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City profile · Brazil · South America

Aracaju

Sergipe · Brazil
City population
664,908
#29
in Brazil
#1
in Sergipe
#832
worldwide
BrasíliaAracaju
-10.911, -37.072 · 1,293 km from Brasília
City population
664,908
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#29
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#832
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Aracaju

The city's three nearest neighbours lie within 19 km, with Nossa Senhora do Socorro 9 km away holding 204,081 people and São Cristóvão 19 km distant with 101,213. Aracaju itself has a population of 664,908, making it the largest city in Sergipe state and Brazil's 29th-largest by city proper. Located 1,293 km from Brasília, it sits at 11 m elevation.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Brazil
#29of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Sergipe
#1of 34
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Sergipe
Rank in region
#1of 34
Distance to capital
1,293 km
to Brasília
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Maceio
Coordinates
-10.911, -37.072
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,250 in Brazil

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

9KMNossa Senhora do Socorro204K people16KMLaranjeiras24K people19KMSão Cristóvão101K people19KMMaruim16K people28KMItaporanga d'Ajuda34K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Aracaju665K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Aracaju compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Aracaju665K

Aracaju Population FAQ

What is the population of Aracaju?

Aracaju has a city population of 664,908. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Aracaju?

Aracaju is in Sergipe, Brazil, 1,293 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -10.911, -37.072.

How big is Aracaju compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 29th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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