Goiás in numbers

7,056,495residents · 2022 Census

Rank: 11th among the 27 states
Share of Brazil: 3.5% of Brazil's 203,080,756 people
Municipalities: 246
Capital: Goiânia
Region: Central-West
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census (SIDRA table 4714)

Goiás has 7,056,495 inhabitants (2022 Census), the 11th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 7 others, and holds 3.5% of Brazilians. The capital, Goiânia, has 1,437,366 people, 20.4% of the state. The state has 246 municipalities.

Goiás on the map of Brazil

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

Population rank among the states in the same region (Central-West):

State	People
Goiás	7,056,495
Mato Grosso	3,658,649
Distrito Federal	2,817,381
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,757,013

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The 10 most populous municipalities in Goiás

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Goiânia	1,437,366	20.4%
2	Aparecida de Goiânia	527,796	7.5%
3	Anápolis	398,869	5.7%
4	Rio Verde	225,696	3.2%
5	Águas Lindas de Goiás	225,693	3.2%
6	Luziânia	209,129	3.0%
7	Valparaíso de Goiás	198,861	2.8%
8	Senador Canedo	155,635	2.2%
9	Trindade	142,431	2.0%
10	Formosa	115,901	1.6%

Municipalities by size

Size	Municipalities	Population	% of state
up to 5,000	103	338,870	4.8%
5,000 to 20,000	88	927,813	13.1%
20,000 to 100,000	40	1,615,474	22.9%
over 100,000	15	4,174,338	59.2%

15 municipalities have over 100,000 inhabitants and hold 59.2% of the state's population.

See all 246 municipalities in Goiás (2022 Census population)

