Twelfth census
of Brazil

August 1, 2010

General information
CountryBrazil
Results
Total population190,755,799 (Increase 12.5%)
Most populous stateSão Paulo (41,262,199)
Least populous stateRoraima (450,479)

The Brazilian 2010 Census was the twelfth and, as of March 2022, the most recent census of Brazil, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with the reference date being August 1, 2010. The population was found to be a record 190,755,799, an increase of 12.5%.[1][2] The population aged, with the median age now being 29, compared to 25 in 2000. The next census is to take place on August 1, 2022, after two cancelations, one to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the other due to budgetary restraints.

Federal units' and regions' population

Federal Units

Population and population change in Brazil by federal unit
Rank Federal Unit Population as of

2000 census

Population as of

2010 census[3]

Change Percent change Percent of Brazil
1  São Paulo 36,969,476 41,262,199 4,292,723Increase 11.6%Increase 21.6%Decrease
2  Minas Gerais 17,866,402 19,597,330 1,730,928Increase 9.7%Increase 10.3%Decrease
3  Rio de Janeiro 14,367,083 15,989,929 1,622,846Increase 11.3%Increase 8.4%Decrease
4  Bahia 13,066,910 14,016,906 949,996Increase 7.3%Increase 7.4%Decrease
5  Rio Grande do Sul 10,181,749 10,693,929 512,180Increase 5.0%Increase 5.6%Decrease
6  Paraná 9,558,454 10,444,526 886,072Increase 9.3%Increase 5.5%Decrease
7  Pernambuco 7,911,937 8,796,448 884,511Increase 11.2%Increase 4.6%Decrease
8  Ceará 7,418,476 9,883,640 1,033,905Increase 13.9%Increase 4.4%Steady
9  Pará 6,189,550 7,581,051 1,391,501Increase 22.5%Increase 4.0%Increase
10  Maranhão 5,642,960 6,574,789 931,829Increase 16.5%Increase 3.5%Increase
11  Santa Catarina 5,349,580 6,248,436 898,856Increase 16.8%Increase 3.3%Increase
12  Goiás 4,996,439 6,003,788 1,007,349Increase 20.1%Increase 3.2%Increase
13  Paraíba 3,439,344 3,766,528 327,184Increase 9.5%Increase 2.0%Steady
14  Espírito Santo 3,094,390 3,514,952 420,562Increase 13.6%Increase 1.8%Steady
15  Amazonas 2,813,085 3,483,985 670,900Increase 23.8%Increase 1.8%Increase
16  Rio Grande do Norte 2,771,538 3,168,027 396,489Increase 14.3%Increase 1.7%Increase
17  Alagoas 2,819,172 3,120,494 301,322 Increase 10.7%Increase 1.6%Decrease
18  Piauí 2,841,202 3,118,360 277,158Increase 9.7%Increase 1.6%Decrease
19  Mato Grosso 2,502,260 3,035,122 532,862Increase 21.3%Increase 1.6%Increase
20  Distrito Federal 2,043,169 2,570,160 526,991Increase 25.8%Increase 1.4%Increase
21  Mato Grosso do Sul 2,074,877 2,449,024 374,147Increase 18.0%Increase 1.3%Increase
22  Sergipe 1,781,714 2,068,017 286,303Increase 16.0%Increase 1.1%Steady
23  Rondônia 1,377,792 1,562,409 184,617Increase 13.4%Increase 0.8%Steady
24  Tocantins 1,155,913 1,383,445 227,532Increase 19.7%Increase 0.7%Steady
25  Acre 557,226 733,559 176,333Increase 31.7%Increase 0.4%Increase
26  Amapá 475,843 669,526 193,683Increase 40.7%Increase 0.4%Increase
27  Roraima 324,152 450,479 126,327Increase 39.0%Increase 0.2%Steady
 Brazil 169,590,693 190,755,799 27,323,632Increase 12.5%Increase 100%Steady

Regions

Rank Region Population (2000) Population (2010) Population change Percent Change Percent of Brazil
1 Southeast 72,297,351 80,364,410 8,067,059 11.2%Increase 42.1%Decrease
2 Northeast 47,693,253 53,081,950 5,388,697 11.3%Increase 27.8%Decrease
3 South 25,089,783 27,386,891 2,297,108 9.1%Increase 14.4%Decrease
4 North 12,893,561 15,864,454 2,970,893 23.0%Increase 8.3%Increase
5 Central-West 11,616,745 14,058,094 2,441,349 21.0%Increase 7.4%Increase

Race and religion

The census found that the composition of Brazil was as follows: 47.5% were White, 43.4% were Pardo (Mixed-Race), 7.5% were Black, 1.1% were East Asian (Yellow in the census), 0.4% were Indigenous and 0.01% did not answer.

The census also asked people their religion: 64.6% were Catholics, 22.2% were Protestants, 8% had no religion, 2% followed Spiritism and 3.2% followed other religions.[4]

See also

References

  1. "IBGE Censo 2010". IBGE. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. "Censo aponta 190,7 milhões de brasileiros em 2010". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2010-11-29. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. "Sinopse Do Censo Demográfico 2010" (PDF). IBGE. August 1, 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-04. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  4. "Características Gerais da População, Religião e Pessoas com Deficiência" [General characteristics of the population, religion, and people with disabilities] (PDF). IBGE (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.


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