Santa Catarina in numbers

7,610,361residents · 2022 Census

Rank: 10th among the 27 states
Share of Brazil: 3.7% of Brazil's 203,080,756 people
Municipalities: 295
Capital: Florianópolis
Region: South
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census (SIDRA table 4714)

Santa Catarina has 7,610,361 inhabitants (2022 Census), the 10th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 6 others, and holds 3.7% of Brazilians. The capital, Florianópolis, has 537,211 people, 7.1% of the state. The state has 295 municipalities; the most populous is Joinville, with 616,317 people.

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Dark outline: Santa Catarina. 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 Santa Catarina

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Joinville	616,317	8.1%
2	Florianópolis	537,211	7.1%
3	Blumenau	361,261	4.7%
4	São José	270,299	3.6%
5	Itajaí	264,054	3.5%
6	Chapecó	254,785	3.3%
7	Palhoça	222,598	2.9%
8	Criciúma	214,493	2.8%
9	Jaraguá do Sul	182,660	2.4%
10	Lages	164,981	2.2%

Municipalities by size

Size	Municipalities	Population	% of state
up to 5,000	102	321,782	4.2%
5,000 to 20,000	121	1,279,449	16.8%
20,000 to 100,000	58	2,426,769	31.9%
over 100,000	14	3,582,361	47.1%

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

See all 295 municipalities in Santa Catarina (2022 Census population)