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Goiânia	1,437,366	20.4%
2	Aparecida de Goiânia	527,796	7.5%
3	Anápolis	398,869	5.7%
4	Rio Verde	225,696	3.2%
5	Águas Lindas de Goiás	225,693	3.2%
6	Luziânia	209,129	3.0%
7	Valparaíso de Goiás	198,861	2.8%
8	Senador Canedo	155,635	2.2%
9	Trindade	142,431	2.0%
10	Formosa	115,901	1.6%
11	Catalão	114,427	1.6%
12	Itumbiara	107,970	1.5%
13	Jataí	105,729	1.5%
14	Planaltina	105,031	1.5%
15	Novo Gama	103,804	1.5%
16	Caldas Novas	98,622	1.4%
17	Cidade Ocidental	91,767	1.3%
18	Goianésia	73,707	1.0%
19	Santo Antônio do Descoberto	72,127	1.0%
20	Goianira	71,916	1.0%
21	Mineiros	70,081	1.0%
22	Cristalina	62,337	0.9%
23	Inhumas	52,204	0.7%
24	Morrinhos	51,351	0.7%
25	Quirinópolis	48,447	0.7%
26	Jaraguá	45,223	0.6%
27	Itaberaí	44,734	0.6%
28	Porangatu	44,317	0.6%
29	Uruaçu	42,546	0.6%
30	Santa Helena de Goiás	38,492	0.5%
31	Iporá	35,684	0.5%
32	Goiatuba	35,664	0.5%
33	Padre Bernardo	34,967	0.5%
34	Niquelândia	34,964	0.5%
35	Posse	34,914	0.5%
36	Bela Vista de Goiás	34,445	0.5%
37	São Luís de Montes Belos	33,852	0.5%
38	Pires do Rio	32,373	0.5%
39	Nerópolis	31,932	0.5%
40	Palmeiras de Goiás	31,858	0.5%
41	Hidrolândia	27,742	0.4%
42	Minaçu	27,075	0.4%
43	Alexânia	27,008	0.4%
44	Pirenópolis	26,690	0.4%
45	Itapuranga	26,113	0.4%
46	Ipameri	25,548	0.4%
47	Cocalzinho de Goiás	25,016	0.4%
48	Piracanjuba	24,883	0.4%
49	Goiás	24,071	0.3%
50	Bom Jesus de Goiás	23,958	0.3%
51	Silvânia	22,245	0.3%
52	Ceres	22,046	0.3%
53	São Miguel do Araguaia	21,900	0.3%
54	Acreúna	21,568	0.3%
55	Itapaci	21,087	0.3%
56	Rubiataba	19,788	0.3%
57	Jussara	19,620	0.3%
58	Guapó	19,545	0.3%
59	Abadia de Goiás	19,128	0.3%
60	Anicuns	18,503	0.3%
61	Aragarças	18,390	0.3%
62	Pontalina	18,309	0.3%
63	Campos Belos	18,108	0.3%
64	Abadiânia	17,232	0.2%
65	Crixás	17,065	0.2%
66	Indiara	17,061	0.2%
67	São Simão	17,020	0.2%
68	Caiapônia	16,513	0.2%
69	Orizona	16,399	0.2%
70	Vianópolis	14,956	0.2%
71	Mozarlândia	14,750	0.2%
72	São João d'Aliança	14,041	0.2%
73	Goianápolis	13,967	0.2%
74	Caçu	13,774	0.2%
75	Flores de Goiás	13,744	0.2%
76	Uruana	13,729	0.2%
77	Chapadão do Céu	12,870	0.2%
78	Nova Crixás	12,815	0.2%
79	Montividiu	12,521	0.2%
80	Campinorte	12,510	0.2%
81	Rialma	12,165	0.2%
82	Aragoiânia	11,890	0.2%
83	Edéia	11,747	0.2%
84	Piranhas	11,712	0.2%
85	Cachoeira Alta	11,513	0.2%
86	Mara Rosa	10,700	0.2%
87	Paraúna	10,659	0.2%
88	Santa Terezinha de Goiás	10,645	0.2%
89	Iaciara	10,584	0.1%
90	Corumbá de Goiás	10,562	0.1%
91	Buriti Alegre	10,495	0.1%
92	Firminópolis	10,419	0.1%
93	Barro Alto	10,371	0.1%
94	Alto Paraíso de Goiás	10,306	0.1%
95	Maurilândia	10,304	0.1%
96	Bonfinópolis	10,296	0.1%
97	São Domingos	9,711	0.1%
98	Carmo do Rio Verde	9,710	0.1%
99	Cavalcante	9,583	0.1%
100	Petrolina de Goiás	9,573	0.1%
101	Nova Veneza	9,481	0.1%
102	Corumbaíba	9,164	0.1%
103	Vicentinópolis	8,768	0.1%
104	Montes Claros de Goiás	8,756	0.1%
105	Leopoldo de Bulhões	8,745	0.1%
106	Alvorada do Norte	8,446	0.1%
107	Nova Glória	8,310	0.1%
108	Aruanã	8,300	0.1%
109	Nazário	8,189	0.1%
110	Mambaí	8,124	0.1%
111	Cezarina	8,090	0.1%
112	Campo Limpo de Goiás	8,081	0.1%
113	Serranópolis	8,027	0.1%
114	Itapirapuã	8,007	0.1%
115	Terezópolis de Goiás	7,944	0.1%
116	Sanclerlândia	7,918	0.1%
117	Bom Jardim de Goiás	7,826	0.1%
118	Cachoeira Dourada	7,782	0.1%
119	Itauçu	7,736	0.1%
120	Paranaiguara	7,607	0.1%
121	Cabeceiras	7,560	0.1%
122	Campo Alegre de Goiás	7,422	0.1%
123	Santo Antônio de Goiás	7,386	0.1%
124	Ouvidor	7,200	0.1%
125	Joviânia	7,159	0.1%
126	Araguapaz	7,153	0.1%
127	Faina	7,070	0.1%
128	Doverlândia	6,956	0.099%
129	Monte Alegre de Goiás	6,692	0.095%
130	São Francisco de Goiás	6,378	0.090%
131	Jandaia	6,272	0.089%
132	Mundo Novo	6,189	0.088%
133	Santa Bárbara de Goiás	6,149	0.087%
134	Itarumã	6,101	0.086%
135	Alto Horizonte	6,072	0.086%
136	Inaciolândia	5,954	0.084%
137	Santa Rita do Araguaia	5,924	0.084%
138	Fazenda Nova	5,877	0.083%
139	Vila Propício	5,815	0.082%
140	Simolândia	5,742	0.081%
141	Britânia	5,695	0.081%
142	Americano do Brasil	5,259	0.075%
