List of the states of Brazil by area
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There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the area, from Amazonas with the greatest area, to the Federal District with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. Brazil has a total area of 8 511 965 km2, and is ranked 5th in the world.
Rank of Brazilian States by: Area - Population - Population Density |
- Amazonas (4) - 1 570 947 km2
- Pará (13) - 1 247 703 km2
- Mato Grosso (10) - 903 386 km2
- Minas Gerais (12) - 586 552 km2
- Bahia (5) - 564 273 km2
- Mato Grosso do Sul (11) - 357 140 km2
- Goiás (8) - 340 118 km2
- Maranhão (9) - 331 918 km2
- Rio Grande do Sul (20) - 281 734 km2
- Tocantins (26) - 277 298 km2
- Piauí (17) - 251 312 km2
- São Paulo (24) - 248 177 km2
- Rondônia (21) - 237 565 km2
- Roraima (22) - 224 118 km2
- Paraná (15) - 199 282 km2
- Acre (1) - 152 522 km2
- Ceará (6) - 145 712 km2
- Amapá (3) - 142 816 km2
- Pernambuco (16) - 98 527 km2
- Santa Catarina (23) - 95 285 km2
- Paraíba (14) - 56 341 km2
- Rio Grande do Norte (19) - 53 077 km2
- Espírito Santo (7) - 46 047 km2
- Rio de Janeiro (18) - 43 797 km2
- Alagoas (2) - 27 819 km2
- Sergipe (25) - 21 962 km2
- Federal District (27) - 5 802 km2
See also: Brazil, States of Brazil, List of subnational entities, List of capitals of subnational entities
External link
Statoids data on Brazilian states (http://www.statoids.com/ubr.html)