In 2024, approximately 11.9 million people lived in São Paulo, making it the largest municipality in Brazil and one of the most populous cities in the world. The homonymous state of São Paulo was also the most populous federal entity in the country. Brazil's cities Brazil is home to two large metropolises: São Paulo with close to 11.9 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro with around 6.7 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller but well-known cities, such as Brasília, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country's population is primarily urban, with nearly 88 percent of inhabitants living in cities. While smaller than some of the other cities, Brasília was chosen to be the capital because of its relatively central location. The city is also well-known for its modernist architecture and utopian city plan, which is quite controversial - criticized by many and praised by others. Sports venues capitals A number of Brazil’s medium-sized and large cities were chosen as venues for the 2014 World Cup, and the 2015 Summer Olympics also took place in Rio de Janeiro. Both of these events required large sums of money to support infrastructure and enhance mobility within a number of different cities across the country. Billions of dollars were spent on the 2014 World Cup, which went primarily to stadium construction and renovation but also to a number of different mobility projects. Other short-term spending on infrastructure for the World Cup and the Rio Olympic Games was estimated at 50 billion U.S. dollars. While these events have poured a lot of money into urban infrastructure, a number of social and economic problems within the country remain unsolved.

In 2025, approximately 23 million people lived in the São Paulo metropolitan area, making it the biggest in Latin America and the Caribbean and the sixth most populated in the world. The homonymous state of São Paulo was also the most populous federal entity in the country. The second place for the region was Mexico City with 22.75 million inhabitants. Brazil's cities Brazil is home to two large metropolises, only counting the population within the city limits, São Paulo had approximately 11.45 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro around 6.21 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller, but well known cities such as Brasília, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country's population is primarily urban, with nearly 88 percent of inhabitants living in cities. Mexico City Mexico City's metropolitan area ranks sevenths in the ranking of most populated cities in the world. Founded over the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521 after the Spanish conquest as the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the city still stands as one of the most important in Latin America. Nevertheless, the preeminent economic, political, and cultural position of Mexico City has not prevented the metropolis from suffering the problems affecting the rest of the country, namely, inequality and violence. Only in 2023, the city registered a crime incidence of 52,723 reported cases for every 100,000 inhabitants and around 24 percent of the population lived under the poverty line.

Brazil BR: Population in Largest City data was reported at 22,806,704.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 22,619,736.000 Person for 2023. Brazil BR: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 15,288,036.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22,806,704.000 Person in 2024 and a record low of 4,493,182.000 Person in 1960. Brazil BR: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;;

Population in largest city in Brazil was reported at 22806704 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Brazil - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

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Graph and download economic data for Geographical Outreach: Number of Branches in 3 Largest Cities, Excluding Headquarters, for Other Deposit Takers for Brazil (BRAFCBODDLNUM) from 2005 to 2015 about branches and Brazil.

The statistic presents a ranking of the leading cities in Brazil in 2018, based on advertising spending. Brazil's largest city São Paulo ranked first, with more than ** billion Brazilian reals (approximately ************ U.S. dollars at December 31, 2018 exchange rates) invested in advertising in 2018.

Florianópolis and Recife were the cities with the highest hotel occupancy rate in Brazil in 2024, surpassing ** percent. Out of the 15 listed cities, only one had an occupancy rate below ** percent.

Brazil BR: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 12.223 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.203 % for 2023. Brazil BR: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 12.971 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.235 % in 1980 and a record low of 11.954 % in 2005. Brazil BR: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;Weighted average;

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This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Brazil. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Context

A large chain store requires making the decision to create new distribution hosts and shut down hosts that do not generate business value. Nothing better than Machine Learning to support this decision making.

Content

This Dataset contains the main cities in Brazil and this network is already in all of its regional capitals (capital = admin).

