Maranhão

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
Maranhão	State	4,930,253	5,651,475	6,574,789	6,776,699	7,018,211
Açailândia	Municipality	63,916	88,320	104,047	106,550	110,611	→
Afonso Cunha	Municipality	4,580	4,680	5,905	6,144	6,303	→
Água Doce do Maranhão	Municipality	9,537	9,703	11,581	12,142	12,461	→
Alcântara	Municipality	19,587	21,291	21,521	18,467	18,721	→
Aldeias Altas	Municipality	19,520	18,827	23,952	23,286	23,776	→
Altamira do Maranhão	Municipality	7,270	8,865	7,407	6,447	6,549	→
Alto Alegre do Maranhão	Municipality	14,805	20,162	25,164	24,048	24,528	→
Alto Alegre do Pindaré	Municipality	22,711	30,177	31,052	25,710	26,321	→
Alto Parnaíba	Municipality	10,336	10,174	10,766	11,109	11,392	→
Amapá do Maranhão	Municipality	3,813	5,431	6,431	7,170	7,380	→
Amarante do Maranhão	Municipality	23,102	31,292	37,932	37,085	38,335	→
Anajatuba	Municipality	19,528	22,978	24,579	25,322	26,250	→
Anapurus	Municipality	10,249	10,280	13,939	13,793	14,113	→
Apicum-Açu	Municipality	8,424	11,099	15,323	17,519	18,033	→
Araguanã	Municipality	9,744	9,123	13,973	11,181	11,297	→
Araioses	Municipality	34,492	34,906	42,505	39,052	40,231	→
Arame	Municipality	33,923	29,843	31,471	25,517	26,089	→
Arari	Municipality	24,826	26,366	28,488	29,472	30,555	→
Axixá	Municipality	9,358	10,142	11,407	11,790	12,091	→
Bacabal	Municipality	84,977	91,823	99,557	103,711	107,755	→
Bacabeira	Municipality	9,327	10,516	14,925	16,966	17,459	→
Bacuri	Municipality	13,781	15,531	17,548	16,290	16,591	→
Bacurituba	Municipality	4,096	4,671	5,293	5,252	5,375	→
Balsas	Municipality	41,648	60,163	83,528	101,767	105,974	→
Barão de Grajaú	Municipality	13,500	15,349	17,493	18,984	19,493	→
Barra do Corda	Municipality	76,620	78,147	82,580	84,532	87,757	→
Barreirinhas	Municipality	31,369	39,669	55,029	65,589	68,234	→
Belágua	Municipality	5,042	5,253	6,782	8,460	8,751	→
Bela Vista do Maranhão	Municipality	6,665	9,900	10,349	11,750	12,104	→
Benedito Leite	Municipality	4,879	5,288	5,469	5,469	5,599	→
Bequimão	Municipality	21,377	19,700	20,674	19,584	19,968	→
Bernardo do Mearim	Municipality	4,146	5,239	5,647	5,840	5,989	→
Boa Vista do Gurupi	Municipality	3,501	5,128	7,078	7,574	7,781	→
Bom Jardim	Municipality	29,231	34,474	39,049	33,100	33,936	→
Bom Jesus das Selvas	Municipality	12,441	16,545	28,459	28,599	29,606	→
Bom Lugar	Municipality	8,992	11,534	14,666	12,212	12,371	→
Brejo	Municipality	24,050	27,513	33,359	34,120	35,354	→
Brejo de Areia	Municipality	12,733	10,418	10,590	9,218	9,363	→
Buriti	Municipality	22,856	24,126	27,013	29,685	30,866	→
Buriti Bravo	Municipality	21,142	21,446	22,899	22,455	22,938	→
Buriticupu	Municipality	30,403	51,059	65,237	55,499	56,733	→
Buritirana	Municipality	11,357	13,822	14,784	12,918	13,125	→
Cachoeira Grande	Municipality	5,855	7,383	8,446	9,732	10,032	→
Cajapió	Municipality	7,942	9,622	10,593	10,121	10,336	→
