Bahia in numbers

14,141,626residents · 2022 Census

Rank: 4th among the 27 states
Share of Brazil: 7.0% of Brazil's 203,080,756 people
Municipalities: 417
Capital: Salvador
Region: Northeast
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census (SIDRA table 4714)

Bahia has 14,141,626 inhabitants (2022 Census), the 4th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and holds 7.0% of Brazilians. The capital, Salvador, has 2,417,678 people, 17.1% of the state. The state has 417 municipalities.

Bahia on the map of Brazil

Dark outline: Bahia. Color: state population, in millions.

Population rank among the states in the same region (Northeast):

State	People
Bahia	14,141,626
Pernambuco	9,058,931
Ceará	8,794,957
Maranhão	6,776,699
Paraíba	3,974,687
Rio Grande do Norte	3,302,729
Piauí	3,271,199
Alagoas	3,127,683
Sergipe	2,210,004

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The 10 most populous municipalities in Bahia

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Salvador	2,417,678	17.1%
2	Feira de Santana	616,272	4.4%
3	Vitória da Conquista	370,879	2.6%
4	Camaçari	300,372	2.1%
5	Juazeiro	237,821	1.7%
6	Lauro de Freitas	203,331	1.4%
7	Itabuna	186,708	1.3%
8	Ilhéus	178,649	1.3%
9	Porto Seguro	168,326	1.2%
10	Barreiras	159,734	1.1%

Municipalities by size

Size	Municipalities	Population	% of state
up to 5,000	12	50,122	0.4%
5,000 to 20,000	245	3,090,725	21.9%
20,000 to 100,000	142	5,153,822	36.4%
over 100,000	18	5,846,957	41.3%

18 municipalities have over 100,000 inhabitants and hold 41.3% of the state's population.

See all 417 municipalities in Bahia (2022 Census population)