143	Caturaí	5,184	0.073%
144	Turvelândia	4,985	0.071%
145	Goiandira	4,973	0.070%
146	Itaguari	4,963	0.070%
147	Água Fria de Goiás	4,954	0.070%
148	Santa Fé de Goiás	4,951	0.070%
149	Itaguaru	4,904	0.069%
150	São Luiz do Norte	4,837	0.069%
151	Formoso	4,660	0.066%
152	Mossâmedes	4,654	0.066%
153	Caldazinha	4,507	0.064%
154	Turvânia	4,480	0.063%
155	São Miguel do Passa Quatro	4,464	0.063%
156	Divinópolis de Goiás	4,457	0.063%
157	Gouvelândia	4,390	0.062%
158	Itajá	4,380	0.062%
159	Aporé	4,325	0.061%
160	Santo Antônio da Barra	4,267	0.060%
161	Vila Boa	4,215	0.060%
162	Guarani de Goiás	4,085	0.058%
163	Porteirão	4,070	0.058%
164	Ouro Verde de Goiás	4,057	0.057%
165	Matrinchã	4,042	0.057%
166	Colinas do Sul	4,030	0.057%
167	Taquaral de Goiás	4,026	0.057%
168	Campos Verdes	4,005	0.057%
169	Edealina	4,001	0.057%
170	Brazabrantes	3,992	0.057%
171	Rianápolis	3,980	0.056%
172	Cromínia	3,883	0.055%
173	Rio Quente	3,864	0.055%
174	Palminópolis	3,851	0.055%
175	Araçu	3,799	0.054%
176	Montividiu do Norte	3,779	0.054%
177	Damianópolis	3,770	0.053%
178	Campestre de Goiás	3,755	0.053%
179	Novo Planalto	3,716	0.053%
180	Varjão	3,716	0.053%
181	Campinaçu	3,708	0.053%
182	Professor Jamil	3,649	0.052%
183	Mutunópolis	3,564	0.051%
184	Urutaí	3,553	0.050%
185	Hidrolina	3,545	0.050%
186	Santa Isabel	3,538	0.050%
187	Novo Brasil	3,527	0.050%
188	Cristianópolis	3,504	0.050%
189	Gameleira de Goiás	3,456	0.049%
190	Heitoraí	3,354	0.048%
191	Baliza	3,351	0.047%
192	Bonópolis	3,299	0.047%
193	Santa Tereza de Goiás	3,293	0.047%
194	Aurilândia	3,284	0.047%
195	Portelândia	3,280	0.046%
196	Amaralina	3,268	0.046%
197	Estrela do Norte	3,205	0.045%
198	Buritinópolis	3,145	0.045%
199	Palestina de Goiás	3,132	0.044%
200	Trombas	3,120	0.044%
201	Nova Roma	3,076	0.044%
202	Nova Iguaçu de Goiás	3,010	0.043%
203	Amorinópolis	3,007	0.043%
204	Santa Cruz de Goiás	3,002	0.043%
205	Castelândia	2,985	0.042%
206	Perolândia	2,964	0.042%
207	Arenópolis	2,946	0.042%
208	Cumari	2,927	0.041%
209	Sítio d'Abadia	2,927	0.041%
210	Jaupaci	2,924	0.041%
211	Três Ranchos	2,921	0.041%
212	Ipiranga de Goiás	2,919	0.041%
213	Aparecida do Rio Doce	2,907	0.041%
214	Avelinópolis	2,868	0.041%
215	Santa Rosa de Goiás	2,820	0.040%
216	Uirapuru	2,798	0.040%
217	Marzagão	2,758	0.039%
218	Buriti de Goiás	2,732	0.039%
219	Damolândia	2,724	0.039%
220	Teresina de Goiás	2,701	0.038%
221	Ivolândia	2,693	0.038%
222	Santa Rita do Novo Destino	2,689	0.038%
223	Mimoso de Goiás	2,614	0.037%
224	Mairipotaba	2,561	0.036%
225	Israelândia	2,560	0.036%
226	Morro Agudo de Goiás	2,456	0.035%
227	Panamá	2,455	0.035%
228	Córrego do Ouro	2,454	0.035%
229	Nova América	2,337	0.033%
230	Pilar de Goiás	2,328	0.033%
231	Adelândia	2,297	0.033%
232	Palmelo	2,259	0.032%
233	Guaraíta	2,188	0.031%
234	Guarinos	2,161	0.031%
235	São Patrício	2,143	0.030%
236	Jesúpolis	2,123	0.030%
237	Nova Aurora	2,101	0.030%
238	Diorama	2,062	0.029%
239	Aloândia	1,973	0.028%
240	Davinópolis	1,902	0.027%
241	Água Limpa	1,858	0.026%
242	São João da Paraúna	1,774	0.025%
243	Moiporá	1,685	0.024%
244	Cachoeira de Goiás	1,405	0.020%
245	Lagoa Santa	1,390	0.020%
246	Anhanguera	924	0.013%

Intermediate geographic regions

IBGE division that groups municipalities around a hub city.

Intermediate region	People	% of state	Municipalities
Goiânia	3,697,039	52.4%	80
Luziânia - Águas Lindas de Goiás	1,438,132	20.4%	34
Rio Verde	663,472	9.4%	29
Porangatu - Uruaçu	513,099	7.3%	46
Itumbiara	434,631	6.2%	22
São Luís de Montes Belos - Iporá	310,122	4.4%	35

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Goiás?

Goiás had 7,056,495 inhabitants in IBGE's 2022 Census. It is the 11th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 7 others.

How many municipalities are there in Goiás?

Goiás has 246 municipalities. The most populous is Goiânia, with 1,437,366 inhabitants.

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

The capital is Goiânia, with 1,437,366 inhabitants in the 2022 Census (20.4% of the state's population).

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