#	Municipality	People	% of state
1	Joinville	616,317	8.1%
2	Florianópolis	537,211	7.1%
3	Blumenau	361,261	4.7%
4	São José	270,299	3.6%
5	Itajaí	264,054	3.5%
6	Chapecó	254,785	3.3%
7	Palhoça	222,598	2.9%
8	Criciúma	214,493	2.8%
9	Jaraguá do Sul	182,660	2.4%
10	Lages	164,981	2.2%
11	Brusque	141,385	1.9%
12	Balneário Camboriú	139,155	1.8%
13	Tubarão	110,088	1.4%
14	Camboriú	103,074	1.4%
15	Navegantes	86,401	1.1%
16	São Bento do Sul	83,277	1.1%
17	Concórdia	81,646	1.1%
18	Biguaçu	76,773	1.0%
19	Itapema	75,940	1.0%
20	Caçador	73,720	1.0%
21	Rio do Sul	72,587	1.0%
22	Gaspar	72,570	1.0%
23	Araranguá	71,922	0.9%
24	Indaial	71,549	0.9%
25	Içara	59,035	0.8%
26	Videira	55,466	0.7%
27	Mafra	55,286	0.7%
28	Canoinhas	55,016	0.7%
29	São Francisco do Sul	52,674	0.7%
30	Imbituba	52,579	0.7%
31	Xanxerê	51,607	0.7%
32	Tijucas	51,592	0.7%
33	Guaramirim	46,711	0.6%
34	Timbó	46,099	0.6%
35	Barra Velha	45,369	0.6%
36	Araquari	45,283	0.6%
37	São Miguel do Oeste	44,330	0.6%
38	Laguna	42,785	0.6%
39	Curitibanos	40,045	0.5%
40	Rio Negrinho	39,261	0.5%
41	Campos Novos	36,932	0.5%
42	Pomerode	34,289	0.5%
43	Braço do Norte	33,773	0.4%
44	Penha	33,663	0.4%
45	Fraiburgo	33,481	0.4%
46	Porto União	32,970	0.4%
47	São João Batista	32,687	0.4%
48	Xaxim	31,918	0.4%
49	Forquilhinha	31,431	0.4%
50	Itapoá	30,750	0.4%
51	Joaçaba	30,146	0.4%
52	Sombrio	29,991	0.4%
53	Garopaba	29,959	0.4%
54	Maravilha	28,251	0.4%
55	Porto Belo	27,688	0.4%
56	Santo Amaro da Imperatriz	27,272	0.4%
57	Balneário Piçarras	27,127	0.4%
58	Ituporanga	26,525	0.3%
59	São Joaquim	25,939	0.3%
60	Bombinhas	25,058	0.3%
61	São Lourenço do Oeste	24,791	0.3%
62	Guabiruba	24,543	0.3%
63	Capivari de Baixo	23,975	0.3%
64	Orleans	23,661	0.3%
65	Capinzal	23,314	0.3%
66	Itaiópolis	22,051	0.3%
67	Pinhalzinho	21,972	0.3%
68	Herval d'Oeste	21,724	0.3%
69	Urussanga	20,919	0.3%
70	Jaguaruna	20,375	0.3%
71	Schroeder	20,061	0.3%
72	Presidente Getúlio	20,010	0.3%
73	Ibirama	19,862	0.3%
74	Três Barras	19,746	0.3%
75	Papanduva	19,150	0.3%
76	Seara	18,620	0.2%
77	Garuva	18,545	0.2%
78	Morro da Fumaça	18,537	0.2%
79	Taió	18,310	0.2%
80	Abelardo Luz	17,392	0.2%
81	Otacílio Costa	17,312	0.2%
82	Cocal do Sul	17,240	0.2%
83	Massaranduba	17,162	0.2%
84	Pouso Redondo	17,123	0.2%
85	Ilhota	17,046	0.2%
86	Governador Celso Ramos	16,915	0.2%
87	Itapiranga	16,638	0.2%
88	Balneário Rincão	15,981	0.2%
89	Balneário Arroio do Silva	15,820	0.2%
90	Correia Pinto	15,727	0.2%
91	Balneário Gaivota	15,669	0.2%
92	Palmitos	15,626	0.2%
93	Santa Cecília	15,546	0.2%
94	Corupá	15,267	0.2%
95	Dionísio Cerqueira	15,008	0.2%
96	Balneário Barra do Sul	14,912	0.2%
97	Lauro Müller	14,381	0.2%
98	São José do Cedro	14,167	0.2%
99	Nova Trento	13,727	0.2%
100	Siderópolis	13,714	0.2%
101	Nova Veneza	13,664	0.2%
102	São Ludgero	13,509	0.2%
103	Turvo	13,043	0.2%
104	Passo de Torres	12,897	0.2%
105	Sangão	12,882	0.2%
106	Lontras	12,873	0.2%
107	Canelinha	12,821	0.2%
108	Rodeio	12,757	0.2%
109	Campo Alegre	12,501	0.2%
110	Gravatal	12,435	0.2%
111	Imaruí	11,881	0.2%
112	Luiz Alves	11,684	0.2%
113	Lebon Régis	11,472	0.2%
114	Antônio Carlos	11,224	0.1%
