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City profile · Brazil · South America

Joinville

Santa Catarina · Brazil
City population
664,500
#30
in Brazil
#1
in Santa Catarina
#833
worldwide
BrasíliaJoinville
-26.304, -48.846 · 1,174 km from Brasília
City population
664,500
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#30
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#833
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Joinville

Located 1,174 km from Brasília, Joinville holds 664,500 residents and ranks as the largest city in Santa Catarina. It sits at low elevation near several smaller urban centers, including Jaraguá do Sul 30 km away with 199,519 people, and three cities within 14–26 km of smaller size. The city accounts for 0.3% of Brazil's national population.

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
#30of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Santa Catarina
#1of 96
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Santa Catarina
Rank in region
#1of 96
Distance to capital
1,174 km
to Brasília
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-26.304, -48.846
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.

22KMSão Francisco do Sul53K people24KMGuaramirim47K people26KMSchroeder20K people30KMJaraguá do Sul200K people31KMGaruva19K 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. Joinville665K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Joinville 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
Joinville665K

Joinville Population FAQ

What is the population of Joinville?

Joinville has a city population of 664,500. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Joinville?

Joinville is in Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1,174 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -26.304, -48.846.

How big is Joinville compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 30th 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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