Table 1.
Percentage distribution of the Brazilian population by regions, states, and most populous cities and their respective abbreviations †.
| Brazil BRA/210,147,125 | |
| North N/18,430,980 (9%) | |
| Acre AC/881,935 (0.4%) | Rio Branco RBO/407,319 (46.2%) |
| Amapá AP/845,731 (0.4%) | Macapá MPA/503,327 (59.5%) |
| Amazonas AM/4,144,597 (2.0%) | Manaus MNS/2,182,763 (52.7%) |
| Pará PA/8,602,865 (4.1%) | Belém BLM/1,492,745 (17.4%) Ananindeua AIU/530,598 (6.2%) |
| Rondônia RO/1,777,225 (0.8%) | Porto Velho PVO/529,544 (29.8%) |
| Roraima RR/605,761 (0.3%) | Boa Vista BVA/399,213 (65.9%) |
| Tocantins TO/1,572,866 (0.7%) | Palmas PMJ/299,127 (19.0%) |
| Northeast NE/57,071,654 (27%) | |
| Alagoas AL/3,337,357 (1.6%) | Maceió MCO/1,018,948 (30.5%) |
| Bahia BA/14,873,064 (7.1%) | Salvador SDR/2,872,347 (19.3%) Feira de Santana FSA/614,872 (4.1%) * |
| Ceará CE/9,132,078 (4.3%) | Fortaleza FLA/2,669,342 (29.2%) |
| Maranhão MA/7,075,181 (3.4%) | São Luís SLS/1,101,884 (15.6%) |
| Paraíba PB/4,018,127 (1.9%) | João Pessoa JPA/809,015 (20.1%) |
| Pernambuco PE/9,557,071 (4.5%) | Recife RCE/1,645,727 (17.2%) Jaboatão dos Guararapes JBO/702,298 (7.3%) * |
| Piauí PI/3,273,227 (1.6%) | Teresina TSA/864,845 (26.4%) |
| Rio Grande do Norte RN/3,506,853 (1.7%) | Natal NTL/884,122 (25.2%) |
| Sergipe SE/2,298,696 (1.1%) | Aracajú AJU/657,013 (28.6%) |
| Southeast SE/88,371,433 (42%) | |
| Espírito Santo ES/4,018,650 (1.9%) | Vitória VTA/362,097 (9.0%) Serra SEA/517,510 (12.9%) * |
| Minas Gerais MG/21,168,791 (10.1%) | Belo Horizonte BHE/2,512,070 (11.9%) Contagem CEM/663,855 (3.1%) * Juiz de Fora JFA/568,873 (2.7%) * Uberlândia ULA/691,305 (3.3%) * |
| Rio de Janeiro RJ/17,264,943 (8.2%) | Rio de Janeiro RIO/6,718,903 (38.9%) Belford Roxo BFX/510,906 (3.0%) * Campos dos Goytacazes CPS/507,548 (2.9%) * Duque de Caxias DQX/919,596 (5.3%) * Niterói NRI/513,584 (3.0%) * Nova Iguaçu NIU/821,128 (4.8%) * São Gonçalo SGO/1,084,839 (6.3%) * |
| São Paulo SP/45,919,049 (21.9%) | São Paulo SPA/12,252,023 (26.7%) Campinas CAM/1,204,073 (2.6%) * Guarulhos GRH/1,379,182 (3.0%) * Osasco OSC/698,418 (1.5%) * Ribeirão Preto RPR/703,293 (1.5%) * Santo André SDE/718,773 (1.6%) * São Bernardo do Campo SBC/838,936 (1.8%) * São José dos Campos SJC/721,944 (1.6%) * Sorocaba SCB/679,378 (1.5%) * |
| South S/29,975,985 (14%) | |
| Paraná PR/11,433,957 (5.4%) | Curitiba CTA/1,933,105 (16.9%) Londrina LDA/569,733 (5.0%) * |
| Rio Grande do Sul RS/11,377,239 (5.4%) | Porto Alegre PAE/1,483,771 (13.0%) Caxias do Sul CSL/510,906 (4.5%) * |
| Santa Catarina SC/7,164,788 (3.4%) | Florianópolis FNS/500,973 (7.0%) Joinville JVE/590,466 (8.2%) * |
| Central-West CW/16,297,074 (8%) | |
| Distrito Federal DF/3,015,268 (1.4%) | Brasília BSA/3,015,268 (100%) |
| Goiás GO/7,018,354 (3.3%) | Goiânia GNA/1,516,113 (21.6%) Aparecida de Goiânia ACG/578,179 (8.2%) * |
| Mato Grosso MT/3,484,466 (1.7%) | Campo Grande CPE/895,982 (32.2%) |
| Mato Grosso do Sul MS/2,778,986 (1.3%) | Cuiabá CBA/612,547 (17.6%) |
† Data reported by IBGE in 2019. * Non-capital cities with more than 500 thousand inhabitants.