115	Faxinal dos Guedes	11,192	0.1%
116	Quilombo	11,022	0.1%
117	Agrolândia	10,990	0.1%
118	Cunha Porã	10,953	0.1%
119	Rio dos Cedros	10,865	0.1%
120	Urubici	10,834	0.1%
121	Guaraciaba	10,796	0.1%
122	Ponte Serrada	10,649	0.1%
123	Jacinto Machado	10,624	0.1%
124	Catanduvas	10,566	0.1%
125	Benedito Novo	10,520	0.1%
126	Alfredo Wagner	10,481	0.1%
127	Coronel Freitas	10,388	0.1%
128	Irineópolis	10,285	0.1%
129	São Carlos	10,282	0.1%
130	Saudades	10,265	0.1%
131	Irani	10,195	0.1%
132	Pescaria Brava	10,190	0.1%
133	Mondaí	10,066	0.1%
134	Apiúna	9,811	0.1%
135	Santa Rosa do Sul	9,792	0.1%
136	Campo Erê	9,623	0.1%
137	Iporã do Oeste	9,335	0.1%
138	São Domingos	9,226	0.1%
139	Monte Carlo	9,117	0.1%
140	Paulo Lopes	9,063	0.1%
141	Armazém	8,834	0.1%
142	Treze Tílias	8,787	0.1%
143	São José do Cerrito	8,708	0.1%
144	São João do Sul	8,668	0.1%
145	Descanso	8,530	0.1%
146	Guatambú	8,425	0.1%
147	Bom Retiro	8,418	0.1%
148	Ascurra	8,319	0.1%
149	Anita Garibaldi	8,285	0.1%
150	Praia Grande	8,270	0.1%
151	Tangará	8,143	0.1%
152	Santa Terezinha	8,066	0.1%
153	Laurentino	7,932	0.1%
154	Ipumirim	7,816	0.1%
155	Maracajá	7,815	0.1%
156	Rio do Oeste	7,747	0.1%
157	Monte Castelo	7,736	0.1%
158	Ipuaçu	7,730	0.1%
159	Palma Sola	7,605	0.100%
160	Salete	7,489	0.098%
161	Major Vieira	7,425	0.098%
162	Treze de Maio	7,362	0.097%
163	Timbó Grande	7,342	0.096%
164	Trombudo Central	7,274	0.096%
165	Campo Belo do Sul	7,257	0.095%
166	Itá	7,067	0.093%
167	Ouro	7,032	0.092%
168	Meleiro	7,006	0.092%
169	Aurora	6,780	0.089%
170	Águas Mornas	6,743	0.089%
171	Petrolândia	6,716	0.088%
172	Água Doce	6,508	0.086%
173	Rio do Campo	6,452	0.085%
174	Caibi	6,304	0.083%
175	São João do Oeste	6,295	0.083%
176	Grão-Pará	6,277	0.082%
177	Rio das Antas	6,253	0.082%
178	Vidal Ramos	6,189	0.081%
179	São Cristóvão do Sul	6,084	0.080%
180	Agronômica	6,055	0.080%
181	Águas de Chapecó	6,036	0.079%
182	José Boiteux	5,985	0.079%
183	Imbuia	5,982	0.079%
184	Anchieta	5,943	0.078%
185	Bela Vista do Toldo	5,872	0.077%
186	Luzerna	5,794	0.076%
187	São Pedro de Alcântara	5,776	0.076%
188	Piratuba	5,769	0.076%
189	Timbé do Sul	5,386	0.071%
190	Vitor Meireles	5,370	0.071%
191	Botuverá	5,363	0.070%
192	Angelina	5,358	0.070%
193	Nova Erechim	5,155	0.068%
194	Tunápolis	4,916	0.065%
195	Erval Velho	4,885	0.064%
196	Rio Fortuna	4,847	0.064%
197	Guarujá do Sul	4,829	0.063%
198	Romelândia	4,823	0.063%
199	Cordilheira Alta	4,781	0.063%
200	Riqueza	4,768	0.063%
201	Caxambu do Sul	4,614	0.061%
202	Ipira	4,578	0.060%
203	Vargem Bonita	4,576	0.060%
204	Lindóia do Sul	4,549	0.060%
205	Nova Itaberaba	4,536	0.060%
206	São João do Itaperiú	4,463	0.059%
207	Ponte Alta	4,437	0.058%
208	Salto Veloso	4,390	0.058%
209	Arabutã	4,378	0.058%
210	Jaborá	4,310	0.057%
211	Paraíso	4,267	0.056%
212	Witmarsum	4,255	0.056%
213	Pedras Grandes	4,245	0.056%
214	Dona Emma	4,221	0.055%
215	Modelo	4,080	0.054%
216	Passos Maia	4,034	0.053%
217	Bom Jardim da Serra	4,026	0.053%
218	Braço do Trombudo	4,026	0.053%
219	Iraceminha	3,986	0.052%
220	Zortéa	3,930	0.052%
221	Treviso	3,782	0.050%
222	Xavantina	3,653	0.048%
223	Doutor Pedrinho	3,637	0.048%