Cajari	Municipality	16,018	13,405	18,338	16,412	16,680	→
Campestre do Maranhão	Municipality	9,168	11,521	13,369	12,301	12,536	→
Cândido Mendes	Municipality	11,032	16,566	18,864	19,932	20,440	→
Cantanhede	Municipality	17,391	17,713	20,448	24,303	25,059	→
Capinzal do Norte	Municipality	10,249	10,543	10,698	11,374	11,681	→
Carolina	Municipality	24,665	23,991	23,818	24,062	24,619	→
Carutapera	Municipality	15,883	18,624	22,006	24,238	24,906	→
Caxias	Municipality	133,490	139,756	155,692	156,973	163,546	→
Cedral	Municipality	8,149	9,793	10,297	10,208	10,446	→
Central do Maranhão	Municipality	5,004	7,186	7,887	7,094	7,220	→
Centro do Guilherme	Municipality	4,934	6,152	11,273	12,342	12,693	→
Centro Novo do Maranhão	Municipality	11,970	14,554	19,203	16,267	16,477	→
Chapadinha	Municipality	56,862	61,322	73,350	81,386	84,395	→
Cidelândia	Municipality	11,065	11,816	13,681	12,878	13,141	→
Codó	Municipality	105,799	111,146	118,038	114,275	118,283	→
Coelho Neto	Municipality	39,669	42,214	46,750	41,658	42,841	→
Colinas	Municipality	28,993	35,803	39,132	40,316	41,788	→
Conceição do Lago-Açu	Municipality	12,553	10,774	14,436	14,915	15,278	→
Coroatá	Municipality	48,971	55,676	61,725	59,566	61,337	→
Cururupu	Municipality	25,247	33,747	32,652	31,558	32,602	→
Davinópolis	Municipality	13,025	12,275	12,579	14,404	14,828	→
Dom Pedro	Municipality	19,726	21,956	22,681	23,053	23,594	→
Duque Bacelar	Municipality	7,539	9,413	10,649	10,223	10,443	→
Esperantinópolis	Municipality	19,500	21,224	18,126	18,311	18,734	→
Estreito	Municipality	19,426	22,930	35,835	33,294	34,321	→
Feira Nova do Maranhão	Municipality	7,595	7,543	8,089	8,048	8,237	→
Fernando Falcão	Municipality	4,660	4,823	9,241	10,873	11,219	→
Formosa da Serra Negra	Municipality	7,938	13,781	17,169	17,719	18,150	→
Fortaleza dos Nogueiras	Municipality	9,437	11,301	12,234	12,640	12,963	→
Fortuna	Municipality	15,570	14,596	17,203	16,976	17,347	→
Godofredo Viana	Municipality	7,371	6,994	10,276	10,186	10,424	→
Gonçalves Dias	Municipality	16,533	16,790	17,482	17,206	17,580	→
Governador Archer	Municipality	10,267	9,100	10,205	10,231	10,476	→
Governador Edison Lobão	Municipality	7,919	10,891	15,895	18,411	18,963	→
Governador Eugênio Barros	Municipality	12,954	14,629	13,883	13,930	14,264	→
Governador Luiz Rocha	Municipality	6,738	6,513	7,340	7,063	7,216	→
Governador Newton Bello	Municipality	10,025	11,804	10,245	10,713	10,993	→
Governador Nunes Freire	Municipality	15,535	25,921	25,401	23,128	23,526	→
Graça Aranha	Municipality	5,891	6,080	6,140	6,023	6,160	→
Grajaú	Municipality	37,961	47,155	62,234	73,872	76,837	→
Guimarães	Municipality	12,360	12,641	12,081	10,290	10,439	→
Humberto de Campos	Municipality	20,071	21,266	26,189	25,680	26,550	→
Icatu	Municipality	20,679	21,489	25,145	24,794	25,332	→
Igarapé do Meio	Municipality	7,613	9,842	12,550	13,974	14,383	→
