What is the population of Porto Velho?
Porto Velho has a city population of 548,952. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Porto Velho
Ranked 1,019th globally, Porto Velho holds 548,952 residents and stands as the largest city in Rondonia. It lies 1,902 km from Brasília and accounts for 0.3% of Brazil's national population. Candeias do Jamari sits 24 km away with 22,310 residents; Ariquemes, 159 km distant, is the next largest nearby city at 96,833 people.
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 23
Elevation
90 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Porto_Velho
Coordinates
-8.762, -63.904
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 |
| Porto Velho | 549K |
Porto Velho Population FAQ
Where is Porto Velho?
Porto Velho is in Rondonia, Brazil, 1,902 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -8.762, -63.904.
How big is Porto Velho compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 37th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.