What is the population of Belém?
Belém has a city population of 1,499,641. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Belém
At 1,594 km from Brasília, Belém is Brazil's 11th largest city, with a population of 1,499,641. It ranks first among 120 cities in Pará state and accounts for 0.7% of the national population. Ananindeua, 18 km away, is the second-largest city in its immediate vicinity at 535,547 residents.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 120
Elevation
15 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Belem
Coordinates
-1.456, -48.504
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 BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Belém | 1.5M |
Belém Population FAQ
Where is Belém?
Belém is in Para, Brazil, 1,594 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -1.456, -48.504.
How big is Belém compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 11th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.7% of the national population.