List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

Map of metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations in Brazil as of 2012. Municipalities in red refer to metropolitan capitals and the ones in yellow refer to expansion or conurbation area.

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

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In Brazil, the terms metropolitan area (Portuguese: região metropolitana) and urban agglomeration (aglomeração urbana) 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) 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

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2023)

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Metropolitan area[4] | Region  | State  | Population estimate (2019)[5] | Population (2017)[6] | Population (2016)[7] | Change (2016-7)  | Type

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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 |  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% | metropolitan area
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 |  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

## See also

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* List of cities in Brazil by population
* Municipalities of Brazil
* List of municipalities of Brazil
* List of largest cities in Brazil by state
* List of metropolitan areas in the Americas
* Largest cities in the Americas
* Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

## References

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1. ^ "Metropolitan Areas, Urban Agglomerations and Integrated Development Areas | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2021-04-02. 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.
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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