Brazil - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Brazil was 185,081,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 185,081,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 33,302,780 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 33,302,780
1961 35,016,990
1962 36,802,630
1963 38,660,040
1964 40,580,110
1965 42,551,350
1966 44,575,890
1967 46,652,820
1968 48,781,910
1969 50,954,980
1970 53,176,880
1971 55,461,940
1972 57,797,620
1973 60,184,830
1974 62,641,530
1975 65,175,660
1976 67,790,420
1977 70,478,350
1978 73,245,840
1979 76,091,700
1980 79,015,950
1981 82,013,620
1982 85,085,300
1983 88,209,010
1984 91,357,900
1985 94,505,180
1986 97,647,140
1987 100,778,400
1988 103,903,000
1989 107,023,100
1990 110,146,200
1991 113,265,900
1992 116,379,400
1993 119,489,200
1994 122,608,500
1995 125,743,600
1996 128,896,600
1997 132,175,400
1998 135,456,400
1999 138,709,600
2000 141,915,800
2001 144,508,700
2002 147,005,300
2003 149,452,700
2004 151,844,000
2005 154,176,500
2006 156,448,000
2007 158,660,000
2008 160,823,500
2009 162,950,000
2010 165,055,100
2011 167,158,500
2012 169,240,800
2013 171,300,700
2014 173,346,800
2015 175,375,400
2016 177,386,800
2017 179,379,300
2018 181,335,500
2019 183,241,600
2020 185,081,900

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Brazil was 87.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.07 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.14 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 46.14
1961 47.12
1962 48.10
1963 49.08
1964 50.06
1965 51.04
1966 52.02
1967 52.99
1968 53.97
1969 54.94
1970 55.91
1971 56.89
1972 57.88
1973 58.86
1974 59.83
1975 60.79
1976 61.75
1977 62.69
1978 63.63
1979 64.55
1980 65.47
1981 66.37
1982 67.26
1983 68.14
1984 69.01
1985 69.86
1986 70.70
1987 71.53
1988 72.34
1989 73.14
1990 73.92
1991 74.69
1992 75.44
1993 76.18
1994 76.90
1995 77.61
1996 78.30
1997 79.05
1998 79.78
1999 80.50
2000 81.19
2001 81.55
2002 81.88
2003 82.20
2004 82.52
2005 82.83
2006 83.14
2007 83.45
2008 83.75
2009 84.04
2010 84.34
2011 84.63
2012 84.92
2013 85.21
2014 85.49
2015 85.77
2016 86.04
2017 86.31
2018 86.57
2019 86.82
2020 87.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization