What is the population of Maceió?
Maceió has a city population of 1,031,597. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Maceió
At 0.5% of the national population, this city of 1,031,597 ranks 14th among Brazil's listed cities. It stands 1,486 km from Brasília and sits at 11 m elevation. Within Alagoas state it has no rival in size, outpacing the next-largest nearby settlement, Marechal Deodoro at 62,341 residents 18 km away.
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
#1of 53
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Maceio
Coordinates
-9.666, -35.735
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 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 |
| Maceió | 1.03M |
Maceió Population FAQ
Where is Maceió?
Maceió is in Alagoas, Brazil, 1,486 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -9.666, -35.735.
How big is Maceió compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 14th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.5% of the national population.