About Paulo Afonso
Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil with a population of 119,418. It is the 272nd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 4,791st largest worldwide. It lies 1,270 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#15of 243
Coordinates
-9.406, -38.215
Record updated
14 July 2026
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.