Ceará

State in Northeast Region

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Name	Status	Population Census 1991-09-01	Population Census 2000-08-01	Population Census 2010-08-01	Population Census 2022-08-01	Population Estimate 2025-07-01
Ceará	State	6,366,647	7,430,661	8,451,644	8,794,957	9,268,836
Abaiara	Municipality	7,889	8,385	10,456	10,038	10,269	→
Acarape	Municipality	10,191	12,927	13,661	14,027	14,340	→
Acaraú	Municipality	45,505	48,968	57,190	65,264	69,317	→
Acopiara	Municipality	49,259	47,137	51,271	44,962	45,937	→
Aiuaba	Municipality	13,219	14,452	16,203	14,076	14,115	→
Alcântaras	Municipality	8,606	9,548	10,877	11,369	11,795	→
Altaneira	Municipality	4,806	5,687	6,856	6,782	6,974	→
Alto Santo	Municipality	13,610	15,394	15,250	14,155	14,372	→
Amontada	Municipality	25,161	32,333	39,172	42,156	44,584	→
Antonina do Norte	Municipality	5,086	6,509	6,984	7,245	7,507	→
Apuiarés	Municipality	9,516	12,540	13,661	12,928	13,193	→
Aquiraz	Municipality	46,305	60,469	72,652	80,645	85,316	→
Aracati	Municipality	51,058	61,187	69,177	75,113	79,205	→
Aracoiaba	Municipality	22,508	24,064	25,338	25,553	26,752	→
Ararendá	Municipality	9,320	10,008	10,501	11,096	11,532	→
Araripe	Municipality	17,409	19,606	20,679	19,783	20,194	→
Aratuba	Municipality	10,578	12,359	12,016	11,224	11,427	→
Arneiroz	Municipality	7,387	7,538	7,650	7,429	7,615	→
Assaré	Municipality	19,610	20,882	22,398	21,697	22,195	→
Aurora	Municipality	24,491	25,207	24,566	23,714	24,244	→
Baixio	Municipality	5,412	5,724	6,026	5,704	5,821	→
Banabuiú	Municipality	14,364	16,173	17,302	17,195	17,667	→
Barbalha	Municipality	38,430	47,031	55,523	75,033	81,441	→
Barreira	Municipality	14,759	17,024	20,653	22,392	23,474	→
Barro	Municipality	19,375	20,007	21,520	19,381	19,569	→
Barroquinha	Municipality	12,929	13,921	14,476	14,567	14,998	→
Baturité	Municipality	27,147	29,861	33,302	35,218	37,147	→
Beberibe	Municipality	36,801	42,343	49,095	53,114	55,977	→
Bela Cruz	Municipality	25,966	28,358	30,745	32,775	34,613	→
Boa Viagem	Municipality	47,918	50,306	52,421	50,411	52,133	→
Brejo Santo	Municipality	33,721	38,484	45,189	51,090	54,192	→
Camocim	Municipality	51,035	55,448	60,158	62,326	65,251	→
Campos Sales	Municipality	23,282	25,566	26,478	25,135	26,049	→
Canindé	Municipality	61,827	69,601	73,228	74,174	77,376	→
Capistrano	Municipality	15,559	15,830	16,963	17,254	17,795	→
Caridade	Municipality	12,432	15,604	19,956	16,377	16,234	→
Cariré	Municipality	17,747	18,617	17,987	17,632	18,074	→
Caririaçu	Municipality	21,318	25,733	26,236	26,320	27,532	→
Cariús	Municipality	17,571	18,444	18,320	17,015	17,277	→
Carnaubal	Municipality	13,625	15,230	16,537	17,210	17,815	→
Cascavel	Municipality	47,487	57,129	65,897	72,720	76,866	→
Catarina	Municipality	11,934	15,547	18,705	10,243	9,110	→
Catunda	Municipality	8,870	9,286	9,828	10,444	10,864	→
Caucaia	Municipality	165,099	250,479	319,637	355,679	378,406	→
Cedro	Municipality	22,930	24,062	24,792	22,344	22,564	→
Chaval	Municipality	10,560	12,163	12,615	12,462	12,811	→
Choró	Municipality	10,773	12,001	12,853	12,113	12,352	→
Chorozinho	Municipality	15,492	18,707	19,753	20,163	20,808	→
