List of Brazilian states by population density

Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre. It is worked out by simply dividing the population by the area of the Federative Units. In 2018, Brazil had an overall population density of 25.06 inhabitants per square kilometer.[1]

Rank	State	Area (km2)[2]	Population	Density (pop./km2)	Comparable country (Density)
1	Distrito Federal	5,760.8	3,039,444 (2017)	528	Tuvalu
2	Rio de Janeiro	43,696.1	16,718,956 (2017)	383	Comoros
3	São Paulo	248,209.4	45,094,866 (2017)	182	Saint Kitts and Nevis
4	Alagoas	27,767	3,322,820 (2018)	120	Albania
5	Sergipe	22,050.3	2,288,116 (2017)	104	Romania
6	Pernambuco	98,937.8	9,473,266 (2017)	95.7	Costa Rica
7	Espírito Santo	46,077.5	4,108,508 (2021)	89.2	Benin
8	Santa Catarina	95,730.7	7,001,161 (2017)	73.1	Tunisia
9	Paraíba	56,584.6	4,025,558 (2017)	71.1	Honduras
10	Rio Grande do Norte	53,306.8	3,507,003 (est, 2017)	65.8	Kenya
11	Ceará	146,348.3	9,020,460 (2017)	61.6	Mexico
12	Paraná	199,314.9	11,320,892 (2017)	56.8	Lithuania
13	Rio Grande do Sul	281,707.1	11,322,895 (2017)	40.2	Guinea
14	Minas Gerais	586,514.0	21,119,536 (est, 2017)	36.0	Venezuela
15	Bahia	564,692	15,344,447 (est, 2017)	27.2	Mozambique
16	Maranhão	331,983.2	7,000,229 (2017)	21.1	Equatorial Guinea
17	Goiás	340,086.0	6,778,772 (2017)	19.9	Solomon Islands
18	Piauí	251,755.5	3,219,257 (2017)	12.8	Norway
19	Mato Grosso do Sul	358,158.7	2,713,147 (est, 2017)	7.58	Central African Republic
20	Rondônia	237,765.3	1,815,278 (2021)	7.63	Central African Republic
21	Pará	1,245,870.7	8,366,628 (2017)	6.72	Kazakhstan
22	Acre	152,581.0	881,935 (est, 2019)	5.78	Gabon
23	Amapá	142,814.6	797,722 (2017)	5.59	Guyana
24	Tocantins	278,420.7	1,550,194 (2017)	5.57	Gabon
25	Mato Grosso	903,357	3,344,544 (2017)	3.70	Canada
26	Roraima	223,644.5	652,713 (2021)	2.92	Mongolia
27	Amazonas	1,559,167.9	4,063,614 (2017)	2.61	French Guiana
—	Brazil	8,515,767	213,317,639 (est, 2021)	25.0	Peru

Brazilian states by Population Density, in people per square kilometer