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City profile · Brazil · South America

Osasco

Sao Paulo · Brazil
City population
728,615
#26
in Brazil
#6
in Sao Paulo
#757
worldwide
BrasíliaOsasco
-23.532, -46.792 · 870 km from Brasília
City population
728,615
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#26
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#757
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Osasco

Osasco sits within a cluster of large cities in São Paulo state, 870 km from Brasília. The city proper has a population of 728,615, representing 0.3% of Brazil's national population and ranking 26th among Brazilian cities. Four neighbouring cities lie within 14 km: Carapicuíba at 5 km with 386,984 people, Barueri at 9 km with 316,473, Taboão da Serra at 10 km with 273,542, and Embu das Artes at 14 km with 259,788.

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
#26of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Sao Paulo
#6of 303
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Sao Paulo
Rank in region
#6of 303
Distance to capital
870 km
to Brasília
Elevation
750 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-23.532, -46.792
Record updated
2026-07-17
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.

5KMCarapicuíba387K people9KMBarueri316K people10KMTaboão da Serra274K people11KMJandira118K people14KMEmbu das Artes260K 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. Osasco729K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Osasco 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
Osasco729K

Osasco Population FAQ

What is the population of Osasco?

Osasco has a city population of 728,615. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Osasco?

Osasco is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 870 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -23.532, -46.792.

How big is Osasco compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 26th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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