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Salvador	2,417,678	17.1%
2	Feira de Santana	616,272	4.4%
3	Vitória da Conquista	370,879	2.6%
4	Camaçari	300,372	2.1%
5	Juazeiro	237,821	1.7%
6	Lauro de Freitas	203,331	1.4%
7	Itabuna	186,708	1.3%
8	Ilhéus	178,649	1.3%
9	Porto Seguro	168,326	1.2%
10	Barreiras	159,734	1.1%
11	Jequié	158,813	1.1%
12	Alagoinhas	151,055	1.1%
13	Teixeira de Freitas	145,216	1.0%
14	Simões Filho	114,559	0.8%
15	Eunápolis	113,710	0.8%
16	Paulo Afonso	112,870	0.8%
17	Luís Eduardo Magalhães	107,909	0.8%
18	Santo Antônio de Jesus	103,055	0.7%
19	Guanambi	87,817	0.6%
20	Valença	85,655	0.6%
21	Jacobina	82,590	0.6%
22	Serrinha	80,435	0.6%
23	Senhor do Bonfim	74,523	0.5%
24	Irecê	74,507	0.5%
25	Candeias	72,382	0.5%
26	Casa Nova	72,086	0.5%
27	Dias d'Ávila	71,485	0.5%
28	Campo Formoso	71,377	0.5%
29	Brumado	70,510	0.5%
30	Conceição do Coité	67,825	0.5%
31	Itapetinga	65,897	0.5%
32	Bom Jesus da Lapa	65,550	0.5%
33	Itaberaba	65,073	0.5%
34	Euclides da Cunha	61,456	0.4%
35	Cruz das Almas	60,348	0.4%
36	Itamaraju	59,605	0.4%
37	Ipirá	56,876	0.4%
38	Santo Amaro	56,012	0.4%
39	Ribeira do Pombal	54,010	0.4%
40	Santo Estêvão	52,276	0.4%
41	Caetité	52,012	0.4%
42	Barra	51,092	0.4%
43	Tucano	48,736	0.3%
44	Araci	48,294	0.3%
45	Poções	48,293	0.3%
46	Catu	48,148	0.3%
47	Monte Santo	47,780	0.3%
48	Seabra	46,160	0.3%
49	Jaguaquara	45,964	0.3%
50	Xique-Xique	44,757	0.3%
51	Livramento de Nossa Senhora	43,903	0.3%
52	Mata de São João	42,566	0.3%
53	Vera Cruz	42,529	0.3%
54	Macaúbas	41,859	0.3%
55	São Sebastião do Passé	40,958	0.3%
56	Ipiaú	40,706	0.3%
57	Remanso	40,586	0.3%
58	São Gonçalo dos Campos	39,513	0.3%
59	Nova Viçosa	39,509	0.3%
60	São Francisco do Conde	38,733	0.3%
61	Santa Maria da Vitória	38,604	0.3%
62	Sento Sé	38,154	0.3%
63	Entre Rios	38,098	0.3%
64	Mucuri	37,977	0.3%
65	Santaluz	37,834	0.3%
66	Jeremoabo	37,626	0.3%
67	Cansanção	37,439	0.3%
68	Barra do Choça	36,539	0.3%
69	Amargosa	36,521	0.3%
70	Maragogipe	35,859	0.3%
71	Rio Real	35,362	0.3%
72	Pilão Arcado	35,357	0.3%
73	Conceição do Jacuípe	35,308	0.2%
74	Prado	35,003	0.2%
75	Serra do Ramalho	34,222	0.2%
76	Curaçá	34,180	0.2%
77	Itiúba	33,872	0.2%
78	Inhambupe	33,790	0.2%
79	Morro do Chapéu	33,594	0.2%
80	Riachão do Jacuípe	33,386	0.2%
81	Capim Grosso	33,235	0.2%
82	São Desidério	32,828	0.2%
83	Jaguarari	32,703	0.2%
84	Canavieiras	32,683	0.2%
85	Esplanada	32,554	0.2%
86	Correntina	32,457	0.2%
87	Gandu	32,178	0.2%
88	Pojuca	32,136	0.2%
89	Itapicuru	31,679	0.2%
90	Cícero Dantas	30,907	0.2%
91	Riacho de Santana	30,711	0.2%
92	Campo Alegre de Lourdes	30,671	0.2%
93	Camamu	30,469	0.2%
94	Paratinga	29,252	0.2%
95	Cachoeira	29,250	0.2%
96	Santa Cruz Cabrália	29,185	0.2%
97	Carinhanha	28,869	0.2%
98	Muritiba	28,707	0.2%
99	Ruy Barbosa	28,282	0.2%
100	Itabela	28,165	0.2%
101	Irará	28,043	0.2%
102	Presidente Tancredo Neves	27,734	0.2%
103	Itacaré	27,704	0.2%
104	Maracás	27,620	0.2%
105	Santa Rita de Cássia	27,390	0.2%
106	Nazaré	27,060	0.2%
107	Coração de Maria	26,692	0.2%
108	Paripiranga	26,604	0.2%
109	Ibotirama	26,309	0.2%
110	Barra da Estiva	26,026	0.2%
111	Queimadas	25,988	0.2%
112	Formosa do Rio Preto	25,899	0.2%
113	Lapão	25,736	0.2%
114	Sobradinho	25,475	0.2%
115	Anagé	25,438	0.2%
116	Ibirapitanga	25,344	0.2%
117	Quijingue	25,272	0.2%
