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

Population density of the states (2005)
Rank	State	Sigle	Population	Area	Density
1	Distrito Federal	DF	2.333.108	5.822,1	400,73
2	Rio de Janeiro	RJ	15.383.407	43.696,1	352,05
3	São Paulo	SP	40.442.795	248.209,4	162,93
4	Alagoas	AL	3.015.912	27.767,7	108,61
5	Sergipe	SE	1.967.761	21.910,3	89,81
6	Pernambuco	PE	8.413.593	98.311,6	85,58
7	Espírito Santo	ES	3.408.365	46.077,5	73,97
8	Paraíba	PB	3.595.886	56.439,8	63,71
9	Santa Catarina	SC	5.866.568	95.346,2	61,53
10	Rio Grande do Norte	RN	3.003.087	52.796,8	56,88
11	Ceará	CE	8.097.276	148.825,6	54,40
12	Paraná	PR	10.261.856	199.314,9	51,48
13	Rio Grande do Sul	RS	10.845.087	281.748,5	38,49
14	Minas Gerais	MG	19.237.450	586.528,3	32,79
15	Bahia	BA	13.815.334	564.692,7	24,46
16	Maranhão	MA	6.103.327	331.983,3	18,38
17	Goiás	GO	5.619.917	340.086,7	16,52
18	Piauí	PI	3.006.885	251.529,2	11,95
19	Rondônia	RO	1.534.594	237.576,2	6,46
20	Mato Grosso do Sul	MS	2.264.468	357.125,0	6,34
21	Pará	PA	6.970.586	1.247.689,5	5,58
22	Tocantins	TO	1.305.728	277.620,9	4,70
23	Acre	AC	656.043	152.581,4	4,30
24	Amapá	AP	594.587	142.814,6	4,16
25	Mato Grosso	MT	2.803.274	903.357,9	3,10
26	Amazonas	AM	3.232.330	1.570.745,7	2,05
27	Roraima	RR	391.317	224.299,0	1,74

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★ Brazil

★ States of Brazil

★ List of subnational entities

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