Igarapé Grande	Municipality	10,664	9,759	10,485	10,231	10,461	→
Imperatriz	Municipality	227,868	230,566	247,505	273,110	285,806	→
Itaipava do Grajaú	Municipality	8,504	13,341	14,110	13,828	14,142	→
Itapecuru Mirim	Municipality	42,853	42,772	62,110	60,440	62,264	→
Itinga do Maranhão	Municipality	15,029	23,128	24,863	22,513	22,896	→
Jatobá	Municipality	6,171	5,055	8,526	7,471	7,593	→
Jenipapo dos Vieiras	Municipality	9,540	10,119	15,839	17,076	17,529	→
João Lisboa	Municipality	23,468	24,598	23,900	24,709	25,311	→
Joselândia	Municipality	15,267	14,609	15,561	14,924	15,227	→
Junco do Maranhão	Municipality	4,246	5,533	4,891	5,146	5,282	→
Lagoa do Mato	Municipality	8,487	9,446	10,887	10,572	10,806	→
Lagoa Grande do Maranhão	Municipality	9,120	8,469	10,517	11,411	11,731	→
Lago da Pedra	Municipality	37,757	40,405	46,083	44,403	45,865	→
Lago do Junco	Municipality	10,132	9,833	10,343	9,506	9,687	→
Lago dos Rodrigues	Municipality	9,144	8,443	8,840	8,758	8,962	→
Lago Verde	Municipality	13,220	13,038	15,412	14,769	15,069	→
Lajeado Novo	Municipality	4,520	5,717	6,923	7,057	7,232	→
Lima Campos	Municipality	10,454	10,749	11,423	11,297	11,559	→
Loreto	Municipality	9,465	10,024	11,390	11,597	11,884	→
Luís Domingues	Municipality	5,756	5,724	6,510	7,161	7,366	→
Magalhães de Almeida	Municipality	11,495	13,021	17,587	13,807	13,933	→
Maracaçumé	Municipality	12,018	14,866	19,234	21,149	21,730	→
Marajá do Sena	Municipality	7,422	7,161	7,794	7,027	7,153	→
Maranhãozinho	Municipality	5,677	8,445	13,697	13,761	14,092	→
Mata Roma	Municipality	10,607	11,799	15,150	17,090	17,581	→
Matinha	Municipality	15,379	19,231	21,885	22,034	22,540	→
Matões	Municipality	25,318	26,433	31,638	32,174	33,327	→
Matões do Norte	Municipality	6,616	7,435	13,794	17,432	18,021	→
Milagres do Maranhão	Municipality	6,186	5,149	8,118	8,818	9,065	→
Mirador	Municipality	17,136	19,906	20,452	21,030	21,536	→
Miranda do Norte	Municipality	14,277	16,123	24,427	23,864	24,373	→
Mirinzal	Municipality	11,852	13,005	14,218	13,978	14,298	→
Monção	Municipality	25,362	26,043	30,685	27,751	28,563	→
Montes Altos	Municipality	9,436	10,347	9,413	9,106	9,306	→
Morros	Municipality	12,875	14,594	17,783	18,554	19,015	→
Nina Rodrigues	Municipality	7,498	8,289	12,464	14,176	14,589	→
Nova Colinas	Municipality	2,991	3,904	4,885	5,021	5,148	→
Nova Iorque	Municipality	4,934	4,543	4,590	4,320	4,409	→
Nova Olinda do Maranhão	Municipality	17,789	15,660	19,134	14,314	14,379	→
Olho d'Água das Cunhãs	Municipality	16,249	14,377	18,601	17,919	18,288	→
Olinda Nova do Maranhão	Municipality	10,200	10,128	13,181	13,577	13,921	→
Paço do Lumiar	Municipality	41,869	76,188	105,695	145,643	153,158	→
Palmeirândia	Municipality	15,565	17,264	18,780	21,059	21,657	→
Paraibano	Municipality	15,776	17,854	20,103	18,274	18,589	→
