The data displays the ten largest cities in Brazil in 2016. In 2016, approx. 11.93 million people lived in São Paulo, making it the largest city in Brazil.
Brazil's cities
Brazil is home to two large metropolises: São Paulo with close to 11.9 million inhabitants and Rio de Janeiro with around 6.5 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller, but well known cities such as Brasília, Curitiba and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country is primarily urban and as of 2014, 85% of inhabitants were living in cities.
