What is the population of Juiz de Fora?
Juiz de Fora has a city population of 540,756. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Brazil · South America
Juiz de Fora
City population
540,756
#38
in Brazil
#4
in Minas Gerais
#1,039
worldwide
-21.764, -43.350 · 822 km from Brasília
About Juiz de Fora
Located 822 km from Brasília, Juiz de Fora is the fourth-largest city in Minas Gerais with a population of 540,756. It accounts for 0.3% of Brazil's national population and sits at 707 m elevation. Several cities lie nearby: Três Rios (population 82,142) at 42 km away and Paraíba do Sul (44,467) at 44 km distance.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 239
Elevation
707 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-21.764, -43.350
Record updated
2026-07-13
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 BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Juiz de Fora | 541K |
Juiz de Fora Population FAQ
Where is Juiz de Fora?
Juiz de Fora is in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 822 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -21.764, -43.350.
How big is Juiz de Fora compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 38th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.