Rio Grande do Sul in numbers

10,882,965residents · 2022 Census

Rank: 6th among the 27 states
Share of Brazil: 5.4% of Brazil's 203,080,756 people
Municipalities: 497
Capital: Porto Alegre
Region: South
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census (SIDRA table 4714)

Rio Grande do Sul has 10,882,965 inhabitants (2022 Census), the 6th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 2 others, and holds 5.4% of Brazilians. The capital, Porto Alegre, has 1,332,845 people, 12.2% of the state. The state has 497 municipalities.

Rio Grande do Sul on the map of Brazil

Dark outline: Rio Grande do Sul. Color: state population, in millions.

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

State	People
Paraná	11,444,380
Rio Grande do Sul	10,882,965
Santa Catarina	7,610,361

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The 10 most populous municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Porto Alegre	1,332,845	12.2%
2	Caxias do Sul	463,501	4.3%
3	Canoas	347,657	3.2%
4	Pelotas	325,685	3.0%
5	Santa Maria	271,735	2.5%
6	Gravataí	265,074	2.4%
7	Novo Hamburgo	227,646	2.1%
8	Viamão	224,112	2.1%
9	São Leopoldo	217,409	2.0%
10	Passo Fundo	206,215	1.9%

Municipalities by size

Size	Municipalities	Population	% of state
up to 5,000	237	699,268	6.4%
5,000 to 20,000	153	1,420,406	13.1%
20,000 to 100,000	88	3,636,598	33.4%
over 100,000	19	5,126,693	47.1%

19 municipalities have over 100,000 inhabitants and hold 47.1% of the state's population.

See all 497 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul (2022 Census population)

