List of Brazilian states by population

List of Brazilian states by population
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There are 26 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, from São Paulo with the greatest population, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. Brazil has a total population of 174,468,575, it is ranked 5th in the world. This and the figures below are based on 2006 estimate.

Brazilian states by population.

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Rank	State	Population	Comparable country by population
1	São Paulo	41,055,734	Argentina
2	Minas Gerais	19,479,356	Sri Lanka
3	Rio de Janeiro	15,561,720	Kazakhstan
4	Bahia	13,950,146	Malawi
5	Rio Grande do Sul	10,963,219	Chad
6	Paraná	10,387,378	Czech Republic
7	Pernambuco	8,502,603	Burundi
8	Ceará	8,217,085	Austria
9	Pará	7,110,465	Honduras
10	Maranhão	6,184,538	Libya
11	Santa Catarina	5,958,266	Jordan
12	Goiás	5,730,753	Laos
13	Paraíba	3,623,215	Liberia
14	Espírito Santo	3,464,285	Lithuania
15	Amazonas	3,311,026	Uruguay
16	Alagoas	3,050,652	Armenia
17	Rio Grande do Norte	3,043,760	Armenia
18	Piauí	3,036,290	Armenia
19	Mato Grosso	2,856,999	Kuwait
A	Distrito Federal	2,383,784	Latvia
20	Mato Grosso do Sul	2,297,981	Latvia
21	Sergipe	2,000,738	Lesotho
22	Rondônia	1,562,417	Estonia
23	Tocantins	1,332,441	Trinidad and Tobago
24	Acre	686,652	Comoros
25	Amapá	615,715	Montenegro
26	Roraima	403,344	Malta