List of the states of Brazil by population density
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There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil
, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília
. Below are these states listed in order of the population density, from Distrito Federal with the greatest population density, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map.
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 state. Brazil has an overall population density of 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer . This and the figures below are based on 2000 census data.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília
Brasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
. Below are these states listed in order of the population density, from Distrito Federal with the greatest population density, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map.
Population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
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 state. Brazil has an overall population density of 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer . This and the figures below are based on 2000 census data.
| Rank | State | Area | Population | Density | Comparable country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 5,801.9 | 2.383.784 | 410,9 |  Tuvalu |
|
| 1 |  Rio de Janeiro (state) |
43,696.1 | 15.561.720 | 356,1 |  Comoros |
| 2 |  São Paulo (state) |
248,209.4 | 41.055.734 | 165,4 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 3 |  Alagoas |
27,767.7 | 3.050.652 | 109,9 |  Albania |
| 4 |  Sergipe |
21,910.3 | 2.000.738 | 91,3 |  Kingdom of Romania |
| 5 |  Pernambuco |
98,311.6 | 8.502.603 | 86,5 |  Costa Rica |
| 6 |  Espírito Santo |
46,077.5 | 3.464.285 | 75,2 |  Benin |
| 7 |  Paraíba |
56,439.8 | 3.623.215 | 64,2 |  Honduras |
| 8 |  Santa Catarina (state) |
95,346.2 | 5.958.266 | 62,5 |  Tunisia |
| 9 |  Rio Grande do Norte |
52,796.8 | 3.043.760 | 57,7 |  Kenya |
| 10 |  Ceará |
148,825.6 | 8.217.085 | 55,2 |  Mexico |
| 11 |  Paraná (state) |
199,314.9 | 10.387.378 | 52,1 |  Lithuania |
| 12 |  Rio Grande do Sul |
281,748.5 | 10.963.219 | 38,9 |  Guinea |
| 13 |  Minas Gerais |
586,528.3 | 19.479.356 | 33,2 |  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
| 14 |  Bahia |
564,692.7 | 13.950.146 | 24,7 |  Mozambique |
| 15 |  Maranhão |
331,983.3 | 6.184.538 | 18,6 |  Equatorial Guinea |
| 16 |  Goiás |
340,086.7 | 5.730.753 | 16,9 |  Solomon Islands |
| 17 |  Piauí |
251,529.2 | 3.036.290 | 12,1 |  Norway |
| 18 |  Rondônia |
237,576.2 | 1.562.417 | 6,6 |  Central African Republic |
| 19 |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
357,125 | 2.297.981 | 6,4 | Central African Republic |
| 20 |  Pará |
1,247,689.5 | 7.110.465 | 5,7 |  Kazakhstan |
| 21 |  Tocantins |
277,620.9 | 1.332.441 | 4,8 |  Gabon |
| 22 |  Acre (state) |
152,581.4 | 686.652 | 4,5 | Gabon |
| 23 |  Amapá |
142,814.6 | 615.715 | 4,3 |  Guyana |
| 24 |  Mato Grosso |
903,357.9 | 2.856.999 | 3,2 |  Canada |
| 25 |  Amazonas (state, Brazil) |
1,570,745.7 | 3.311.026 | 2,1 |  French Guiana |
| 26 |  Roraima |
224,299 | 403.344 | 1,8 |  Mongolia |