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City profile · Brazil · South America

Cuiabá

Mato Grosso · Brazil
City population
618,124
#34
in Brazil
#1
in Mato Grosso
#905
worldwide
BrasíliaCuiabá
-15.596, -56.097 · 874 km from Brasília
City population
618,124
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#34
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#905
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Cuiabá

At 193 m elevation, Cuiabá is the largest city in Mato Grosso and ranks 34th among Brazil's listed cities with a population of 618,124. It lies 874 km from Brasília. Várzea Grande, with 300,078 residents, stands 7 km away; Santo Antônio do Leverger (16,795) is 30 km distant, and Chapada dos Guimarães (19,374) sits 40 km off.

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
#34of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Mato Grosso
#1of 50
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Mato Grosso
Rank in region
#1of 50
Distance to capital
874 km
to Brasília
Elevation
193 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Cuiaba
Coordinates
-15.596, -56.097
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.

7KMVárzea Grande300K people30KMSanto Antônio do Leverger17K people40KMChapada dos Guimarães19K people84KMLucas28K people92KMRosário Oeste15K 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. Cuiabá618K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cuiabá 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
Cuiabá618K

Cuiabá Population FAQ

What is the population of Cuiabá?

Cuiabá has a city population of 618,124. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cuiabá?

Cuiabá is in Mato Grosso, Brazil, 874 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -15.596, -56.097.

How big is Cuiabá compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 34th 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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