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Brazil Map
Every state, city and town in Brazil on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and states above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a state to see its population, area and largest towns.
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About Brazil
Brazil has 27 states and about 214,211,951 people (2026) on 8,510,418 km² (3,285,889 sq mi). The capital is Brasília; the largest city is São Paulo, with 11,911,337 people. It borders Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
São Paulo is the most populous state (46,179,008 people) and Roraima the least (761,012); Amazonas is the largest by area (1,559,256 km²) and Federal District the smallest (5,761 km²).
Largest cities in Brazil
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 687 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | State | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | São Paulo | 11,911,337 |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | 6,731,133 |
| 3 | Brasília | Federal District | 3,009,996 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | Ceará | 2,582,360 |
| 5 | Salvador | Bahia | 2,559,945 |
| 6 | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | 2,415,451 |
| 7 | Manaus | Amazonas | 2,327,101 |
| 8 | Curitiba | Paraná | 1,832,183 |
| 9 | Recife | Pernambuco | 1,588,983 |
| 10 | Goiânia | Goiás | 1,511,709 |
| 11 | Belém | Pará | 1,396,157 |
| 12 | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | 1,388,791 |
| 13 | Guarulhos | São Paulo | 1,351,284 |
| 14 | Campinas | São Paulo | 1,189,761 |
| 15 | São Luís | Maranhão | 1,090,229 |
| 16 | Maceió | Alagoas | 995,134 |
| 17 | Campo Grande | Mato Grosso do Sul | 970,843 |
| 18 | São Gonçalo | Rio de Janeiro | 959,977 |
| 19 | Teresina | Piauí | 908,012 |
| 20 | João Pessoa | Paraíba | 906,093 |
| 21 | Duque de Caxias | Rio de Janeiro | 866,167 |
| 22 | Nova Iguaçu | Rio de Janeiro | 843,367 |
| 23 | São Bernardo do Campo | São Paulo | 842,558 |
| 24 | Santo André | São Paulo | 784,290 |
| 25 | Natal | Rio Grande do Norte | 783,196 |
Populations are IBGE's estimates of the resident population on 1 July 2026; towns are municipalities (municípios), so a city's figure includes its whole municipality, rural districts included.
States of Brazil
All 27 states. Select one to show it on the map.
| Rio Branco | 887,794 | 164,173 | |
| Maceió | 3,221,128 | 27,831 | |
| Macapá | 809,953 | 142,471 | |
| Manaus | 4,360,926 | 1,559,256 | |
| Salvador | 14,889,472 | 564,760 | |
| Fortaleza | 9,302,211 | 148,894 | |
| Vitória | 4,150,692 | 46,074 | |
| Brasília | 3,009,996 | 5,761 | |
| Goiânia | 7,495,033 | 340,243 | |
| São Luís | 7,024,557 | 329,651 | |
| Cuiabá | 3,950,330 | 903,208 | |
| Campo Grande | 2,946,317 | 357,142 | |
| Belo Horizonte | 21,460,311 | 586,514 | |
| Belém | 8,756,324 | 1,245,871 | |
| João Pessoa | 4,182,828 | 56,467 | |
| Curitiba | 11,952,456 | 199,299 | |
| Recife | 9,583,176 | 98,068 | |
| Teresina | 3,392,617 | 251,755 | |
| Rio de Janeiro | 17,225,410 | 43,750 | |
| Natal | 3,463,737 | 52,810 | |
| Porto Alegre | 11,233,317 | 281,707 | |
| Porto Velho | 1,757,338 | 237,754 | |
| Boa Vista | 761,012 | 223,645 | |
| Florianópolis | 8,312,759 | 95,731 | |
| São Paulo | 46,179,008 | 248,219 | |
| Aracaju | 2,307,255 | 21,938 | |
| Palmas | 1,595,994 | 277,424 |
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Sources
- States and the Federal District: IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), Malha Territorial 2022 (servicodados.ibge.gov.br, meshes API); areas: IBGE, Área territorial 2022 (SIDRA table 4714).
- Populations: IBGE, Estimativas da População, resident population estimated for 1 July 2026, by state and municipality (SIDRA table 6579).
- Municipalities and their seats: IBGE Localidades API (names) and IBGE, Localidades do Brasil 2022 (the municipal seats' locations).
- Federal highways (BR-xxx): IBGE, Base Cartográfica Contínua do Brasil 1:250 000 (BC250), edition 2025, road sections under federal jurisdiction.