City profile · Brazil · South America
Santa Maria
City population
271,735
#109
in Brazil
#5
in Rio Grande do Sul
#2,101
worldwide
-29.684, -53.807 · 1,659 km from Brasília
About Santa Maria
Santa Maria is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil with a population of 271,735. It is the 109th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 2,101st largest worldwide. It lies 1,659 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 125
Coordinates
-29.684, -53.807
Record updated
13 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
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