Coreaú	Municipality	17,565	19,981	21,738	20,953	21,417	→
Crateús	Municipality	66,652	70,898	72,817	76,390	80,130	→
Crato	Municipality	90,519	104,646	121,260	131,050	139,027	→
Croatá	Municipality	14,884	16,064	17,066	17,481	18,050	→
Cruz	Municipality	14,192	19,779	22,983	29,761	32,288	→
Deputado Irapuan Pinheiro	Municipality	7,999	8,385	9,097	8,932	9,173	→
Ereré	Municipality	6,437	6,302	6,802	6,474	6,381	→
Eusébio	Municipality	20,410	31,500	46,033	74,170	82,016	→
Farias Brito	Municipality	17,625	20,315	19,617	18,217	18,498	→
Forquilha	Municipality	15,245	17,488	21,614	24,173	25,298	→
Fortaleza	Municipality	1,768,637	2,141,402	2,459,712	2,428,708	2,578,483	→
Fortim	Municipality	9,629	12,066	14,791	17,294	18,213	→
Frecheirinha	Municipality	9,704	11,832	13,227	15,657	16,516	→
General Sampaio	Municipality	5,565	4,866	6,780	6,734	6,929	→
Graça	Municipality	14,365	14,813	14,042	13,801	14,176	→
Granja	Municipality	41,501	48,484	51,717	53,344	55,809	→
Granjeiro	Municipality	4,743	5,295	5,025	4,841	4,955	→
Groaíras	Municipality	8,079	8,741	10,147	10,910	11,369	→
Guaiúba	Municipality	17,562	19,884	23,504	24,325	25,158	→
Guaraciaba do Norte	Municipality	30,312	35,037	38,548	42,053	44,565	→
Guaramiranga	Municipality	5,293	5,714	5,644	5,654	5,826	→
Hidrolândia	Municipality	17,900	17,687	18,896	17,855	18,186	→
Horizonte	Municipality	18,283	33,790	55,187	74,755	81,161	→
Ibaretama	Municipality	11,253	12,561	12,939	11,956	12,149	→
Ibiapina	Municipality	20,031	22,157	23,726	23,965	24,689	→
Ibicuitinga	Municipality	8,598	9,435	11,335	11,611	12,008	→
Icapuí	Municipality	13,661	16,052	18,392	21,433	22,562	→
Icó	Municipality	60,466	62,521	65,357	62,642	64,745	→
Iguatu	Municipality	75,649	85,615	95,243	98,064	102,588	→
Independência	Municipality	24,031	25,262	25,573	24,024	24,463	→
Ipaporanga	Municipality	10,849	11,247	11,347	11,575	11,963	→
Ipaumirim	Municipality	11,284	11,539	12,009	12,083	12,459	→
Ipu	Municipality	35,689	39,078	40,292	41,081	43,084	→
Ipueiras	Municipality	35,099	38,219	37,876	36,798	38,287	→
Iracema	Municipality	14,015	13,155	13,760	14,001	14,440	→
Irauçuba	Municipality	17,155	19,560	22,324	23,915	24,867	→
Itaiçaba	Municipality	5,701	6,579	7,316	7,536	7,801	→
Itaitinga	Municipality	22,826	29,217	34,102	64,650	72,512	→
Itapajé (Itapagé)	Municipality	33,645	41,093	48,070	46,426	49,073	→
Itapipoca	Municipality	77,263	94,369	116,076	131,123	138,978	→
Itapiúna	Municipality	12,854	16,276	18,732	17,841	18,197	→
Itarema	Municipality	25,548	30,347	37,453	42,957	45,852	→
Itatira	Municipality	13,853	15,541	19,516	20,424	21,160	→
Jaguaretama	Municipality	17,580	18,024	17,934	17,232	17,604	→
Jaguaribara	Municipality	7,718	8,730	10,353	10,356	10,668	→
Jaguaribe	Municipality	32,340	35,062	34,409	33,726	35,143	→
Jaguaruana	Municipality	25,917	29,735	31,859	31,701	33,115	→
Jardim	Municipality	23,964	26,414	26,574	27,411	28,801	→
Jati	Municipality	6,863	7,265	7,769	7,861	8,114	→
Jijoca de Jericoacoara	Municipality	5,906	12,089	16,958	25,555	28,198	→
Juazeiro do Norte	Municipality	173,566	212,133	250,095	286,120	305,531	→
