What is the population of Campinas?
Campinas has a city population of 1,031,554. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Campinas
The third-largest city in Sao Paulo, Campinas holds a population of 1,031,554 and accounts for 0.5% of Brazil's total. Situated 798 km from Brasília, the city sits at 686 m elevation and is surrounded by several smaller urban centres: Valinhos at 10 km with 132,258 people, Hortolândia at 17 km with 236,641, and Paulínia at 19 km with 110,537 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
#3of 303
Elevation
686 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-22.906, -47.061
Record updated
2021-09-19
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 |
| Campinas | 1.03M |
Campinas Population FAQ
Where is Campinas?
Campinas is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 798 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -22.906, -47.061.
How big is Campinas compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 15th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.5% of the national population.