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Porto Alegre	1,332,845	12.2%
2	Caxias do Sul	463,501	4.3%
3	Canoas	347,657	3.2%
4	Pelotas	325,685	3.0%
5	Santa Maria	271,735	2.5%
6	Gravataí	265,074	2.4%
7	Novo Hamburgo	227,646	2.1%
8	Viamão	224,112	2.1%
9	São Leopoldo	217,409	2.0%
10	Passo Fundo	206,215	1.9%
11	Rio Grande	191,900	1.8%
12	Alvorada	187,315	1.7%
13	Cachoeirinha	136,258	1.3%
14	Santa Cruz do Sul	133,230	1.2%
15	Sapucaia do Sul	132,107	1.2%
16	Bento Gonçalves	123,151	1.1%
17	Bagé	117,938	1.1%
18	Uruguaiana	117,210	1.1%
19	Erechim	105,705	1.0%
20	Lajeado	93,646	0.9%
21	Guaíba	92,924	0.9%
22	Ijuí	84,780	0.8%
23	Sant'Ana do Livramento	84,421	0.8%
24	Cachoeira do Sul	80,070	0.7%
25	Santa Rosa	76,963	0.7%
26	Santo Ângelo	76,917	0.7%
27	Esteio	76,137	0.7%
28	Sapiranga	75,648	0.7%
29	Alegrete	72,409	0.7%
30	Farroupilha	70,286	0.6%
31	Venâncio Aires	68,763	0.6%
32	Montenegro	64,322	0.6%
33	Vacaria	64,197	0.6%
34	Capão da Canoa	63,594	0.6%
35	Campo Bom	62,886	0.6%
36	Camaquã	62,200	0.6%
37	Carazinho	61,804	0.6%
38	São Borja	59,676	0.5%
39	Cruz Alta	58,913	0.5%
40	São Gabriel	58,487	0.5%
41	Tramandaí	54,387	0.5%
42	Taquara	53,242	0.5%
43	Parobé	52,058	0.5%
44	Canguçu	49,680	0.5%
45	Canela	48,946	0.4%
46	Santiago	48,938	0.4%
47	Estância Velha	47,924	0.4%
48	Osório	47,396	0.4%
49	Marau	45,124	0.4%
50	Panambi	43,515	0.4%
51	Santo Antônio da Patrulha	42,947	0.4%
52	São Lourenço do Sul	41,989	0.4%
53	Torres	41,751	0.4%
54	Gramado	40,134	0.4%
55	Eldorado do Sul	39,559	0.4%
56	Dom Pedrito	36,981	0.3%
57	Rosário do Sul	36,630	0.3%
58	Itaqui	35,768	0.3%
59	Charqueadas	35,012	0.3%
60	São Luiz Gonzaga	34,752	0.3%
61	Rio Pardo	34,654	0.3%
62	Garibaldi	34,335	0.3%
63	Portão	34,071	0.3%
64	Palmeira das Missões	33,216	0.3%
65	Igrejinha	32,808	0.3%
66	Teutônia	32,797	0.3%
67	Frederico Westphalen	32,627	0.3%
68	Caçapava do Sul	32,515	0.3%
69	Estrela	32,183	0.3%
70	Santa Vitória do Palmar	30,983	0.3%
71	Flores da Cunha	30,892	0.3%
72	Dois Irmãos	30,709	0.3%
73	Carlos Barbosa	30,420	0.3%
74	Soledade	29,991	0.3%
75	Nova Santa Rita	29,024	0.3%
76	Candelária	28,906	0.3%
77	Lagoa Vermelha	27,659	0.3%
78	Triunfo	27,498	0.3%
79	Imbé	26,824	0.2%
80	Vera Cruz	26,710	0.2%
81	Jaguarão	26,603	0.2%
82	Capão do Leão	26,487	0.2%
83	Nova Prata	25,692	0.2%
84	São José do Norte	25,443	0.2%
85	Três Passos	25,436	0.2%
86	Guaporé	25,268	0.2%
87	Taquari	25,198	0.2%
88	Três de Maio	24,916	0.2%
89	Tapejara	24,557	0.2%
90	São Sebastião do Caí	24,428	0.2%
91	Três Coroas	24,425	0.2%
92	Veranópolis	24,021	0.2%
93	Encruzilhada do Sul	23,819	0.2%
94	Quaraí	23,500	0.2%
95	Nova Petrópolis	23,300	0.2%
96	Ivoti	22,983	0.2%
97	Encantado	22,962	0.2%
98	Sarandi	22,851	0.2%
99	Arroio do Meio	21,958	0.2%
100	São Francisco de Paula	21,893	0.2%
101	Ibirubá	21,583	0.2%
102	Rolante	21,253	0.2%
103	São Sepé	21,219	0.2%
104	São Marcos	21,084	0.2%
105	São Jerônimo	21,028	0.2%
106	Nova Hartz	20,088	0.2%
107	Tupanciretã	20,005	0.2%
108	Butiá	19,084	0.2%
109	Horizontina	18,851	0.2%
110	Júlio de Castilhos	18,226	0.2%
111	Não-Me-Toque	17,898	0.2%
112	São Francisco de Assis	17,618	0.2%
113	Arroio Grande	17,558	0.2%
114	Piratini	17,504	0.2%
