rio Grande do Norte	101,102	86,151	+17.35%

314	Itaituba	Pará	101,097	95,210	+6.18%

315	Santo Antônio de Jesus	Bahia	100,605	86,982	+15.66%

316	Itanhaém	São Paulo	100,496	85,952	+16.92%

317	Caieiras	São Paulo	100,129	84,165	+18.97%

Sentence(s)

Brasília is estimated to be Brazil's 3rd most populous city.

final_sentence: Brasília is estimated to be Brazil's 3rd most populous city.