Jucás	Municipality	21,100	22,632	23,807	23,922	24,624	→
Lavras da Mangabeira	Municipality	30,751	31,203	31,032	30,802	32,163	→
Limoeiro do Norte	Municipality	41,700	49,620	55,180	59,560	62,623	→
Madalena	Municipality	12,660	14,864	17,731	16,896	17,235	→
Maracanaú	Municipality	157,151	179,732	209,098	234,509	251,613	→
Maranguape	Municipality	71,705	88,135	114,005	105,093	108,622	→
Marco	Municipality	20,704	20,427	24,698	25,799	27,177	→
Martinópole	Municipality	6,447	8,602	10,214	10,846	11,280	→
Massapê	Municipality	23,689	29,574	35,190	37,697	39,840	→
Mauriti	Municipality	37,153	42,399	45,132	45,561	47,501	→
Meruoca	Municipality	10,446	11,339	13,599	15,157	15,853	→
Milagres	Municipality	24,187	26,959	27,418	25,900	26,819	→
Milhã	Municipality	12,019	13,028	13,015	14,123	14,713	→
Miraíma	Municipality	10,052	11,417	12,866	14,196	14,826	→
Missão Velha	Municipality	29,228	32,586	33,898	36,822	38,997	→
Mombaça	Municipality	40,833	41,215	42,375	37,735	38,451	→
Monsenhor Tabosa	Municipality	15,527	16,344	16,753	17,149	17,705	→
Morada Nova	Municipality	58,912	64,400	62,041	61,443	65,390	→
Moraújo	Municipality	6,272	7,046	8,050	8,254	8,537	→
Morrinhos	Municipality	14,526	17,928	20,723	22,753	23,747	→
Mucambo	Municipality	11,952	13,811	14,138	13,666	13,999	→
Mulungu	Municipality	7,842	8,897	9,534	10,569	11,064	→
Nova Olinda	Municipality	11,354	12,077	14,186	15,399	16,045	→
Nova Russas	Municipality	28,512	29,347	30,947	30,699	32,053	→
Novo Oriente	Municipality	26,950	26,119	27,435	27,545	29,097	→
Ocara	Municipality	19,828	21,584	24,020	24,493	25,272	→
Orós	Municipality	22,014	22,023	21,389	19,675	19,943	→
Pacajus	Municipality	31,800	44,070	61,838	70,983	75,454	→
Pacatuba	Municipality	37,322	51,696	71,581	81,524	86,564	→
Pacoti	Municipality	10,100	10,929	11,780	11,186	11,421	→
Pacujá	Municipality	5,006	5,653	6,253	6,175	6,348	→
Palhano	Municipality	7,946	8,166	8,866	9,346	9,709	→
Palmácia	Municipality	10,236	9,859	11,994	10,242	10,252	→
Paracuru	Municipality	20,942	27,541	32,310	38,980	41,894	→
Paraipaba	Municipality	19,791	25,462	29,849	32,216	34,086	→
Parambu	Municipality	30,079	32,302	31,491	31,445	32,867	→
Paramoti	Municipality	10,447	10,970	11,763	10,384	10,462	→
Pedra Branca	Municipality	38,800	40,742	41,933	40,187	42,227	→
Penaforte	Municipality	6,435	7,017	8,299	8,972	9,357	→
Pentecoste	Municipality	32,252	32,600	35,651	37,813	39,903	→
Pereiro	Municipality	14,792	15,225	15,757	15,274	15,858	→
Pindoretama	Municipality	11,462	14,951	18,334	23,391	24,919	→
Piquet Carneiro	Municipality	13,097	13,131	15,469	16,616	17,285	→
Pires Ferreira	Municipality	9,472	8,643	10,263	10,606	10,984	→
Poranga	Municipality	11,057	11,737	11,992	12,065	12,441	→
Porteiras	Municipality	15,027	15,658	15,048	17,050	17,877	→
Potengi	Municipality	8,148	9,138	10,273	8,833	8,854	→
Potiretama	Municipality	5,784	5,768	6,126	5,974	6,128	→
Quiterianópolis	Municipality	16,713	18,355	19,921	20,213	20,545	→
Quixadá	Municipality	61,451	69,654	80,608	84,168	88,846	→
Quixelô	Municipality	15,679	15,596	16,139	15,910	16,998	→
Quixeramobim	Municipality	59,100	59,235	73,160	82,177	86,431	→
