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City profile · Brazil · South America

Nova Iguaçu

Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
City population
843,046
#21
in Brazil
#3
in Rio de Janeiro
#664
worldwide
BrasíliaNova Iguaçu
-22.759, -43.451 · 907 km from Brasília
City population
843,046
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#21
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#664
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.4%
of the national population

About Nova Iguaçu

Ranked 664th in the world, Nova Iguaçu holds a population of 843,046 and is the third-largest city in Rio de Janeiro state. It sits 907 km from Brasília. The city is closely surrounded by other substantial urban centres: Belford Roxo lies 5 km away with 518,384 residents, São João de Meriti is 9 km distant with 466,536 residents, and Duque de Caxias stands 15 km away with 866,347 residents.

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
#21of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Rio de Janeiro
#3of 83
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Rio de Janeiro
Rank in region
#3of 83
Distance to capital
907 km
to Brasília
Elevation
36 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-22.759, -43.451
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 Brazil

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

5KMBelford Roxo518K people7KMNilópolis156K people9KMSão João de Meriti467K people12KMQueimados149K people15KMDuque de Caxias866K 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. Nova Iguaçu843K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Nova Iguaçu 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
Nova Iguaçu843K

Nova Iguaçu Population FAQ

What is the population of Nova Iguaçu?

Nova Iguaçu has a city population of 843,046. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Nova Iguaçu?

Nova Iguaçu is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 907 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -22.759, -43.451.

How big is Nova Iguaçu compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 21st largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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