A federal deputy from São Paulo represents 8 times as many people as one from Roraima
The Constitution sets a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 70 federal deputies per state. With the 2022 Census population, each São Paulo deputy represents 634,446 people; each one from Roraima, 79,588. The national average is 395,869.
If the 513 seats were divided by population alone, São Paulo would have 112 deputies, not 70. Roraima, Amapá and Acre would have 2 each.
8 timesmore inhabitants per deputy in São Paulo than in Roraima
Inhabitants per federal deputy, in the 5 states with the most and the 5 with the least; the table has all 27
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| State | Population (2022 Census) | Federal deputies | Inhabitants per deputy | Seats by population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 44,411,238.0 | 70.0 | 634,446.0 | 112.2 |
| Amazonas | 3,941,613.0 | 8.0 | 492,702.0 | 10.0 |
| Pará | 8,120,131.0 | 17.0 | 477,655.0 | 20.5 |
| Santa Catarina | 7,610,361.0 | 16.0 | 475,648.0 | 19.2 |
| Mato Grosso | 3,658,649.0 | 8.0 | 457,331.0 | 9.2 |
| Goiás | 7,056,495.0 | 17.0 | 415,088.0 | 17.8 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 3,302,729.0 | 8.0 | 412,841.0 | 8.3 |
| Ceará | 8,794,957.0 | 22.0 | 399,771.0 | 22.2 |
| Minas Gerais | 20,539,989.0 | 53.0 | 387,547.0 | 51.9 |
| Espírito Santo | 3,833,712.0 | 10.0 | 383,371.0 | 9.7 |
| Paraná | 11,444,380.0 | 30.0 | 381,479.0 | 28.9 |
| Maranhão | 6,776,699.0 | 18.0 | 376,483.0 | 17.1 |
| Bahia | 14,141,626.0 | 39.0 | 362,606.0 | 35.7 |
| Pernambuco | 9,058,931.0 | 25.0 | 362,357.0 | 22.9 |
| Federal District | 2,817,381.0 | 8.0 | 352,173.0 | 7.1 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 10,882,965.0 | 31.0 | 351,063.0 | 27.5 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 16,055,174.0 | 46.0 | 349,026.0 | 40.6 |
| Alagoas | 3,127,683.0 | 9.0 | 347,520.0 | 7.9 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,757,013.0 | 8.0 | 344,627.0 | 7.0 |
| Paraíba | 3,974,687.0 | 12.0 | 331,224.0 | 10.0 |
| Piauí | 3,271,199.0 | 10.0 | 327,120.0 | 8.3 |
| Sergipe | 2,210,004.0 | 8.0 | 276,251.0 | 5.6 |
| Rondônia | 1,581,196.0 | 8.0 | 197,650.0 | 4.0 |
| Tocantins | 1,511,460.0 | 8.0 | 188,933.0 | 3.8 |
| Acre | 830,018.0 | 8.0 | 103,752.0 | 2.1 |
| Amapá | 733,759.0 | 8.0 | 91,720.0 | 1.9 |
| Roraima | 636,707.0 | 8.0 | 79,588.0 | 1.6 |
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