List of Brazilian states by population density
Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre. It is worked out by simply dividing the population by the area of the Federative Units. Brazil has an overall population density of 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The figures are based on 2014 IBGE estimative data data.
Brazilian states by Population Density, in people per square kilometer
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below 3 |
3 to 12 |
12 to 48 |
48 to 192 |
above 192 |
| Rank | State | Area (km2)[1] | Population[2] | Density (pop./km2) | Comparable country (Density) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Distrito Federal |
5,780.0 | 2,852,372 | 493.5 |  Tuvalu |
| 2 |  Rio de Janeiro |
43,780.2 | 16,461,173 | 376.0 |  Comoros |
| 3 |  São Paulo |
248,222.8 | 44,035,304 | 177.4 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 4 |  Alagoas |
27,778.5 | 3,321,730 | 119.5 |  Albania |
| 5 |  Sergipe |
21,915.1 | 2,219,574 | 101.3 |  Romania |
| 6 |  Pernambuco |
98,148.3 | 9,277,727 | 94.5 |  Costa Rica |
| 7 |  Espírito Santo |
46,095.6 | 3,885,049 | 84.3 |  Benin |
| 8 |  Santa Catarina |
95,736.2 | 6,727,148 | 70.3 |  Tunisia |
| 9 |  Paraíba |
56,469.8 | 3,943,885 | 69.8 |  Honduras |
| 10 |  Rio Grande do Norte |
52,811.0 | 3,408,510 | 64.5 |  Kenya |
| 11 |  Ceará |
148,920.5 | 8,842,791 | 59.4 |  Mexico |
| 12 |  Paraná |
199,307.9 | 11,081,692 | 55.6 |  Lithuania |
| 13 |  Rio Grande do Sul |
281,730.2 | 11,207,274 | 39.8 |  Guinea |
| 14 |  Minas Gerais |
586,522.1 | 20,734,097 | 35.4 |  Venezuela |
| 15 |  Bahia |
564,733.2 | 15,126,371 | 26.8 |  Mozambique |
| 16 |  Maranhão |
331,937.4 | 6,850,884 | 20.6 |  Equatorial Guinea |
| 17 |  Goiás |
340,111.8 | 6,523,222 | 19.2 |  Solomon Islands |
| 18 |  Piauí |
251,577.8 | 3,194,718 | 12.7 |  Norway |
| 19 |  Rondônia |
237,590.5 | 1,748,531 | 7.4 |  Central African Republic |
| 20 |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
357,145.5 | 2,619,657 | 7.3 | Central African Republic |
| 21 |  Pará |
1,247,954.7 | 8,073,924 | 6.5 |  Kazakhstan |
| 22 |  Tocantins |
277,720.5 | 1,496,880 | 5.4 |  Gabon |
| 23 |  Amapá |
142,828.5 | 750,912 | 5.3 |  Guyana |
| 24 |  Acre |
164,123.0 | 790,101 | 4.8 | Gabon |
| 25 |  Mato Grosso |
903,366.2 | 3,224,357 | 3.6 |  Canada |
| 26 |  Amazonas |
1,559,159.1 | 3,873,743 | 2.5 |  French Guiana |
| 27 |  Roraima |
224,300.5 | 496,936 | 2.2 |  Mongolia |
| — |  Brazil |
8,515,767.0 | 202,768,562 | 23.8 |  Peru |
Notes and references
See also
External links
- States of Brazil at statoids.com
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