List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

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This is a list of the metropolitan areas in Brazil, containing the legally defined metropolitan areas with more than one million inhabitants in Brazil, according to estimates published by IBGE.

Definitions[]

In Brazil, the terms "Metropolitan Regions" (Portuguese: Regiões Metropolitanas, RM) and "Urban Agglomerations" (Aglomerações Urbanas) have specific meanings. They are defined by federal and state legislation as collections of municipalities focused on "integrating the organization, planning and execution of public functions of common interest".[1] An "Integrated Development Area" (Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento, RIDE) is one of the two above structures that crosses state (or Federal District) boundaries.

Because these regions are formed by consent of municipalities, their composition can change over time due to municipal reorganization. These regions may not coincide exactly with boundaries of statistical Immediate Geographic Areas[2] (formerly microregions) defined by IBGE, or with the broader definition of built-up urban area.[3]

List[]

Rank (2019) Metropolitan area Region State[4] Population estimate (2019)[5] Population
(2017)[6] 		Population
(2016)[7] 		Change (2016-7) Type
1 São Paulo Southeast  São Paulo 21,734,682 21,391,624 21,242,939 +0.7% RM
2 Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro 12,763,459 12,377,505 12,330,186 +0.4% RM
3 Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais 5,961,895 5,915,536 5,873,841 +0.7% RM
4 Distrito Federal e Entorno Central-West  Distrito Federal,

 Goiás,

 Minas Gerais

4,627,771 4,366,901 4,284,676 +1.9% RIDE
5 Porto Alegre South  Rio Grande do Sul 4,340,733 4,293,050 4,276,475 +0.4% RM
6 Fortaleza Northeast  Ceará 4,106,245 4,051,744 4,019,213 +0.8% RM
7 Recife  Pernambuco 4,079,575 3,965,699 3,940,456 +0.6% RM
8 Salvador  Bahia 3,929,209 4,015,205 3,984,583 +0.8% RM
9 Curitiba South  Paraná 3,654,960 3,572,326 3,537,894 +1.0% RM
10 Campinas Southeast  São Paulo 3,264,915 3,168,019 3,131,528 +1.2% RM
11 Manaus North  Amazonas 2,676,936 2,612,747 2,568,817 +1.7% RM
12 Goiânia Central-West  Goiás 2,560,625 2,493,792 2,458,504 +1.4% RM
13 Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte Southeast  São Paulo 2,552,610 2,497,857 2,475,879 +0.9% RM
14 Belém North  Pará 2,510,274 2,441,761 2,422,481 +0.8% RM
15 Sorocaba Southeast  São Paulo 2,143,789 2,088,381 1,908,425 +9.4% RM
16 Grande Vitória  Espírito Santo 1,979,337 1,960,213 1,935,483 +1.3% RM
17 Baixada Santista  São Paulo 1,865,397 1,828,212 1,813,033 +0.8% RM
18 Ribeirão Preto  São Paulo 1,720,469 1,678,910 1,662,645 +1.0% RM
19 Grande São Luís Northeast  Maranhão 1,633,117 1,619,377 1,605,305 +0.9% RM
20 Natal  Rio Grande do Norte 1,604,067 1,596,104 1,537,211 +3.8% RM
21 Piracicaba Southeast  São Paulo 1,495,220 1,464,993 1,452,691 +0.8% Aglomeração Urbana
22 Norte/Nordeste Catarinense South  Santa Catarina 1,419,518 1,383,456 1,363,854 +1.4% RM
23 Maceió Northeast  Alagoas 1,310,520 1,352,241 1,314,254 +2.9% RM
24 João Pessoa  Paraíba 1,278,401 1,282,227 1,268,360 +1.1% RM
25 Teresina  Piauí,

 Maranhão

1,223,902 1,204,397 1,199,941 +0.4% RIDE
26 Florianópolis South  Santa Catarina 1,209,818 1,172,076 1,152,115 +1.7% RM
27 Londrina  Paraná 1,111,577 1,094,347 1,085,479 +0.8% RM
28 Vale do Rio Cuiabá Central-West  Mato Grosso 1,041,307 1,005,690 998,174 +0.8% RM

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Areas, Urban Agglomerations and Integrated Development Areas | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. ^ "Regional Divisions of Brazil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  3. ^ "Population Arrangements and Urban Concentrations in Brazil | 2015 | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  4. ^ "Brazil: Metropolitan Areas". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Estimativas 2019 população Regiões Metropolitanas". Agencia de Noticias - IBGE (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Tabela 4: POPULAÇÃO DAS REGIÕES METROPOLITANAS, REGIÕES INTEGRADAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO E AGLOMERAÇÕES URBANAS COM MAIS DE UM MILHÃO DE HABITANTES" (in Portuguese). IBGE. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ "IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016" (in Portuguese). IBGE. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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