There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the population density, from Distrito Federal with the greatest population density, to Roraima with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map.

Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabtants per kilometre square. It is worked out by simply dividing the population by the area of the state. Brazil has an overall peopulation density of 20.5 inhabitants per kilometre square. This and the below figures are based on 2000 census data.

1. Distrito Federal (27) - 353.5 inh./km²
2. Rio de Janeiro (18) - 328.6 inh./km²
3. São Paulo (24) - 149.2 inh./km²
4. Alagoas (2) - 101.5 inh./km²
5. Sergipe (25) - 81.3 inh./km²
6. Pernambuco (16) - 80.4 inh./km²
7. Espírito Santo (7) - 67.3 inh./km²
8. Paraíba (14) - 61.1 inh./km²
9. Santa Catarina (23) - 56.2 inh./km²
10. Rio Grande do Norte (19) - 52.3 inh./km²
11. Ceará (6) - 51.0 inh./km²
12. Paraná (15) - 48.0 inh./km²
13. Rio Grande do Sul (20) - 36.2 inh./km²
14. Minas Gerais (12) - 30.5 inh./km²
15. Bahia (5) - 23.2 inh./km²
16. Maranhão (9) - 17.0 inh./km²
17. Goiás (8) - 14.7 inh./km²
18. Piauí (17) - 11.3 inh./km²
19. Mato Grosso do Sul (11) - 5.8 inh./km²
20. Rondônia (21) - 5.8 inh./km²
21. Pará (13) - 5.0 inh./km²
22. Tocantins (26) - 4.2 inh./km²
23. Acre (1) - 3.7 inh./km²
24. Amapá (3) - 3.3 inh./km²
25. Mato Grosso (10) - 2.8 inh./km²
26. Amazonas (4) - 1.8 inh./km²
27. Roraima (22) - 1.4 inh./km²

See also: Brazil, States of Brazil, List of subnational entities, List of capitals of subnational entities

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Statoids data on Brazilian states