List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

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.

Metropolitan area^[4]	Region	State	Population estimate (2019)^[5]	Population (2017)^[6]	Population (2016)^[7]	Change (2016-7)	Type
São Paulo	Southeast	São Paulo	21,734,682	21,391,624	21,242,939	+0.7%	metropolitan area
Rio de Janeiro		Rio de Janeiro	12,763,459	12,377,505	12,330,186	+0.4%	metropolitan area
Belo Horizonte		Minas Gerais	5,961,895	5,915,536	5,873,841	+0.7%	metropolitan area
Brasília	Central-West	Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais	4,627,771	4,366,901	4,284,676	+1.9%	integrated development area
Porto Alegre	South	Rio Grande do Sul	4,340,733	4,293,050	4,276,475	+0.4%	metropolitan area
Fortaleza	Northeast	Ceará	4,106,245	4,051,744	4,019,213	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Recife		Pernambuco	4,079,575	3,965,699	3,940,456	+0.6%	metropolitan area
Salvador		Bahia	3,929,209	4,015,205	3,984,583	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Curitiba	South	Paraná	3,654,960	3,572,326	3,537,894	+1.0%	metropolitan area
Campinas	Southeast	São Paulo	3,264,915	3,168,019	3,131,528	+1.2%	metropolitan area
Manaus	North	Amazonas	2,676,936	2,612,747	2,568,817	+1.7%	metropolitan area
Goiânia	Central-West	Goiás	2,560,625	2,493,792	2,458,504	+1.4%	metropolitan area
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte	Southeast	São Paulo	2,552,610	2,497,857	2,475,879	+0.9%	metropolitan area
Belém	North	Pará	2,510,274	2,441,761	2,422,481	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Sorocaba	Southeast	São Paulo	2,143,789	2,088,381	1,908,425	+9.4%	metropolitan area
Vitória		Espírito Santo	1,979,337	1,960,213	1,935,483	+1.3%	metropolitan area
Baixada Santista		São Paulo	1,865,397	1,828,212	1,813,033	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Ribeirão Preto		São Paulo	1,720,469	1,678,910	1,662,645	+1.0%	metropolitan area
São Luís	Northeast	Maranhão	1,633,117	1,619,377	1,605,305	+0.9%	metropolitan area
Natal	Northeast	Rio Grande do Norte	1,604,067	1,596,104	1,537,211	+3.8%	metropolitan area
Piracicaba	Southeast	São Paulo	1,495,220	1,464,993	1,452,691	+0.8%	urban agglomeration
Norte e Nordeste Catarinense	South	Santa Catarina	1,419,518	1,383,456	1,363,854	+1.4%	metropolitan area
Maceió	Northeast	Alagoas	1,310,520	1,352,241	1,314,254	+2.9%	metropolitan area
João Pessoa		Paraíba	1,278,401	1,282,227	1,268,360	+1.1%	metropolitan area
Teresina		Piauí, Maranhão	1,223,902	1,204,397	1,199,941	+0.4%	integrated development area
Florianópolis	South	Santa Catarina	1,209,818	1,172,076	1,152,115	+1.7%	metropolitan area
Londrina	South	Paraná	1,111,577	1,094,347	1,085,479	+0.8%	metropolitan area
Vale do Rio Cuiabá	Central-West	Mato Grosso	1,041,307	1,005,690	998,174	+0.8%	metropolitan area

List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

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