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City profile · Brazil · South America

Uberlândia

Minas Gerais · Brazil
City population
754,954
#25
in Brazil
#2
in Minas Gerais
#729
worldwide
BrasíliaUberlândia
-18.919, -48.277 · 351 km from Brasília
City population
754,954
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#25
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#729
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.4%
of the national population

About Uberlândia

At 867 m above sea level, Uberlândia is the second-largest city in Minas Gerais, with a population of 754,954. Located 351 km from Brasília, it accounts for 0.4% of Brazil's national population. The nearest substantial city is Araguari, 32 km away with 117,808 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
#25of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Minas Gerais
#2of 239
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Minas Gerais
Rank in region
#2of 239
Distance to capital
351 km
to Brasília
Elevation
867 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-18.919, -48.277
Record updated
2026-07-14
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.

32KMAraguari118K people58KMTupaciguara25K people64KMMonte Alegre de Minas20K people81KMPrata28K people85KMMonte Carmelo48K 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. Uberlândia755K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Uberlândia 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
Uberlândia755K

Uberlândia Population FAQ

What is the population of Uberlândia?

Uberlândia has a city population of 754,954. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Uberlândia?

Uberlândia is in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 351 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -18.919, -48.277.

How big is Uberlândia compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 25th 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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