The 2022 Demographic Census was released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) this Wednesday (28). The survey revealed that Guarulhos (SP) It is the largest Brazilian city that is not the capital, with 1,291,784 residents.
The municipality gained 69,805 inhabitants compared to the 2010 Census, when it had 1,221,979 people, a variation of 5.7%.
The other two cities that are not capital cities and are among the 20 most populous are Campinas (SP), with 1,138,309 inhabitants, and São Gonçalo (RJ), with 896,744 residents.
Serra da Saudade (MG) is the smallest municipality in Brazil, with 833 inhabitants. The only other city that does not exceed the barrier of a thousand residents is Bora (SP), with 907 people.
In 1590, gold mines were discovered in a region that is currently a neighborhood of Guarulhos. The place received the name of city in 1906.
Currently, Guarulhos has the international airport of Cumbica, which began operating in 1985.
See the 20 largest municipalities in Brazil according to the 2022 Census
- Sao Paulo-SP) – 11,451,245 inhabitants (+1.8% compared to 2010)
- Rio de Janeiro – RJ) – 6,211,423 inhabitants (-1.7%)
- Brasilia DF) – 2,817,068 inhabitants (+9.6%)
- Fortress (CE) — 2,428,678 inhabitants (-1.0%)
- Salvador BA) — 2,418,005 inhabitants (-9.6%)
- Belo Horizonte (MG) — 2,315,560 inhabitants (-2.5%)
- Manaus (AM) — 2,063,547 inhabitants (+14.5%)
- Curitiba (PR) — 1,773,733 inhabitants (+1.2%)
- Recife PE) – 1,488,920 inhabitants (-3.2%)
- Goiania (GO) — 1,488,920 inhabitants (+10.4%)
- Porto Alegre (RS) — 1,332,570 inhabitants (-5.4%)
- Bethlehem (PA) — 1,303,389 inhabitants (-6.5%)
- Guarulhos (SP) — 1,291,784 inhabitants (+5.7%)
- Campinas, sp) – 1,138,309 inhabitants (+5.4%)
- Saint Louis (MA) — 1,037,775 inhabitants (+2.3%)
- Maceio (AL) — 957,916 inhabitants (+2.7%)
- Campo Grande, MS) – 897,938 inhabitants (+14.1%)
- São Gonçalo (RJ) — 896,744 inhabitants (-10.3%)
- Teresina (PI) — 866,300 inhabitants (+6.4%)
- João Pessoa (PB) — 833,932 inhabitants (+15.3%)
2022 Census
The 2022 Census is the 13th operation of its kind carried out in Brazilian territory, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
By law, censuses are carried out no more than 10 years apart. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the collection of information and formulation of results was postponed in 2020.
In 2021, according to the institute, the survey was also not carried out due to the “deep budget cut”, and was finally applied in 2022.
IBGE census takers visited 106.8 million addresses and 90.7 million households in 2022.
62,388,143 “basic” questionnaires were applied, with 26 questions and an average time of 6 minutes; and 7,772,064 “extended” questionnaires, with 77 questions and an average time of 16 minutes.
In all, 68,659,405 interviews were conducted in person; 362,563 questionnaires were completed online; and 412,725 interviews were conducted by telephone.
The institute points out that data acquired through censuses are used, for example, in social and economic planning in the country.
Source: CNN Brasil
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