Map of Brazil with its states and their capitals
Map of Brazil with its states and their capitals.
The federative states are autonomous subnational entities (self-government, self-legislation and self-collection) equipped with government and their own constitutions that together make up the Federative Republic of Brazil.The country is currently divided politically and administratively into 27 federal units: 26 states and one Federal District.
The federative states are autonomous subnational entities (self-government, self-legislation and self-collection) equipped with government and their own constitutions that together make up the Federative Republic of Brazil.The country is currently divided politically and administratively into 27 federal units: 26 states and one Federal District.
The states of the federation are grouped into five geographical regions: Northern, Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and Southern. This division is of a legal nature nature and was proposed, in the first instance, by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 1969.
| State | Capital | Area (km²) | Population/Year/Density | ||
| Acre | Rio Branco | 164 123,040 | 869 265 | 2018 | 5,3 |
| Alagoas | Maceió | 27 848,140 | 3 322 820 | 2018 | 119,32 |
| Amapá | Macapá | 142 828,521 | 829 494 | 2018 | 5,81 |
| Amazonas | Manaus | 1 559 146,876 | 4 080 611 | 2018 | 2,62 |
| Bahia | Salvador | 564 733,177 | 14 812 617 | 2018 | 26,23 |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | 148 920 | 9 075 649 | 2018 | 60,94 |
| Espírito Santo | Vitória | 46 095,583 | 3 973 697 | 2016 | 86,21 |
| Goiás | Goiânia | 340 111,783 | 6 921 161 | 2018 | 20,35 |
| Maranhão | São Luís | 331 937,450 | 7 035 055 | 2018 | 21,19 |
| Mato Grosso | Cuiabá | 903 378,292 | 3 441 998 | 2018 | 3,81 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | Campo Grande | 357 145,532 | 2 748 023 | 2018 | 7,69 |
| Minas Gerais | Belo Horizonte | 586 522,122 | 21 119 536 | 2017 | 36,01 |
| Pará | Belém | 1 247 954,666 | 8 513 497 | 2018 | 6,82 |
| Paraïba | João Pessoa | 56 469,778 | 3 996 496 | 2018 | 70,77 |
| Paraná | Curitiba | 199 307,922 | 11 348 937 | 2018 | 56,94 |
| Pernambuco | Recife | 98 149,119 | 9 496 294 | 2018 | 96,75 |
| Piauí | Teresina | 251 577,738 | 3 264 531 | 2018 | 12,98 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | 43 780,172 | 16 718 956 | 2017 | 381,88 |
| Rio Grande del Norte | Natal | 52 811,126 | 3 479 010 | 2018 | 65,88 |
| Rio Grande del Sur | Porto Alegre | 281 730,223 | 11 329 605 | 2018 | 40,21 |
| Rondônia | Porto Velho | 237 590,543 | 1 787 279 | 2016 | 7,52 |
| Roraima | Boa Vista | 224 300,506 | 576 568 | 2018 | 2,57 |
| Santa Catarina | Florianópolis | 95 736,165 | 6 910 553 | 2016 | 72,18 |
| São Paulo | São Paulo | 248 222,362 | 45 538 936 | 2018 | 183,46 |
| Sergipe | Aracaju | 21 915,116 | 2 278 308 | 2018 | 103,96 |
| Tocantins | Palmas | 277 620,914 | 1 550 194 | 2017 | 5,58 |
| Federal District | Brasilia | 5 779,999 | 2 974 703 | 2017 | 514,65 |