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.

Actual value and historical data chart for Brazil Population In The Largest City Percent Of Urban Population

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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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;

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.

According to an online survey as of June 2024, the majority of vegetarians registered in the state of São Paulo lived in its homonymous capital, the city of São Paulo, where more than four thousand people identified themselves as vegetarian, vegan or supporter thereof. The second largest population was found in Campinas, with 545 respondents.

Dataset Overview

This dataset provides a comprehensive overview of Brazil’s 2022 Census data, focusing on São Paulo’s neighbourhoods. The data combines demographic and socioeconomic information with geospatial shapefiles of São Paulo’s neighbourhoods, enabling users to perform statistical and spatial analyses.

Users can explore patterns, trends, and transformations in São Paulo’s urban landscape by linking census sectors to neighbourhood boundaries.

Key Components

Census 2022 Data

• Source: Brazil's 2022 Census (IBGE)
• Content: Demographic data including age, gender, income, education levels, household size, and population density across census sectors.
• Format: CSV

São Paulo Neighborhood Shapefile

• Source: GIS-based shapefiles for São Paulo neighbourhoods (IBGE Census Sectors and Manually created Neighbourhoods)
• Content: Spatial geometry for São Paulo's neighbourhoods with census sector identifiers.
• Format: Parquet

Use Cases

• Neighborhood Demographics Analysis: Combine census data with shapefiles to generate neighborhood-level demographic reports.
• Urban Development Studies: Study how São Paulo neighbourhoods have grown using historical context and 2022 Census data.
• Spatial Data Visualizations: Create maps showing income distribution, population density, or other demographic factors across neighbourhoods.
• Policy Planning & Research: Support urban planning, resource allocation, and policy development in São Paulo.

Potential Applications

• Analyze the relationship between neighbourhood demographics and urban growth patterns.
• Visualize inequalities in population distribution, income, or education levels.
• Identify trends in housing and population density for urban studies.
• Provide insights into São Paulo’s historical and ongoing transformations.

Why Use This Dataset?

• Comprehensive Coverage: Detailed census data and spatial boundaries allow in-depth analyses.
• Flexible Integration: Easily combine demographic data with shapefiles to enable advanced spatial analyses.

Dataset Details

• File Formats: CSV (Census Data), GeoJSON/Shapefile (Neighborhood Shapefiles)
• Spatial Resolution: Census sector linked to São Paulo’s neighbourhood boundaries

Geographic Scope: São Paulo, Brazil

This dataset is ideal for data scientists, urban planners, and researchers seeking to uncover the dynamics of São Paulo’s neighbourhoods through an intersection of demographic and spatial data.

Contribute to new insights and empower decision-making in understanding Brazil’s largest city!

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.

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.

In 2024, Florianópolis was considered the leading smart city in Brazil, having received an index score of ***** points. Vitória ranked second that year, at **** points. Meanwhile, Brazil's most populated city, São Paulo, received an index score of ***** points, following in third place.

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.

Pará - Brazil

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Pará is a State of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the mouth of the Amazon.

Adjusted model for the association between contextual factors and the occurrence of COVID-19 cases, stratified by medium and medium-large size of the largest cities in the interior of Northeast Brazil outside the metropolitan regions.

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.

This statistic shows the ten largest cities in Italy in 2025. In 2025, around 2.75 million people lived in Rome, making it the largest city in Italy. Population of Italy Italy has high population figures and a high population density in comparison to other European countries. A vast majority of Italians lives in urban areas and in the metropolises (as can be seen in this statistic), while other areas, such as the island Sardinia, are rather sparsely inhabited. After an increase a few years ago, Italy’s fertility rate, i.e. the average amount of children born to a woman of childbearing age, is now on a slow decline; however, it is still high enough to offset any significant effect the decrease might have on the country’s number of inhabitants. The median age of Italy’s population has been increasing rapidly over the past 50 years – which mirrors a lower mortality rate – and Italy is now among the countries with the highest life expectancy worldwide, only surpassed by two Asian countries, namely Japan and Hong Kong. Currently, the average life expectancy at birth in Italy is at about 83 years. Most of Italy’s population is of Roman Catholic faith. The country actually boasts one of the largest numbers of Catholics worldwide; other such countries include Brazil, Mexico and the United States. The central government of the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See, is located in Vatican City in the heart of Italy’s capital and ruled by the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Officially, Vatican City does not belong to Italy, but is a sovereign state with its own legislation and jurisdiction. It has about 600 inhabitants, who are almost exclusively members of the clergy or government officials.

Abstract School choice is an issue little studied in Brazil, despite its huge importance, especially in the USA. In this paper, using game theory, how students are allocated in municipality of São Paulo is analyzed. As students ‘preferences are not taken into account, the São Paulo system does not meet the main qualities of an allocation mechanism: stability, non-manipulation and efficiency. Alternatively, the use of the Gale-Shapley mechanism is proposed. Simulations are performed confirming theoretical results and also indicating a huge potential for improvement in the system.

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.