118	Cândido Sales	25,247	0.2%
119	João Dourado	24,854	0.2%
120	Santana	24,755	0.2%
121	Castro Alves	24,712	0.2%
122	Uauá	24,665	0.2%
123	Miguel Calmon	24,661	0.2%
124	Iaçu	24,607	0.2%
125	Alcobaça	24,530	0.2%
126	Maraú	24,527	0.2%
127	Wenceslau Guimarães	24,474	0.2%
128	Itambé	24,394	0.2%
129	Valente	24,362	0.2%
130	Nova Soure	24,236	0.2%
131	Canarana	24,206	0.2%
132	Amélia Rodrigues	24,138	0.2%
133	Iraquara	23,879	0.2%
134	Conde	23,654	0.2%
135	Planalto	23,334	0.2%
136	Olindina	22,633	0.2%
137	Camacan	22,579	0.2%
138	Caculé	22,462	0.2%
139	Medeiros Neto	22,194	0.2%
140	Ituberá	21,902	0.2%
141	Ibicaraí	21,665	0.2%
142	Riachão das Neves	21,642	0.2%
143	Macarani	21,599	0.2%
144	Iguaí	21,491	0.2%
145	Uruçuca	21,420	0.2%
146	Teofilândia	21,176	0.1%
147	Laje	21,052	0.1%
148	Tanhaçu	21,006	0.1%
149	Santa Bárbara	20,952	0.1%
150	Conceição da Feira	20,800	0.1%
151	Ibicoara	20,785	0.1%
152	Oliveira dos Brejinhos	20,715	0.1%
153	Governador Mangabeira	20,605	0.1%
154	Caravelas	20,580	0.1%
155	Paramirim	20,351	0.1%
156	São Felipe	20,283	0.1%
157	Belmonte	20,121	0.1%
158	Piatã	20,086	0.1%
159	Palmas de Monte Alto	20,078	0.1%
160	Mutuípe	20,037	0.1%
161	Itaparica	19,789	0.1%
162	Crisópolis	19,729	0.1%
163	Rafael Jambeiro	19,662	0.1%
164	Buritirama	19,589	0.1%
165	Boquira	19,322	0.1%
166	Ourolândia	19,243	0.1%
167	Cocos	19,151	0.1%
168	Encruzilhada	19,107	0.1%
169	Pindobaçu	19,083	0.1%
170	Guaratinga	19,049	0.1%
171	Ibirataia	18,792	0.1%
172	Itajuípe	18,781	0.1%
173	Ubaíra	18,626	0.1%
174	São Gabriel	18,600	0.1%
175	Nordestina	18,523	0.1%
176	Madre de Deus	18,504	0.1%
177	Belo Campo	18,412	0.1%
178	Baixa Grande	18,220	0.1%
179	Una	18,131	0.1%
180	Taperoá	18,044	0.1%
181	Serra Preta	17,996	0.1%
182	Sapeaçu	17,963	0.1%
183	Ponto Novo	17,938	0.1%
184	Ituaçu	17,914	0.1%
185	Filadélfia	17,897	0.1%
186	Fátima	17,895	0.1%
187	Itanhém	17,813	0.1%
188	Cairu	17,761	0.1%
189	Mairi	17,674	0.1%
190	Jaguaripe	17,659	0.1%
191	Abaré	17,639	0.1%
192	Ubaitaba	17,596	0.1%
193	Piritiba	17,566	0.1%
194	Cafarnaum	17,466	0.1%
195	Coaraci	17,333	0.1%
196	Mundo Novo	17,305	0.1%
197	Cipó	17,230	0.1%
198	Tanque Novo	17,158	0.1%
199	Serra Dourada	17,066	0.1%
200	Coronel João Sá	17,056	0.1%
201	Souto Soares	17,054	0.1%
202	Condeúba	17,053	0.1%
203	Itarantim	17,052	0.1%
204	Ibititá	16,969	0.1%
205	Boa Vista do Tupim	16,873	0.1%
206	Itororó	16,617	0.1%
207	Ibipeba	16,603	0.1%
208	Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu	16,559	0.1%
209	Jussara	16,354	0.1%
210	Central	16,348	0.1%
211	Tremedal	16,296	0.1%
212	Utinga	16,277	0.1%
213	Canudos	16,105	0.1%
214	Ubatã	16,094	0.1%
215	Sátiro Dias	16,008	0.1%
216	Aporá	15,922	0.1%
217	Bonito	15,844	0.1%
218	Tapiramutá	15,818	0.1%
219	Conceição do Almeida	15,794	0.1%
220	Itatim	15,737	0.1%
221	Mirangaba	15,734	0.1%
222	Igaporã	15,527	0.1%
223	Glória	15,524	0.1%
224	Malhada	15,398	0.1%
225	Urandi	15,355	0.1%
226	Teolândia	15,332	0.1%
227	Itagibá	15,310	0.1%
228	Barrocas	15,203	0.1%
229	São Félix do Coribe	15,194	0.1%
230	Biritinga	15,146	0.1%
231	América Dourada	15,137	0.1%
232	Presidente Dutra	15,130	0.1%
233	Andorinha	15,012	0.1%
234	Salinas da Margarida	14,987	0.1%
235	Santa Brígida	14,965	0.1%
236	Buerarema	14,804	0.1%
237	Sítio do Quinto	14,773	0.1%
238	Pindaí	14,731	0.1%