115	Cidreira	17,071	0.2%
116	Serafina Corrêa	16,961	0.2%
117	Getúlio Vargas	16,602	0.2%
118	Xangri-lá	16,463	0.2%
119	Sananduva	16,399	0.2%
120	Agudo	16,041	0.1%
121	Giruá	16,013	0.1%
122	São Pedro do Sul	15,577	0.1%
123	Santo Cristo	15,320	0.1%
124	Espumoso	15,173	0.1%
125	Balneário Pinhal	14,955	0.1%
126	Restinga Sêca	14,939	0.1%
127	Tapes	14,695	0.1%
128	Arroio dos Ratos	14,601	0.1%
129	Tenente Portela	14,497	0.1%
130	Sobradinho	14,226	0.1%
131	Santo Augusto	13,902	0.1%
132	Feliz	13,764	0.1%
133	Nonoai	13,719	0.1%
134	Cerro Largo	13,705	0.1%
135	Bom Princípio	13,142	0.1%
136	Dom Feliciano	13,051	0.1%
137	Antônio Prado	13,045	0.1%
138	Crissiumal	12,886	0.1%
139	Palmares do Sul	12,844	0.1%
140	Bom Retiro do Sul	12,294	0.1%
141	Barra do Ribeiro	12,225	0.1%
142	Mostardas	12,090	0.1%
143	Arroio do Tigre	12,058	0.1%
144	Seberi	11,950	0.1%
145	Cruzeiro do Sul	11,600	0.1%
146	Pinheiro Machado	11,214	0.1%
147	Bom Jesus	11,202	0.1%
148	Capela de Santana	11,159	0.1%
149	Cacequi	11,157	0.1%
150	Arroio do Sal	11,057	0.1%
151	Três Cachoeiras	10,962	0.1%
152	Candiota	10,710	0.098%
153	Tapera	10,592	0.097%
154	Jaguari	10,579	0.097%
155	Roca Sales	10,418	0.096%
156	Planalto	10,406	0.096%
157	Constantina	10,385	0.095%
158	Terra de Areia	10,334	0.095%
159	Arvorezinha	10,322	0.095%
160	Santo Antônio das Missões	10,300	0.095%
161	Pantano Grande	10,212	0.094%
162	Salto do Jacuí	10,203	0.094%
163	Porto Xavier	9,938	0.091%
164	Vale do Sol	9,897	0.091%
165	Ronda Alta	9,777	0.090%
166	Redentora	9,738	0.089%
167	Nova Bassano	9,649	0.089%
168	Fontoura Xavier	9,550	0.088%
169	Chapada	9,540	0.088%
170	Casca	9,465	0.087%
171	Barros Cassal	9,296	0.085%
172	Cerro Grande do Sul	9,178	0.084%
173	Entre-Ijuís	9,158	0.084%
174	Catuípe	8,674	0.080%
175	Sinimbu	8,578	0.079%
176	Araricá	8,525	0.078%
177	Tuparendi	8,363	0.077%
178	Santa Bárbara do Sul	8,122	0.075%
179	São Vicente do Sul	8,097	0.074%
180	Paverama	7,978	0.073%
181	Palmitinho	7,839	0.072%
182	Glorinha	7,658	0.070%
183	Ametista do Sul	7,650	0.070%
184	General Câmara	7,612	0.070%
185	Trindade do Sul	7,556	0.069%
186	Minas do Leão	7,505	0.069%
187	Pedro Osório	7,484	0.069%
188	Iraí	7,482	0.069%
189	Maquiné	7,418	0.068%
190	Guarani das Missões	7,415	0.068%
191	Caraá	7,394	0.068%
192	Cristal	7,299	0.067%
193	Paraí	7,194	0.066%
194	Jóia	7,184	0.066%
195	Lavras do Sul	7,157	0.066%
196	Augusto Pestana	7,149	0.066%
197	Barão de Cotegipe	7,144	0.066%
198	Alpestre	7,117	0.065%
199	São Miguel das Missões	7,056	0.065%
200	Santana da Boa Vista	7,024	0.065%
201	Boa Vista do Buricá	6,966	0.064%
202	Santa Clara do Sul	6,887	0.063%
203	Salvador do Sul	6,879	0.063%
204	São José do Ouro	6,834	0.063%
205	Manoel Viana	6,801	0.062%
206	Erval Seco	6,787	0.062%
207	Ibiraiaras	6,776	0.062%
208	Ajuricaba	6,720	0.062%
209	Faxinal do Soturno	6,702	0.062%
210	Rodeio Bonito	6,654	0.061%
211	Roque Gonzales	6,576	0.060%
212	Paraíso do Sul	6,519	0.060%
213	Aratiba	6,483	0.060%
214	Barão	6,461	0.059%
215	Independência	6,427	0.059%
216	Formigueiro	6,413	0.059%
217	Condor	6,406	0.059%
218	Cambará do Sul	6,361	0.058%
219	Santa Maria do Herval	6,340	0.058%
220	Cândido Godói	6,294	0.058%
221	Chuí	6,262	0.058%