Quixeré	Municipality	13,801	16,862	20,401	20,874	21,659	→
Redenção	Municipality	22,757	24,993	27,622	27,214	28,382	→
Reriutaba	Municipality	17,305	21,224	19,103	18,606	19,051	→
Russas	Municipality	46,566	57,320	70,408	72,928	74,834	→
Saboeiro	Municipality	15,461	16,226	15,792	13,854	13,943	→
Salitre	Municipality	12,645	13,925	15,487	16,633	17,303	→
Santana do Acaraú	Municipality	22,447	26,198	29,972	30,628	32,133	→
Santana do Cariri	Municipality	15,403	16,847	17,228	16,954	17,391	→
Santa Quitéria	Municipality	40,473	42,375	42,763	40,183	41,569	→
São Benedito	Municipality	36,700	39,894	44,875	47,640	50,058	→
São Gonçalo do Amarante	Municipality	29,286	35,608	43,393	54,143	58,191	→
São João do Jaguaribe	Municipality	8,018	8,650	7,900	5,855	5,683	→
São Luís do Curu	Municipality	10,609	11,497	12,347	10,822	10,888	→
Senador Pompeu	Municipality	26,597	27,225	25,350	24,266	25,108	→
Senador Sá	Municipality	5,175	5,605	6,852	7,262	7,551	→
Sobral	Municipality	127,489	155,276	188,677	203,023	216,519	→
Solonópole	Municipality	16,273	16,902	17,665	18,179	18,785	→
Tabuleiro do Norte	Municipality	25,106	27,098	30,209	30,652	32,122	→
Tamboril	Municipality	26,260	25,973	25,974	24,815	25,287	→
Tarrafas	Municipality	10,113	9,213	8,597	7,529	7,574	→
Tauá	Municipality	51,339	51,948	55,849	61,227	64,655	→
Tejuçuoca	Municipality	11,805	13,519	17,136	17,154	17,646	→
Tianguá	Municipality	44,005	58,069	69,083	81,506	86,968	→
Trairi	Municipality	36,344	44,527	51,422	58,415	62,004	→
Tururu	Municipality	9,916	11,498	14,495	15,412	15,524	→
Ubajara	Municipality	23,374	27,095	31,787	32,767	34,424	→
Umari	Municipality	7,896	7,435	7,545	6,871	6,963	→
Umirim	Municipality	15,331	17,343	18,741	17,470	17,751	→
Uruburetama	Municipality	13,518	16,444	19,703	20,189	21,331	→
Uruoca	Municipality	10,220	11,479	12,883	13,746	14,308	→
Varjota	Municipality	13,465	16,593	17,593	18,105	18,708	→
Várzea Alegre	Municipality	31,331	34,844	38,276	38,984	40,878	→
Viçosa do Ceará	Municipality	40,865	45,427	54,955	59,712	62,972	→
Região Nordeste [Northeast]	Region	42,497,540	47,741,711	53,081,950	54,658,515	57,244,485

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica.

Explanation: The population estimates for 2025 are based on adjusted results of the 2010 and 2022 census. Some population changes are due to changes in boundaries.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males	4,257,927
Females	4,537,030

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	1,802,435
15-64 years	6,079,963
65+ years	912,559

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	39,964
80-89 years	175,822
70-79 years	401,850
60-69 years	672,897
50-59 years	997,602
40-49 years	1,232,589
30-39 years	1,401,618
20-29 years	1,421,368
10-19 years	1,267,017
0-9 years	1,184,230

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	2,032,839
Urban	6,762,118

Ethnic Group (C 2022)
Indigenous	56,372
Non-Indigenous	8,738,585

Color (C 2022)
Black	595,694
White	2,456,214
Mixed / Other	5,742,211

Literacy (A15+) (C 2022)
yes	6,005,313
no	987,209

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