Regions in Brazil
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You can sort the regions in Brazil alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Brazil
There are 27 regions in Brazil in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Sao Paulo São Paulo | 1. | 46,004,000 | Sao Paulo São Paulo | 12,400,232 |
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais | 2. | 21,411,923 | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte | 2,721,564 |
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro | 3. | 17,463,349 | Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro | 6,747,815 |
Bahia Bahia | 4. | 14,930,634 | Salvador Salvador | 2,711,840 |
Parana Paraná | 5. | 11,597,484 | Curitiba Curitiba | 1,948,626 |
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul | 6. | 11,422,973 | Porto Alegre Porto Alegre | 1,488,252 |
Pernambuco Pernambuco | 7. | 9,616,121 | Recife Recife | 1,653,461 |
Ceara Ceará | 8. | 9,132,078 | Fortaleza Fortaleza | 2,400,000 |
Para Pará | 9. | 8,602,865 | Belem Belém | 1,499,641 |
Santa Catarina Santa Catarina | 10. | 7,252,502 | Florianopolis Florianópolis | 508,826 |
Maranhao Maranhão | 11. | 7,075,181 | Sao Luis São Luís | 917,237 |
Goias Goiás | 12. | 7,018,354 | Goiania Goiânia | 1,536,097 |
Amazonas Amazonas | 13. | 4,207,714 | Manaus Manaus | 2,219,580 |
Paraiba Paraíba | 14. | 4,039,277 | Joao Pessoa João Pessoa | 817,511 |
Espirito Santo Espírito Santo | 15. | 4,018,650 | Vitoria Vitória | 312,656 |
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte | 16. | 3,569,675 | Natal Natal | 896,708 |
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso | 17. | 3,484,466 | Cuiaba Cuiabá | 618,124 |
Alagoas Alagoas | 18. | 3,337,357 | Maceio Maceió | 1,031,597 |
Piaui Piauí | 19. | 3,273,227 | Teresina Teresina | 871,126 |
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul | 20. | 2,778,986 | Campo Grande Campo Grande | 906,092 |
Federal District Federal District | 21. | 2,648,532 | Brasilia Brasília | 2,207,718 |
Sergipe Sergipe | 22. | 2,298,696 | Aracaju Aracaju | 664,908 |
Rondonia Rondônia | 23. | 1,815,278 | Porto Velho Porto Velho | 548,952 |
Tocantins Tocantins | 24. | 1,572,866 | Palmas Palmas | 306,296 |
Acre Acre | 25. | 906,876 | Rio Branco Rio Branco | 419,452 |
Amapa Amapá | 26. | 845,731 | Macapa Macapá | 512,902 |
Roraima Roraima | 27. | 652,713 | Boa Vista Boa Vista | 419,652 |