222	Lindolfo Collor	6,248	0.057%
223	Boqueirão do Leão	6,247	0.057%
224	Herval	6,191	0.057%
225	Coronel Bicaco	6,144	0.056%
226	Alecrim	6,123	0.056%
227	Vale Real	6,058	0.056%
228	Morro Redondo	6,046	0.056%
229	Morro Reuter	6,029	0.055%
230	Passo do Sobrado	6,025	0.055%
231	Segredo	6,009	0.055%
232	Hulha Negra	5,976	0.055%
233	Anta Gorda	5,957	0.055%
234	Bossoroca	5,890	0.054%
235	Barão do Triunfo	5,889	0.054%
236	Campina das Missões	5,882	0.054%
237	Sertão Santana	5,863	0.054%
238	São Paulo das Missões	5,846	0.054%
239	Cerrito	5,808	0.053%
240	Machadinho	5,735	0.053%
241	Gaurama	5,665	0.052%
242	Nova Palma	5,586	0.051%
243	Estação	5,582	0.051%
244	Itaara	5,572	0.051%
245	Tucunduva	5,542	0.051%
246	Sertão	5,541	0.051%
247	São Martinho	5,481	0.050%
248	Ipê	5,399	0.050%
249	Harmonia	5,378	0.049%
250	Picada Café	5,351	0.049%
251	Lagoão	5,341	0.049%
252	Progresso	5,340	0.049%
253	Amaral Ferrador	5,310	0.049%
254	Sentinela do Sul	5,306	0.049%
255	Campinas do Sul	5,284	0.049%
256	Tavares	5,212	0.048%
257	Tiradentes do Sul	5,129	0.047%
258	São Nicolau	5,118	0.047%
259	Selbach	5,107	0.047%
260	Tupandi	5,029	0.046%
261	Rondinha	4,991	0.046%
262	Campo Novo	4,975	0.046%
263	Brochier	4,966	0.046%
264	Nova Araçá	4,954	0.046%
265	Erval Grande	4,930	0.045%
266	Nova Esperança do Sul	4,865	0.045%
267	Mato Leitão	4,859	0.045%
268	Caiçara	4,836	0.044%
269	Barracão	4,831	0.044%
270	Liberato Salzano	4,781	0.044%
271	Viadutos	4,769	0.044%
272	Três Palmeiras	4,716	0.043%
273	Caibaté	4,704	0.043%
274	Mata	4,698	0.043%
275	Humaitá	4,681	0.043%
276	Vicente Dutra	4,665	0.043%
277	Cacique Doble	4,603	0.042%
278	Muçum	4,601	0.042%
279	Chuvisca	4,597	0.042%
280	Pinheirinho do Vale	4,540	0.042%
281	Ibiaçá	4,527	0.042%
282	Fortaleza dos Valos	4,477	0.041%
283	Riozinho	4,473	0.041%
284	Doutor Maurício Cardoso	4,470	0.041%
285	São João da Urtiga	4,461	0.041%
286	Tabaí	4,461	0.041%
287	São José do Hortêncio	4,447	0.041%
288	Miraguaí	4,427	0.041%
289	Maçambará	4,425	0.041%
290	Vila Maria	4,413	0.041%
291	Porto Lucena	4,360	0.040%
292	David Canabarro	4,321	0.040%
293	Marcelino Ramos	4,320	0.040%
294	Pareci Novo	4,319	0.040%
295	Fazenda Vilanova	4,291	0.039%
296	Novo Barreiro	4,272	0.039%
297	Barra do Quaraí	4,241	0.039%
298	Maximiliano de Almeida	4,191	0.039%
299	São José dos Ausentes	4,172	0.038%
300	Aceguá	4,170	0.038%
301	Ilópolis	4,157	0.038%
302	Ciríaco	4,149	0.038%
303	Arambaré	4,112	0.038%
304	Capivari do Sul	3,991	0.037%
305	Passa Sete	3,983	0.037%
306	Marques de Souza	3,969	0.036%
307	Mariana Pimentel	3,916	0.036%
308	Chiapetta	3,913	0.036%
309	Água Santa	3,912	0.036%
310	Quinze de Novembro	3,910	0.036%
311	Vila Nova do Sul	3,863	0.035%
312	Cotiporã	3,846	0.035%
313	Pinhal Grande	3,805	0.035%
314	Cerro Branco	3,802	0.035%
315	Jaboticaba	3,779	0.035%
316	Putinga	3,747	0.034%
317	Pejuçara	3,745	0.034%
318	Ibarama	3,732	0.034%
319	Ibirapuitã	3,723	0.034%
320	Jaquirana	3,690	0.034%
321	Tunas	3,681	0.034%
322	Alegria	3,651	0.034%
323	Vila Flores	3,646	0.034%
324	Paim Filho	3,629	0.033%
325	Campos Borges	3,613	0.033%
326	Novo Cabrais	3,568	0.033%
327	São Pedro da Serra	3,548	0.033%
328	Nova Roma do Sul	3,466	0.032%