239	Ibitiara	14,637	0.1%
240	Água Fria	14,497	0.1%
241	Jacaraci	14,436	0.1%
242	Jitaúna	14,355	0.1%
243	Antas	14,206	0.1%
244	Adustina	14,201	0.1%
245	Lagoa Real	14,105	0.100%
246	Cristópolis	13,993	0.099%
247	Coribe	13,990	0.099%
248	Pedro Alexandre	13,954	0.099%
249	Aracatu	13,936	0.099%
250	Ibicuí	13,934	0.099%
251	Mansidão	13,919	0.098%
252	Santa Luzia	13,896	0.098%
253	Ibipitanga	13,863	0.098%
254	Manoel Vitorino	13,860	0.098%
255	Ribeira do Amparo	13,841	0.098%
256	Barra do Mendes	13,836	0.098%
257	Itagi	13,803	0.098%
258	Várzea da Roça	13,800	0.098%
259	Acajutiba	13,795	0.098%
260	Angical	13,732	0.097%
261	Nova Canaã	13,715	0.097%
262	Ipecaetá	13,709	0.097%
263	Boa Nova	13,690	0.097%
264	Retirolândia	13,651	0.097%
265	Umburanas	13,642	0.096%
266	Jiquiriçá	13,629	0.096%
267	Boninal	13,622	0.096%
268	Baianópolis	13,614	0.096%
269	Mascote	13,544	0.096%
270	Itaeté	13,472	0.095%
271	Barro Alto	13,453	0.095%
272	Uibaí	13,432	0.095%
273	Sítio do Mato	13,408	0.095%
274	Várzea Nova	13,377	0.095%
275	Serrolândia	13,335	0.094%
276	Pé de Serra	13,243	0.094%
277	Rio de Contas	13,184	0.093%
278	Mulungu do Morro	13,152	0.093%
279	Igrapiúna	13,151	0.093%
280	Rio do Antônio	13,146	0.093%
281	Andaraí	13,080	0.092%
282	Caldeirão Grande	13,080	0.092%
283	Cotegipe	13,063	0.092%
284	Candiba	13,016	0.092%
285	Wanderley	12,968	0.092%
286	Brejões	12,943	0.092%
287	Presidente Jânio Quadros	12,621	0.089%
288	Itaguaçu da Bahia	12,311	0.087%
289	Heliópolis	12,309	0.087%
290	Mucugê	12,137	0.086%
291	Nilo Peçanha	12,063	0.085%
292	Tabocas do Brejo Velho	11,979	0.085%
293	Banzaê	11,958	0.085%
294	Dom Basílio	11,884	0.084%
295	Licínio de Almeida	11,834	0.084%
296	Brotas de Macaúbas	11,765	0.083%
297	Araçás	11,557	0.082%
298	Saubara	11,438	0.081%
299	Caetanos	11,266	0.080%
300	Aurelino Leal	11,179	0.079%
301	Novo Horizonte	11,162	0.079%
302	Antônio Cardoso	11,146	0.079%
303	Mortugaba	11,143	0.079%
304	Iuiu	11,118	0.079%
305	Milagres	11,071	0.078%
306	Floresta Azul	11,059	0.078%
307	Anguera	11,031	0.078%
308	São Félix	11,026	0.078%
309	Botuporã	11,024	0.078%
310	Itiruçu	10,999	0.078%
311	Piraí do Norte	10,974	0.078%
312	Gentio do Ouro	10,884	0.077%
313	Antônio Gonçalves	10,862	0.077%
314	Dário Meira	10,820	0.077%
315	Terra Nova	10,798	0.076%
316	Lençóis	10,774	0.076%
317	Iramaia	10,752	0.076%
318	Capela do Alto Alegre	10,744	0.076%
319	Novo Triunfo	10,660	0.075%
320	Érico Cardoso	10,604	0.075%
321	Chorrochó	10,579	0.075%
322	Rio do Pires	10,497	0.074%
323	Saúde	10,478	0.074%
324	Macajuba	10,454	0.074%
325	Muquém do São Francisco	10,443	0.074%
326	Santa Terezinha	10,441	0.074%
327	Ibiassucê	10,429	0.074%
328	Caém	10,384	0.073%
329	Itapé	10,341	0.073%
330	Palmeiras	10,339	0.073%
331	São Miguel das Matas	10,334	0.073%
332	Matina	10,330	0.073%
333	Pintadas	10,325	0.073%
334	Rodelas	10,308	0.073%
335	Santa Inês	10,300	0.073%
336	Itapitanga	10,279	0.073%
337	Potiraguá	10,274	0.073%
338	Canápolis	10,225	0.072%
339	Arataca	10,191	0.072%
340	Mirante	10,187	0.072%
341	São José do Jacuípe	10,187	0.072%
342	Caraíbas	9,940	0.070%
343	Ipupiara	9,935	0.070%
344	Varzedo	9,913	0.070%
345	Aramari	9,833	0.070%
346	Ribeirão do Largo	9,740	0.069%
347	Bom Jesus da Serra	9,730	0.069%
348	Jucuruçu	9,655	0.068%
349	Wagner	9,503	0.067%