224	Vargeão	3,634	0.048%
225	Saltinho	3,632	0.048%
226	Anitápolis	3,593	0.047%
227	Arroio Trinta	3,556	0.047%
228	Bocaina do Sul	3,515	0.046%
229	Pinheiro Preto	3,473	0.046%
230	Calmon	3,443	0.045%
231	São Martinho	3,405	0.045%
232	Entre Rios	3,402	0.045%
233	Leoberto Leal	3,330	0.044%
234	Cerro Negro	3,317	0.044%
235	Serra Alta	3,303	0.043%
236	Rancho Queimado	3,279	0.043%
237	Ibicaré	3,269	0.043%
238	Atalanta	3,227	0.042%
239	Major Gercino	3,214	0.042%
240	Galvão	3,210	0.042%
241	Ponte Alta do Norte	3,210	0.042%
242	Bandeirante	3,144	0.041%
243	Morro Grande	3,010	0.040%
244	Peritiba	2,992	0.039%
245	Princesa	2,964	0.039%
246	Chapadão do Lageado	2,950	0.039%
247	Planalto Alegre	2,946	0.039%
248	São Bonifácio	2,946	0.039%
249	Iomerê	2,877	0.038%
250	Águas Frias	2,839	0.037%
251	Sul Brasil	2,832	0.037%
252	Celso Ramos	2,805	0.037%
253	Bom Jesus	2,777	0.036%
254	União do Oeste	2,774	0.036%
255	Matos Costa	2,761	0.036%
256	São Bernardino	2,684	0.035%
257	Formosa do Sul	2,682	0.035%
258	Belmonte	2,658	0.035%
259	Urupema	2,656	0.035%
260	Novo Horizonte	2,643	0.035%
261	Vargem	2,627	0.035%
262	Capão Alto	2,625	0.034%
263	Abdon Batista	2,598	0.034%
264	Santa Terezinha do Progresso	2,576	0.034%
265	Palmeira	2,561	0.034%
266	Jupiá	2,555	0.034%
267	Mirim Doce	2,511	0.033%
268	Arvoredo	2,510	0.033%
269	Brunópolis	2,489	0.033%
270	Santa Helena	2,425	0.032%
271	Frei Rogério	2,411	0.032%
272	Rio Rufino	2,397	0.031%
273	Tigrinhos	2,329	0.031%
274	Presidente Nereu	2,301	0.030%
275	Ermo	2,269	0.030%
276	Lacerdópolis	2,248	0.030%
277	Painel	2,215	0.029%
278	Bom Jesus do Oeste	2,187	0.029%
279	Marema	2,184	0.029%
280	Ouro Verde	2,181	0.029%
281	Santa Rosa de Lima	2,088	0.027%
282	Irati	2,069	0.027%
283	Coronel Martins	2,065	0.027%
284	Ibiam	2,008	0.026%
285	Cunhataí	1,968	0.026%
286	Paial	1,927	0.025%
287	Alto Bela Vista	1,856	0.024%
288	Flor do Sertão	1,783	0.023%
289	São Miguel da Boa Vista	1,781	0.023%
290	Macieira	1,778	0.023%
291	Jardinópolis	1,776	0.023%
292	Lajeado Grande	1,702	0.022%
293	Presidente Castello Branco	1,689	0.022%
294	Barra Bonita	1,668	0.022%
295	Santiago do Sul	1,651	0.022%

Intermediate geographic regions

IBGE division that groups municipalities around a hub city.

Intermediate region	People	% of state	Municipalities
Blumenau	2,096,406	27.5%	60
Joinville	1,435,381	18.9%	25
Florianópolis	1,292,069	17.0%	17
Chapecó	1,194,259	15.7%	109
Criciúma	997,971	13.1%	44
Lages	364,995	4.8%	24
Caçador	229,280	3.0%	16

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Santa Catarina?

Santa Catarina had 7,610,361 inhabitants in IBGE's 2022 Census. It is the 10th most populous state in the country, behind São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 6 others.

How many municipalities are there in Santa Catarina?

Santa Catarina has 295 municipalities. The most populous is Joinville, with 616,317 inhabitants.

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

The capital is Florianópolis, with 537,211 inhabitants in the 2022 Census (7.1% of the state's population).

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