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City profile · Brazil · South America

Macapá

Amapa · Brazil
City population
512,902
#44
in Brazil
#1
in Amapa
#1,109
worldwide
BrasíliaMacapá
0.039, -51.066 · 1,792 km from Brasília
City population
512,902
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#44
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,109
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.2%
of the national population

About Macapá

At 0.2% of Brazil's national population, this city of 512,902 is among the country's larger urban centres without dominating any region. It ranks 44th among listed Brazilian cities and first within Amapa state. Santana lies 15 km away with a population of 118,803; Mazagão, Afuá, Porto Grande, and Tucumã range from 15,030 to 37,765 residents within 30 to 114 km. The city sits 1,792 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
#44of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Amapa
#1of 7
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Amapa
Rank in region
#1of 7
Distance to capital
1,792 km
to Brasília
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Belem
Coordinates
0.039, -51.066
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.

15KMSantana119K people30KMMazagão22K people79KMAfuá38K people84KMPorto Grande22K people114KMTucumã15K 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. Macapá513K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Macapá 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
Macapá513K

Macapá Population FAQ

What is the population of Macapá?

Macapá has a city population of 512,902. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Macapá?

Macapá is in Amapa, Brazil, 1,792 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are 0.039, -51.066.

How big is Macapá compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 44th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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