What is the population of Manaus?
Manaus has a city population of 2,219,580. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Manaus
The nearest city of significant size sits 70 km away, leaving Manaus relatively isolated despite being Brazil's sixth-largest city by population at 2.2 million. Lying 1,934 km from Brasília, the city dominates Amazonas state as its only settlement of comparable scale, accounting for 1% 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.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 48
Elevation
20 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Manaus
Coordinates
-3.102, -60.025
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 |
| Manaus | 2.22M |
Manaus Population FAQ
Where is Manaus?
Manaus is in Amazonas, Brazil, 1,934 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -3.102, -60.025.
How big is Manaus compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 6th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 1.0% of the national population.