What is the population of Belo Horizonte?
Belo Horizonte has a city population of 2,721,564. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Brazil · South America
Belo Horizonte
City population
2,721,564
#3
in Brazil
#1
in Minas Gerais
#138
worldwide
-19.921, -43.938 · 625 km from Brasília
About Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte's metropolitan area encompasses 6,136,000 residents, making it Brazil's third-largest urban agglomeration. The city proper holds 2,721,564 people at a density of 648 per km², situated at an elevation of 888 m in southeastern Brazil. Annual population growth of 0.8% reflects modest expansion.
Tancredo Neves International Airport serves the region's air transport needs. The city's elevated location and substantial population base support a significant urban economy across a densely developed area.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
6,136,000
0.074% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.75%
Archive estimateDensity
648/km²
9,467 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 239
Coordinates
-19.921, -43.938
Record updated
13 April 2026
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.
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 |
| Belo Horizonte | 2.72M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Tancredo Neves International AirportCNF
32 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in Brazil
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 53,408,551 |
| 1960 | 72,388,126 |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 |
| 2030 | 216,074,411 |
| 2040 | 219,237,084 |
| 2050 | 217,489,299 |
| 2060 | 211,038,801 |
| 2070 | 200,893,056 |
| 2080 | 188,598,788 |
| 2090 | 175,780,972 |
| 2100 | 163,364,064 |
Belo Horizonte Population FAQ
Where is Belo Horizonte?
Belo Horizonte is in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 625 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -19.921, -43.938.
How big is Belo Horizonte compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 3rd largest of the 2,250 cities listed in Brazil, holding 1.3% of the national population.