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 365 cities in the Florida by Brazilian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Brazilian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Florida by their Brazilian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Brazilian Population: The Brazilian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Brazilian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Florida Brazilian Population: This tells us how much of the entire Florida Brazilian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Abstract This paper compares the occupational structure of cities in Brazil and United States aiming to evaluate the extent to which the economic structure of these urban agglomerations is associated with the different stages of development, specifically when comparing a rich country with a developing one. Using a harmonized occupational database and microdata from the Brazilian 2010 Demographic Census and the U.S. American Community Survey (2008-2012), results show that Brazilian cities have a stronger connection between population size, both with occupational structure and human capital distribution, than the one found for cities in the United States. These findings suggest a stronger primacy of large cities in Brazil’s urban network and a more unequal distribution of economic activity across cities when compared to USA, indicating a strong correlation between development and occupational structure.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 1 cities in the Major County, OK by Brazilian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Brazilian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Major County, OK by their Brazilian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Brazilian Population: The Brazilian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Brazilian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Major County Brazilian Population: This tells us how much of the entire Major County, OK Brazilian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 5 cities in the Big Horn County, WY by Brazilian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Brazilian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Big Horn County, WY by their Brazilian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Brazilian Population: The Brazilian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Brazilian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Big Horn County Brazilian Population: This tells us how much of the entire Big Horn County, WY Brazilian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Abstract COVID-19 has been affecting the way of life in cities. The pandemic curve grows significantly in some countries, such as Brazil, requiring rapid responses from the public administration. This research, conducted in April 2020, characterizes the use of digital tools in adapting Brazilian cities to the pandemic in light of the concept of smart cities, presenting a panorama of the current situation. The results indicated that 83% of the cities surveyed used digital tools in measures to fight the pandemic, such as increasing social distancing and adapting public services. The concentration of initiatives tends to follow the geographic distribution of confirmed cases, i.e., digital tools are more used in places where the pandemic curve is more accentuated. Also, cities that are historically more open to innovation demonstrated a heavier use of digital technologies and strategies to fight the pandemic. Finally, the results indicate that the largest Brazilian cities follow, at some level, the trends of digital optimization observed worldwide.

From the 2000s, the Brazilian housing market has undergone significant changes that allowed the resumption of construction growth, the number of units built and sold. These changes were made possible due to a number of changes in urban and housing policies, especially in the expansion of the supply of housing finance, allowing the incorporation of a larger portion of the population in access to housing. However, the effects of these recent housing policies are not clear yet. On the one hand, the growth in the value of real estate was widespread, reaching levels comparable to the major worldwide centers, especially in large Brazilian cities and metropolitan areas. On the other hand, there is little knowledge about the quantitative effects of this model. That means that it is still unknown whether the share of homeowners has increased significantly, with a consequent reduction in the number of rented homes. To this end, this article proposes an initial exploratory analysis using data from the 1991, 2000 and 2010 Demographic Censuses. The objective is to assess whether these policies have altered the dynamics of occupation conditions in households in the metropolitan scale. We analyzed data from the three largest metropolitan areas (Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) in the country, comparing the changes between central and peripheral cities. The text is structured on the discussion of the housing market in Brazil, including the innovations in terms of public policies in recent period and on our own analysis of census data, indicating their potential and limits to deal with housing issues.

In Brazil, **** percent of consumers earned at least the equivalent of the highest 40 percent of global income earners as of 2022 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Those who earned at least the equivalent of the top 10 percent of global income earners stood at *** percent.

Abstract This article’s objective is to discuss recent transformations in the periphery of Brazil’s largest cities, considering the expansion of real estate in these territories, strongly supported by the Government’s housing program Minha Casa Minha Vida. Using historical and theoretical analyses, we demonstrate the shift in the primacy of the contradiction between capital and labor, dominated by industrial capital, towards the primacy of an urban contradiction, dominated by financial capital. Our hypothesis is that the appropriation of the periphery has consolidated into an essential strategy in the amplification of gains and in the expansion of real estate. This strategy of capital appreciation seems to impose new forms of inequality, which we have attempted to explore here.