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City profile · Brazil · South America

Curitiba

Parana · Brazil
City population
1,948,626
#8
in Brazil
#1
in Parana
#212
worldwide
BrasíliaCuritiba
-25.428, -49.273 · 1,082 km from Brasília
City population
1,948,626
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#8
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#212
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.9%
of the national population

About Curitiba

Ranking 212th among world cities, Curitiba holds a population of 1,948,626 within its city proper boundaries. The largest city in Paraná state, it accounts for 0.9% of Brazil's national population and sits 1,082 km from Brasília. Five cities of 30,000 or more inhabitants lie within 19 km, including São José dos Pinhais at 349,880 people and Colombo at 232,212.

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
#8of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Parana
#1of 123
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Parana
Rank in region
#1of 123
Distance to capital
1,082 km
to Brasília
Elevation
924 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-25.428, -49.273
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.

8KMPinhais117K people12KMAlmirante Tamandaré120K people13KMSão José dos Pinhais350K people16KMColombo232K people19KMCampo Magro30K 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. Curitiba1.95M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Curitiba 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
Curitiba1.95M

Curitiba Population FAQ

What is the population of Curitiba?

Curitiba has a city population of 1,948,626. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Curitiba?

Curitiba is in Parana, Brazil, 1,082 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -25.428, -49.273.

How big is Curitiba compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 8th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.9% of the national population.

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