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Jaboatão dos Guararapes

Pernambuco · Brazil
City population
644,037
#32
in Brazil
#2
in Pernambuco
#865
worldwide
BrasíliaJaboatão dos Guararapes
-8.113, -35.015 · 1,642 km from Brasília
City population
644,037
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#32
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#865
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Jaboatão dos Guararapes

Brazil's 32nd largest city by population, Jaboatão dos Guararapes holds 644,037 residents and ranks second in Pernambuco. It sits 16 km from Recife, the state's major centre with 1,653,461 people, and is surrounded by several substantial neighbours: Camaragibe (160,318), Cabo de Santo Agostinho (216,969), and São Lourenço da Mata (118,258) all lie within 20 km. The city accounts for 0.3% of Brazil's national population and stands 1,642 km from Brasília.

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
#32of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Pernambuco
#2of 126
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Pernambuco
Rank in region
#2of 126
Distance to capital
1,642 km
to Brasília
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Recife
Coordinates
-8.113, -35.015
Record updated
2025-05-29
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.

9KMMoreno58K people11KMCamaragibe160K people12KMSão Lourenço da Mata118K people16KMRecife1.65M people20KMCabo de Santo Agostinho217K 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. Jaboatão dos Guararapes644K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jaboatão dos Guararapes 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
Jaboatão dos Guararapes644K

Jaboatão dos Guararapes Population FAQ

What is the population of Jaboatão dos Guararapes?

Jaboatão dos Guararapes has a city population of 644,037. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jaboatão dos Guararapes?

Jaboatão dos Guararapes is in Pernambuco, Brazil, 1,642 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -8.113, -35.015.

How big is Jaboatão dos Guararapes compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 32nd 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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