Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Brazil

Population in cities over 1 million in Brazil in 2025 — 94,307,806 people. Ranked 4 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 511.3%.

2025 94.31M people +0.87% vs 2024
World rank 4of 121
Period maximum 94.31M people2025
Period minimum 15.43M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Brazil, 1960–2025025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15,428,334 people1962: 17,151,403 people1964: 19,088,958 people1966: 21,260,002 people1968: 23,702,699 people1970: 26,447,534 people1972: 28,906,820 people1974: 31,558,047 people1976: 34,491,112 people1978: 37,730,700 people1980: 41,322,855 people1982: 43,616,135 people1984: 45,905,840 people1986: 48,340,398 people1988: 50,937,569 people1990: 53,702,146 people1992: 56,420,965 people1994: 58,954,750 people1996: 61,628,446 people1998: 64,443,291 people2000: 67,416,308 people2002: 69,497,900 people2004: 71,606,933 people2006: 73,784,829 people2008: 76,042,843 people2010: 78,376,893 people2012: 80,643,439 people2014: 82,973,348 people2016: 85,382,211 people2018: 87,864,411 people2020: 89,848,981 people2022: 91,740,129 people2024: 93,490,469 people2025: 94,307,806 people
Change over the period: +78.88M (+511.26%) Average annual rate: 2.82 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brazil

Brazil 94.31M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
South America computed 183M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 94.31M +817,337 +0.87%
2024 93.49M +856,137 +0.92%
2023 92.63M +894,203 +0.97%
2022 91.74M +929,752 +1.02%
2021 90.81M +961,396 +1.07%
2020 89.85M +987,507 +1.11%
2019 88.86M +997,063 +1.13%
2018 87.86M +1.25M +1.44%
2017 86.61M +1.23M +1.44%
2016 85.38M +1.21M +1.44%
2015 84.17M +1.19M +1.44%
2014 82.97M +1.18M +1.44%
2013 81.8M +1.15M +1.43%
2012 80.64M +1.14M +1.43%
2011 79.5M +1.13M +1.44%
2010 78.38M +1.18M +1.53%
2009 77.2M +1.16M +1.52%
2008 76.04M +1.14M +1.52%
2007 74.9M +1.12M +1.52%
2006 73.78M +1.1M +1.51%
2005 72.69M +1.08M +1.51%
2004 71.61M +1.06M +1.51%
2003 70.54M +1.04M +1.5%
2002 69.5M +1.03M +1.5%
2001 68.47M +1.05M +1.56%
2000 67.42M +1.51M +2.29%
1999 65.91M +1.47M +2.27%
1998 64.44M +1.43M +2.26%
1997 63.02M +1.39M +2.25%
1996 61.63M +1.36M +2.25%
1995 60.27M +1.32M +2.24%
1994 58.95M +1.28M +2.23%
1993 57.67M +1.25M +2.21%
1992 56.42M +1.27M +2.3%
1991 55.15M +1.45M +2.7%
1990 53.7M +1.41M +2.69%
1989 52.3M +1.36M +2.67%
1988 50.94M +1.32M +2.66%
1987 49.62M +1.28M +2.64%
1986 48.34M +1.24M +2.63%
1985 47.1M +1.2M +2.61%
1984 45.91M +1.16M +2.6%
1983 44.74M +1.13M +2.58%
1982 43.62M +1.09M +2.57%
1981 42.52M +1.2M +2.91%
1980 41.32M +1.84M +4.67%
1979 39.48M +1.75M +4.63%
1978 37.73M +1.66M +4.61%
1977 36.07M +1.58M +4.57%
1976 34.49M +1.5M +4.56%
1975 32.99M +1.43M +4.53%
1974 31.56M +1.36M +4.5%
1973 30.2M +1.29M +4.47%
1972 28.91M +1.23M +4.46%
1971 27.67M +1.23M +4.64%
1970 26.45M +1.41M +5.65%
1969 25.03M +1.33M +5.61%
1968 23.7M +1.26M +5.6%
1967 22.44M +1.18M +5.57%
1966 21.26M +1.12M +5.55%
1965 20.14M +1.05M +5.52%
1964 19.09M +997,192 +5.51%
1963 18.09M +940,363 +5.48%
1962 17.15M +888,305 +5.46%
1961 16.26M +834,764 +5.41%
1960 15.43M

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.