350	Quixabeira	9,461	0.067%
351	Pau Brasil	9,370	0.066%
352	Sebastião Laranjeiras	9,360	0.066%
353	Jandaíra	9,285	0.066%
354	Jaborandi	9,275	0.066%
355	Marcionílio Souza	9,267	0.066%
356	Itapebi	9,174	0.065%
357	Piripá	9,152	0.065%
358	Brejolândia	9,108	0.064%
359	Lamarão	9,015	0.064%
360	Ibirapuã	8,896	0.063%
361	Caturama	8,841	0.063%
362	Maiquinique	8,731	0.062%
363	Santanópolis	8,716	0.062%
364	Aratuípe	8,677	0.061%
365	Malhada de Pedras	8,670	0.061%
366	São Domingos	8,426	0.060%
367	Cardeal da Silva	8,365	0.059%
368	Itaquara	8,153	0.058%
369	Várzea do Poço	8,101	0.057%
370	Guajeru	8,050	0.057%
371	Planaltino	8,022	0.057%
372	Morpará	7,996	0.057%
373	Nova Fátima	7,967	0.056%
374	Elísio Medrado	7,808	0.055%
375	Nova Itarana	7,780	0.055%
376	Candeal	7,772	0.055%
377	Tanquinho	7,717	0.055%
378	Ouriçangas	7,716	0.055%
379	Cordeiros	7,546	0.053%
380	Nova Redenção	7,538	0.053%
381	Lajedo do Tabocal	7,494	0.053%
382	Jussiape	7,379	0.052%
383	Abaíra	7,301	0.052%
384	Macururé	7,256	0.051%
385	Muniz Ferreira	7,190	0.051%
386	Teodoro Sampaio	7,110	0.050%
387	Itamari	7,051	0.050%
388	Maetinga	6,973	0.049%
389	Apuarema	6,913	0.049%
390	Nova Ibiá	6,501	0.046%
391	Itagimirim	6,347	0.045%
392	Pedrão	6,235	0.044%
393	Caatiba	6,205	0.044%
394	Ichu	6,190	0.044%
395	Irajuba	6,101	0.043%
396	Itaju do Colônia	6,037	0.043%
397	Vereda	6,003	0.042%
398	Itanagra	5,914	0.042%
399	Jussari	5,888	0.042%
400	Barro Preto	5,833	0.041%
401	Barra do Rocha	5,775	0.041%
402	Feira da Mata	5,631	0.040%
403	Gongogi	5,555	0.039%
404	São José da Vitória	5,315	0.038%
405	Almadina	5,218	0.037%
406	Firmino Alves	4,873	0.034%
407	Santa Cruz da Vitória	4,681	0.033%
408	Aiquara	4,447	0.031%
409	Cravolândia	4,415	0.031%
410	Dom Macedo Costa	4,407	0.031%
411	Gavião	4,360	0.031%
412	Contendas do Sincorá	4,333	0.031%
413	Lafaiete Coutinho	4,075	0.029%
414	Lajedão	3,845	0.027%
415	Ibiquera	3,725	0.026%
416	Lajedinho	3,527	0.025%
417	Catolândia	3,434	0.024%

Intermediate geographic regions

IBGE division that groups municipalities around a hub city.

Intermediate region	People	% of state	Municipalities
Salvador	3,949,045	27.9%	33
Feira de Santana	2,292,344	16.2%	83
Vitória da Conquista	1,790,190	12.7%	77
Ilhéus ¿ Itabuna	1,594,465	11.3%	51
Santo Antônio de Jesus	949,130	6.7%	41
Juazeiro	832,262	5.9%	18
Paulo Afonso	780,028	5.5%	30
Guanambi	681,216	4.8%	31
Barreiras	661,929	4.7%	24
Irecê	611,017	4.3%	29

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Bahia?

Bahia had 14,141,626 inhabitants in IBGE's 2022 Census. It is the 4th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.

How many municipalities are there in Bahia?

Bahia has 417 municipalities. The most populous is Salvador, with 2,417,678 inhabitants.

What is the capital of Bahia and how many people live there?

The capital is Salvador, with 2,417,678 inhabitants in the 2022 Census (17.1% of the state's population).

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Municipalities of Bahia with their 2022 Census population: CSV. Updated on Oct 26, 2026. How to cite: dadobruto.com. Bahia in numbers. Data: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census (SIDRA table 4714). https://dadobruto.com/en/states/bahia

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