329	Turuçu	3,419	0.031%
330	Severiano de Almeida	3,406	0.031%
331	Áurea	3,396	0.031%
332	Jari	3,349	0.031%
333	Jacutinga	3,338	0.031%
334	Gramado Xavier	3,304	0.030%
335	Pontão	3,296	0.030%
336	Braga	3,268	0.030%
337	Tio Hugo	3,267	0.030%
338	São Valentim	3,264	0.030%
339	Vitória das Missões	3,260	0.030%
340	Colorado	3,258	0.030%
341	Campestre da Serra	3,242	0.030%
342	Esperança do Sul	3,226	0.030%
343	Itatiba do Sul	3,208	0.029%
344	Novo Machado	3,198	0.029%
345	Esmeralda	3,195	0.029%
346	Monte Alegre dos Campos	3,180	0.029%
347	Nova Alvorada	3,163	0.029%
348	Barra do Guarita	3,161	0.029%
349	Vale Verde	3,150	0.029%
350	Mampituba	3,131	0.029%
351	Capão do Cipó	3,119	0.029%
352	Taquaruçu do Sul	3,119	0.029%
353	Westfália	3,098	0.028%
354	Dois Lajeados	3,097	0.028%
355	Imigrante	3,080	0.028%
356	Dona Francisca	3,079	0.028%
357	Presidente Lucena	3,077	0.028%
358	Alto Feliz	3,072	0.028%
359	Morrinhos do Sul	3,071	0.028%
360	Estrela Velha	3,070	0.028%
361	São Pedro do Butiá	3,070	0.028%
362	Nova Candelária	3,061	0.028%
363	Erebango	3,054	0.028%
364	Nova Bréscia	3,044	0.028%
365	Ernestina	3,034	0.028%
366	Caseiros	3,000	0.028%
367	Itacurubi	2,995	0.028%
368	Camargo	2,981	0.027%
369	Pinhal	2,959	0.027%
370	Capitão	2,921	0.027%
371	São Jorge	2,912	0.027%
372	Muitos Capões	2,879	0.026%
373	Salvador das Missões	2,877	0.026%
374	São Martinho da Serra	2,860	0.026%
375	Rio dos Índios	2,835	0.026%
376	Coronel Barros	2,822	0.026%
377	Dilermando de Aguiar	2,806	0.026%
378	Vista Gaúcha	2,783	0.026%
379	Victor Graeff	2,780	0.026%
380	Boa Vista do Sul	2,779	0.026%
381	Charrua	2,768	0.025%
382	Três Forquilhas	2,760	0.025%
383	Mormaço	2,756	0.025%
384	São Domingos do Sul	2,754	0.025%
385	Derrubadas	2,751	0.025%
386	Pinto Bandeira	2,723	0.025%
387	Centenário	2,721	0.025%
388	Sede Nova	2,704	0.025%
389	Cristal do Sul	2,692	0.025%
390	Garruchos	2,688	0.025%
391	Entre Rios do Sul	2,685	0.025%
392	Senador Salgado Filho	2,673	0.025%
393	Coxilha	2,667	0.025%
394	Vista Alegre	2,660	0.024%
395	São João do Polêsine	2,649	0.024%
396	Itati	2,638	0.024%
397	Eugênio de Castro	2,633	0.024%
398	Lajeado do Bugre	2,601	0.024%
399	Arroio do Padre	2,599	0.024%
400	Santa Margarida do Sul	2,596	0.024%
401	Três Arroios	2,591	0.024%
402	Saldanha Marinho	2,575	0.024%
403	Fagundes Varela	2,566	0.024%
404	Herveiras	2,565	0.024%
405	Dom Pedro de Alcântara	2,562	0.024%
406	Monte Belo do Sul	2,557	0.023%
407	Toropi	2,554	0.023%
408	Mato Castelhano	2,553	0.023%
409	São Valério do Sul	2,543	0.023%
410	Faxinalzinho	2,520	0.023%
411	Dezesseis de Novembro	2,507	0.023%
412	Quevedos	2,507	0.023%
413	Barra Funda	2,498	0.023%
414	Sagrada Família	2,480	0.023%
415	Maratá	2,470	0.023%
416	Colinas	2,423	0.022%
417	São José do Inhacorá	2,406	0.022%
418	Forquetinha	2,393	0.022%
419	São José do Sul	2,380	0.022%
420	Cerro Grande	2,379	0.022%
421	São José das Missões	2,362	0.022%
422	Santo Expedito do Sul	2,349	0.022%
423	Nova Pádua	2,343	0.022%
424	Rolador	2,291	0.021%
425	Boa Vista do Incra	2,271	0.021%
426	Pirapó	2,260	0.021%
427	Lagoa Bonita do Sul	2,251	0.021%
428	São Vendelino	2,251	0.021%
429	Pinhal da Serra	2,248	0.021%
430	Boa Vista do Cadeado	2,229	0.020%
