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Region · Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil
Cities listed
83
16.5M
combined population
Rio de Janeiro
largest city
83 listed cities in Rio de Janeiro
Cities listed
83
15,000 or more people
Largest city
Rio de Janeiro
6,747,815 people
Combined population
16.5M
Of the cities listed here
Share of country
8.8%
Of Brazil's listed city population

Cities in Rio de Janeiro

All 2,250 in Brazil

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

83 cities
2Rio de Janeiro6,747,815
20Duque de Caxias866,347
21Nova Iguaçu843,046
42Belford Roxo518,384
43Niterói515,317
46Campos dos Goytacazes483,540
49São João de Meriti466,536
54Barra da Tijuca421,438
97Petrópolis294,926
105Volta Redonda279,971
115Macaé264,439
128Magé244,142
132Itaboraí240,040
134Cabo Frio238,438
152Maricá211,986
165Nova Friburgo189,939
174Barra Mansa181,679
177Angra dos Reis179,120
179Teresópolis176,735
190Rio das Ostras168,099
205Nilópolis155,500
211Queimados149,093
232Araruama137,906
233Resende137,697
260Itaguaí123,980
308São Pedro da Aldeia110,677
320Itaperuna107,246
336Japeri102,171
342Barra do Piraí100,764
378Saquarema90,583
398Seropédica84,737
412Três Rios82,142
442Valença76,869
567Cachoeiras de Macacu59,303
569Rio Bonito59,113
622Guapimirim54,300
705São Francisco de Itabapoana47,368
721Casimiro de Abreu46,110
738Mangaratiba45,220
755Paraíba do Sul44,467
771Santo Antônio de Pádua43,686
773Paracambi43,656
789Armação dos Búzios42,442
814São Fidélis41,197
870São João da Barra38,708
894Leblon37,709
912Ipanema37,392
917Bom Jesus do Itabapoana37,172
945Vassouras35,904
947Santa Teresa35,873
1042Tanguá32,858
1048Arraial do Cabo32,794
1053Itatiaia32,694
1177Bom Jardim29,736
1181Paty do Alferes29,619
1183Iguaba Grande29,577
1200Piraí29,054
1223Miracema28,411
1237Miguel Pereira28,123
1316Universidade Rural26,371
1384Pinheiral25,085
1418Rocinha24,543
1509Itaocara23,643
1529Estácio23,260
1543Quissamã23,126
1559São José do Vale do Rio Preto22,799
1582Catete22,295
1603Silva Jardim22,026
1621Conceição de Macabu21,769
1645Cordeiro21,444
1675Porto Real21,064
1718São Pedro20,424
1760Cantagalo19,996
1907Sapucaia18,289
1935Mendes18,049
1948Rio Claro17,950
1962Porciúncula17,832
1971Carmo17,740
2189Sumidouro15,690
2198Natividade15,550
2237Paraty15,118
2238Vidigal15,112
2242Cambuci15,070

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