Italian Brazilians are Brazilians who have full or partial Italian ancestry. Italian Brazilians account for about  15%  of the total population of Brazil and are the largest number of people with full or partial Italian ancestry outside Italy. São Paulo is the most populous city with Italian ancestry in the world.  According to Estimates, there were 32 million people of Italian descent in Brazil. The main areas of Italian settlement in Brazil were the Southern and Southeastern Regions, namely the states of São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. Source: 2013 estimates