431	Coqueiros do Sul	2,211	0.020%
432	São Valentim do Sul	2,207	0.020%
433	Poço das Antas	2,171	0.020%
434	Nova Ramada	2,163	0.020%
435	Travesseiro	2,152	0.020%
436	Bozano	2,151	0.020%
437	Novo Tiradentes	2,146	0.020%
438	Paulo Bento	2,144	0.020%
439	Porto Mauá	2,142	0.020%
440	Bom Progresso	2,096	0.019%
441	Santo Antônio do Palma	2,091	0.019%
442	Dois Irmãos das Missões	2,090	0.019%
443	Santo Antônio do Planalto	2,089	0.019%
444	Benjamin Constant do Sul	2,082	0.019%
445	Vila Lângaro	2,079	0.019%
446	Pedras Altas	2,061	0.019%
447	Nova Boa Vista	2,042	0.019%
448	Jacuizinho	2,040	0.019%
449	Silveira Martins	2,028	0.019%
450	Protásio Alves	2,025	0.019%
451	Gramado dos Loureiros	2,014	0.019%
452	Inhacorá	2,014	0.019%
453	Vanini	2,004	0.018%
454	Unistalda	1,995	0.018%
455	Ubiretama	1,994	0.018%
456	Almirante Tamandaré do Sul	1,969	0.018%
457	Sério	1,941	0.018%
458	Itapuca	1,937	0.018%
459	Boa Vista das Missões	1,933	0.018%
460	Nicolau Vergueiro	1,932	0.018%
461	Ivorá	1,929	0.018%
462	São José do Herval	1,902	0.017%
463	Doutor Ricardo	1,888	0.017%
464	Mariano Moro	1,858	0.017%
465	Sete de Setembro	1,830	0.017%
466	Vespasiano Corrêa	1,818	0.017%
467	Alto Alegre	1,800	0.017%
468	Relvado	1,796	0.017%
469	Mato Queimado	1,795	0.016%
470	São Pedro das Missões	1,757	0.016%
471	Gentil	1,744	0.016%
472	Pouso Novo	1,739	0.016%
473	Lagoa dos Três Cantos	1,738	0.016%
474	Capão Bonito do Sul	1,733	0.016%
475	Muliterno	1,721	0.016%
476	Ipiranga do Sul	1,720	0.016%
477	Barra do Rio Azul	1,696	0.016%
478	Linha Nova	1,683	0.015%
479	Santa Cecília do Sul	1,674	0.015%
480	Floriano Peixoto	1,668	0.015%
481	Canudos do Vale	1,656	0.015%
482	Novo Xingu	1,646	0.015%
483	Cruzaltense	1,635	0.015%
484	Coronel Pilar	1,607	0.015%
485	Vista Alegre do Prata	1,590	0.015%
486	Ponte Preta	1,575	0.014%
487	Porto Vera Cruz	1,560	0.014%
488	Quatro Irmãos	1,552	0.014%
489	Santa Tereza	1,505	0.014%
490	Montauri	1,499	0.014%
491	Guabiju	1,417	0.013%
492	Tupanci do Sul	1,374	0.013%
493	Carlos Gomes	1,368	0.013%
494	Engenho Velho	1,296	0.012%
495	Coqueiro Baixo	1,290	0.012%
496	União da Serra	1,170	0.011%
497	André da Rocha	1,135	0.010%

Intermediate geographic regions

IBGE division that groups municipalities around a hub city.

Intermediate region	People	% of state	Municipalities
Porto Alegre	4,691,746	43.1%	90
Passo Fundo	1,278,973	11.8%	144
Caxias do Sul	1,223,287	11.2%	54
Pelotas	980,691	9.0%	24
Santa Cruz do Sul - Lajeado	773,124	7.1%	58
Ijuí	760,825	7.0%	77
Santa Maria	729,238	6.7%	40
Uruguaiana	445,081	4.1%	10

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Rio Grande do Sul?

Rio Grande do Sul had 10,882,965 inhabitants in IBGE's 2022 Census. It is the 6th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 2 others.

How many municipalities are there in Rio Grande do Sul?

Rio Grande do Sul has 497 municipalities. The most populous is Porto Alegre, with 1,332,845 inhabitants.

What is the capital of Rio Grande do Sul and how many people live there?

The capital is Porto Alegre, with 1,332,845 inhabitants in the 2022 Census (12.2% of the state's population).

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