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City profile · Brazil · South America

Niterói

Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
City population
515,317
#43
in Brazil
#5
in Rio de Janeiro
#1,105
worldwide
BrasíliaNiterói
-22.883, -43.104 · 938 km from Brasília
City population
515,317
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#43
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,105
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.2%
of the national population

About Niterói

Brazil's 43rd-largest city by population, Niterói holds 515,317 residents and ranks fifth within Rio de Janeiro state. It sits 8 km from Rio de Janeiro, which has a population of 6,747,815. Several other cities lie within a 15 km radius: Catete (22,295), Santa Teresa (35,873), Estácio (23,260), and Ipanema (37,392). At 44 m elevation, Niterói accounts for 0.2% of Brazil's national population and lies 938 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
#43of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Rio de Janeiro
#5of 83
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Rio de Janeiro
Rank in region
#5of 83
Distance to capital
938 km
to Brasília
Elevation
44 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-22.883, -43.104
Record updated
2026-07-15
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.

8KMRio de Janeiro6.75M people15KMIpanema37K people17KMLeblon38K people19KMVidigal15K people19KMRocinha25K 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. Niterói515K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Niterói 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
Niterói515K

Niterói Population FAQ

What is the population of Niterói?

Niterói has a city population of 515,317. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Niterói?

Niterói is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 938 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -22.883, -43.104.

How big is Niterói compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 43rd 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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