Brazil - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Brazil was 22,237,470 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,237,470 in 2021 and a minimum value of 4,493,182 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 4,493,182
1961 4,681,086
1962 4,878,624
1963 5,084,497
1964 5,299,360
1965 5,522,674
1966 5,865,661
1967 6,262,294
1968 6,686,349
1969 7,137,833
1970 7,620,490
1971 8,004,335
1972 8,380,068
1973 8,772,332
1974 9,183,536
1975 9,614,016
1976 10,065,310
1977 10,536,460
1978 11,030,360
1979 11,547,410
1980 12,089,450
1981 12,383,530
1982 12,628,960
1983 12,879,250
1984 13,134,860
1985 13,394,820
1986 13,660,290
1987 13,931,020
1988 14,207,500
1989 14,488,690
1990 14,775,840
1991 15,068,680
1992 15,288,040
1993 15,493,540
1994 15,702,110
1995 15,913,470
1996 16,127,980
1997 16,344,780
1998 16,564,800
1999 16,787,780
2000 17,014,080
2001 17,260,030
2002 17,511,510
2003 17,766,650
2004 18,025,860
2005 18,288,130
2006 18,554,590
2007 18,824,930
2008 19,099,590
2009 19,377,480
2010 19,659,810
2011 19,901,880
2012 20,143,090
2013 20,386,560
2014 20,633,310
2015 20,883,050
2016 21,136,160
2017 21,391,620
2018 21,650,180
2019 21,846,510
2020 22,043,030
2021 22,237,470

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Brazil was 11.90 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 15.30 in 1980, while its lowest value was 11.86 in 2006.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 13.49
1961 13.37
1962 13.26
1963 13.15
1964 13.06
1965 12.98
1966 13.16
1967 13.42
1968 13.71
1969 14.01
1970 14.33
1971 14.43
1972 14.50
1973 14.58
1974 14.66
1975 14.75
1976 14.85
1977 14.95
1978 15.06
1979 15.18
1980 15.30
1981 15.10
1982 14.84
1983 14.60
1984 14.38
1985 14.17
1986 13.99
1987 13.82
1988 13.67
1989 13.54
1990 13.41
1991 13.30
1992 13.14
1993 12.97
1994 12.81
1995 12.66
1996 12.51
1997 12.37
1998 12.23
1999 12.10
2000 11.99
2001 11.94
2002 11.91
2003 11.89
2004 11.87
2005 11.86
2006 11.86
2007 11.86
2008 11.88
2009 11.89
2010 11.91
2011 11.91
2012 11.90
2013 11.90
2014 11.90
2015 11.91
2016 11.92
2017 11.93
2018 11.94
2019 11.92
2020 11.91
2021 11.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization