List of Brazilian states by population
There are 26 States in 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.

List of Brazilian states by population

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Table Section Text: There are 26 States in 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.

Rank	State	Population (2014)	Population (2010)	Population (2000)	Population approximately equal	Percent of the total Brazil population, 2014

1	São Paulo	44,035,304	41,262,199	37,032,403	Argentina	21.71%

2	Minas Gerais	20,734,097	19,597,330	17,891,494	Sri Lanka	10.23%

3	Rio de Janeiro	16,461,173	15,989,929	14,391,282	Netherlands	8.118%

4	Bahia	15,126,371	14,016,906	13,070,250	Burkina Faso	7.460%

5	Rio Grande do Sul	11,207,274	10,693,929	10,187,798	Zimbabwe	5.527%

6	Paraná	11,081,692	10,444,526	9,569,458	South Sudan	5.465%

7	Pernambuco	9,277,727	8,796,448	7,918,344	Dominican Republic	4.576%

8	Ceará	8,842,791	8,452,381	7,430,661	Austria	4.361%

9	Pará	8,073,924	7,581,051	6,192,307	Azerbaijan	3.982%

10	Maranhão	6,850,884	6,574,789	5,651,475	Paraguay	3.379%

11	Santa Catarina	6,727,148	6,248,436	5,356,360	Paraguay	3.318%

12	Goiás	6,523,222	6,003,788	5,003,228	Laos	3.217%

13	Paraíba	3,943,885	3,766,528	3,443,825	Lebanon	1.945%

14	Espírito Santo	3,885,049	3,512,672	3,097,232	Republic of the Congo	1.916%

15	Amazonas	3,873,743	3,483,985	2,812,557	Puerto Rico	1.910%

16	Rio Grande do Norte	3,408,510	3,168,027	2,776,782	Uruguay	1.681%

17	Alagoas	3,321,730	3,120,494	2,822,621	Liberia	1.638%

18	Mato Grosso	3,224,357	3,035,122	2,504,353	Panama	1.590%

19	Piauí	3,194,718	3,118,360	2,843,278	Panama	1.576%

20	Distrito Federal	2,852,372	2,570,160	2,051,146	Armenia	1.407%

21	Mato Grosso do Sul	2,619,657	2,449,024	2,078,001	Kuwait	1.292%

22	Sergipe	2,219,574	2,068,017	1,784,475	Lesotho	1.095%

23	Rondônia	1,748,531	1,562,409	1,379,787	Kosovo	0.862%

24	Tocantins	1,496,880	1,383,445	1,157,098	Guinea-Bissau	0.738%

25	Acre	790,101	733,559	557,526	Cyprus	0.390%

26	Amapá	750,912	669,526	477,032	Guyana	0.370%

27	Roraima	496,936	450,479	324,397	Cape Verde	0.245%

—	Total	202,768,562	190,753,519	169,805,170	Brazil	100.0%

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São Paulo is the most populous Brazilian state.

final_sentence: São Paulo is the most populous Brazilian state.