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City profile · Brazil · South America

Guarulhos

Sao Paulo · Brazil
City population
1,345,364
#13
in Brazil
#2
in Sao Paulo
#374
worldwide
BrasíliaGuarulhos
-23.463, -46.533 · 867 km from Brasília
City population
1,345,364
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#13
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#374
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.6%
of the national population

About Guarulhos

The second-largest city in São Paulo state, Guarulhos holds 1,345,364 people and ranks 13th among Brazil's listed cities. It lies 14 km from São Paulo, the country's largest metropolis with 12.4 million residents, and sits at 774 m elevation. Several other substantial cities cluster nearby: Mairiporã (101,937 people) lies 17 km away, while São Caetano do Sul and Ferraz de Vasconcelos, both with populations around 170,000–180,000, sit 18–19 km distant.

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
#13of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Sao Paulo
#2of 303
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Sao Paulo
Rank in region
#2of 303
Distance to capital
867 km
to Brasília
Elevation
774 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-23.463, -46.533
Record updated
2026-07-14
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.

14KMSão Paulo12.4M people17KMMairiporã102K people18KMSão Caetano do Sul173K people19KMFerraz de Vasconcelos179K people19KMItaquaquecetuba369K 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. Guarulhos1.35M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Guarulhos 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
Guarulhos1.35M

Guarulhos Population FAQ

What is the population of Guarulhos?

Guarulhos has a city population of 1,345,364. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Guarulhos?

Guarulhos is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 867 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -23.463, -46.533.

How big is Guarulhos compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 13th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.6% of the national population.

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