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Brazil home to over 206 million inhabitants

São Paulo is the state with the largest population: 44.75 million

Vitor Abdala reports from Agência Brasil

Published on 30/08/2016 - 12:00

Rio de Janeiro

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brasileiros já são mais de 202 milhões — Brazil is home to 206.081 million inhabitants. Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil

Brazil is home to 206.081 million inhabitants, an estimate published today (Aug. 30) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows. Last year, the population amounted to 204,450,649.

Of the 27 Brazilian states, São Paulo is the most populous, with 44.75 million inhabitants. Five other states have over 10 million inhabitants: Minas Gerais (21 million), Rio de Janeiro (16.63 million), Bahia (15.28 million), Rio Grande do Sul (11.29 million), and Paraná (11.24 million).

The three least populous states have fewer than 1 million dwellers: Roraima (514.2 thousand), Amapá (782.3 thousand), and Acre (816.7 thousand).

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira

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