There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the population density, from Distrito Federal with the greatest population density, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map.
Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre. It is worked out by simply dividing the population by the area of the state. Brazil has an overall population density of 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer . This and the figures below are based on 2000 census data.
| Rank | State | Area | Population | Density | Comparable country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |  Distrito Federal |
5,801.9 | 2.383.784 | 410,9 |  Tuvalu |
| 1 |  Rio de Janeiro |
43,696.1 | 15.561.720 | 356,1 |  Comoros |
| 2 |  São Paulo |
248,209.4 | 41.055.734 | 165,4 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 3 |  Alagoas |
27,767.7 | 3.050.652 | 109,9 |  Albania |
| 4 |  Sergipe |
21,910.3 | 2.000.738 | 91,3 |  Romania |
| 5 |  Pernambuco |
98,311.6 | 8.502.603 | 86,5 |  Costa Rica |
| 6 |  Espírito Santo |
46,077.5 | 3.464.285 | 75,2 |  Benin |
| 7 |  Paraíba |
56,439.8 | 3.623.215 | 64,2 |  Honduras |
| 8 |  Santa Catarina |
95,346.2 | 5.958.266 | 62,5 |  Tunisia |
| 9 |  Rio Grande do Norte |
52,796.8 | 3.043.760 | 57,7 |  Kenya |
| 10 |  Ceará |
148,825.6 | 8.217.085 | 55,2 |  Mexico |
| 11 |  Paraná |
199,314.9 | 10.387.378 | 52,1 |  Lithuania |
| 12 |  Rio Grande do Sul |
281,748.5 | 10.963.219 | 38,9 |  Guinea |
| 13 |  Minas Gerais |
586,528.3 | 19.479.356 | 33,2 |  Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 14 |  Bahia |
564,692.7 | 13.950.146 | 24,7 |  Mozambique |
| 15 |  Maranhão |
331,983.3 | 6.184.538 | 18,6 |  Equatorial Guinea |
| 16 |  Goiás |
340,086.7 | 5.730.753 | 16,9 |  Solomon Islands |
| 17 |  Piauí |
251,529.2 | 3.036.290 | 12,1 |  Norway |
| 18 |  Rondônia |
237,576.2 | 1.562.417 | 6,6 |  Central African Republic |
| 19 |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
357,125 | 2.297.981 | 6,4 | Central African Republic |
| 20 |  Pará |
1,247,689.5 | 7.110.465 | 5,7 |  Kazakhstan |
| 21 |  Tocantins |
277,620.9 | 1.332.441 | 4,8 |  Gabon |
| 22 |  Acre |
152,581.4 | 686.652 | 4,5 | Gabon |
| 23 |  Amapá |
142,814.6 | 615.715 | 4,3 |  Guyana |
| 24 |  Mato Grosso |
903,357.9 | 2.856.999 | 3,2 |  Canada |
| 25 |  Amazonas |
1,570,745.7 | 3.311.026 | 2,1 |  French Guiana |
| 26 |  Roraima |
224,299 | 403.344 | 1,8 |  Mongolia |
See also
External links
- States of Brazil at statoids.com
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