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. In 2014, Brazil had an overall population density of 24.66 inhabitants per square kilometer.[1]
| Rank | State | Area (km2)[2] | Population[3] | Density (pop./km2) | Comparable country (Density) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
Brazilian states by Population Density, in people per square kilometer
Notes and references
See also
- Brazil
- States of Brazil
- List of subnational entities
External links
- "States of Brazil". Statoids.
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