Rankings of Brazil's cities

Where each of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities stands in six official indicators: population, GDP, GDP per capita, household income, human development (HDI-M) and exports. Each ranking covers the whole country and São Paulo state, with the source behind every number.

The rankings

The three first places of each ranking in Brazil. Open one for the complete list of municipalities.

• Populationinhabitants · 2022
  1. 1São Paulo SP11,451,999
  2. 2Rio de Janeiro RJ6,211,223
  3. 3Brasília DF2,817,381
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• GDPcurrent R$ (reais) · 2023
  1. 1São Paulo SPR$ 1,066.8 billion
  2. 2Rio de Janeiro RJR$ 418.5 billion
  3. 3Brasília DFR$ 365.7 billion
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• GDP per capitaR$ (2023 GDP ÷ 2022 Census population) · 2023
  1. 1Saquarema RJR$ 722,442
  2. 2São Francisco do Conde BAR$ 684,319
  3. 3Maricá RJR$ 679,714
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• Household income per personR$ per month, average · 2022
  1. 1Nova Lima MGR$ 4,300
  2. 2São Caetano do Sul SPR$ 3,885
  3. 3Florianópolis SCR$ 3,636
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• Municipal HDI (HDI-M)index from 0 to 1 · 2010
  1. 1São Caetano do Sul SP0.862
  2. 2Águas de São Pedro SP0.854
  3. 3Florianópolis SC0.847
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• ExportsUS$ FOB, exports by company home city · 2025
  1. 1Rio de Janeiro RJUS$ 40.03 billion
  2. 2Paranaguá PRUS$ 7.03 billion
  3. 3Santos SPUS$ 6.71 billion
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More rankings, in Portuguese

• Rankings: 36 indicators for every municipality and state (Portuguese)
• City pages for all 5,570 municipalities (Portuguese)
• The 27 states in numbers

City names link to the city pages, which are in Portuguese. Municipal GDP and the 2022 Census come from IBGE; the HDI-M (2010) from the Atlas of Human Development in Brazil (UNDP, Ipea, FJP); exports from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC/SECEX, Comex Stat). Updated Nov 2, 2026.