Parnarama	Municipality	31,332	32,469	33,281	31,250	32,232	→
Passagem Franca	Municipality	14,162	14,817	17,562	17,220	17,591	→
Pastos Bons	Municipality	13,919	15,460	18,067	18,802	19,266	→
Paulino Neves	Municipality	10,613	11,526	14,519	17,056	17,578	→
Paulo Ramos	Municipality	19,556	19,290	20,383	20,341	20,798	→
Pedreiras	Municipality	34,834	39,828	38,777	37,050	38,252	→
Pedro do Rosário	Municipality	9,476	17,954	22,732	24,320	24,955	→
Penalva	Municipality	29,287	30,299	35,320	32,511	33,496	→
Peri Mirim	Municipality	13,375	13,071	13,787	11,108	11,229	→
Peritoró	Municipality	13,382	17,336	21,201	20,479	20,903	→
Pindaré-Mirim	Municipality	26,012	27,517	31,152	31,429	32,542	→
Pinheiro	Municipality	60,627	68,030	78,162	84,621	88,091	→
Pio XII	Municipality	20,751	28,413	22,016	21,886	22,374	→
Pirapemas	Municipality	16,526	15,124	17,381	17,714	18,132	→
Poção de Pedras	Municipality	24,481	22,378	20,034	17,161	17,394	→
Porto Franco	Municipality	14,864	16,840	21,530	23,903	24,571	→
Porto Rico do Maranhão	Municipality	6,955	6,380	6,030	5,954	6,092	→
Presidente Dutra	Municipality	35,646	39,541	44,731	45,155	46,606	→
Presidente Juscelino	Municipality	6,435	10,693	11,541	11,356	11,616	→
Presidente Médici	Municipality	5,080	5,116	6,374	4,696	4,717	→
Presidente Sarney	Municipality	12,329	13,718	17,165	17,511	17,925	→
Presidente Vargas	Municipality	7,855	10,483	10,717	10,549	10,791	→
Primeira Cruz	Municipality	8,955	11,019	13,954	13,614	13,920	→
Raposa	Municipality	11,326	17,088	26,369	30,839	32,156	→
Riachão	Municipality	20,463	20,983	20,387	22,145	22,740	→
Ribamar Fiquene	Municipality	5,565	6,488	7,318	7,420	7,601	→
Rosário	Municipality	31,589	33,665	39,576	38,475	39,761	→
Sambaíba	Municipality	5,743	5,261	5,487	5,568	6,234	→
Santa Filomena do Maranhão	Municipality	3,355	4,667	7,133	6,697	6,833	→
Santa Helena	Municipality	26,434	30,860	38,078	41,561	43,200	→
Santa Inês	Municipality	64,713	68,321	83,203	85,014	88,249	→
Santa Luzia	Municipality	50,970	69,271	69,184	57,635	58,839	→
Santa Luzia do Paruá	Municipality	21,123	20,058	23,676	24,307	24,890	→
Santana do Maranhão	Municipality	4,651	10,944	11,661	10,567	10,759	→
Santa Quitéria do Maranhão	Municipality	17,854	28,150	24,021	23,957	24,495	→
Santa Rita	Municipality	21,280	24,922	33,078	37,035	38,542	→
Santo Amaro do Maranhão	Municipality	9,464	9,612	13,820	13,949	14,287	→
Santo Antônio dos Lopes	Municipality	14,425	14,253	14,288	14,304	14,628	→
São Benedito do Rio Preto	Municipality	15,057	16,442	17,799	18,364	18,810	→
São Bento	Municipality	28,036	31,819	40,736	46,395	48,166	→
São Bernardo	Municipality	18,210	22,720	26,476	26,943	27,910	→
São Domingos do Azeitão	Municipality	4,368	6,289	6,983	7,992	8,236	→
São Domingos do Maranhão	Municipality	27,666	33,049	33,607	34,034	35,247	→
São Félix de Balsas	Municipality	6,244	5,144	4,702	4,402	4,491	→
São Francisco do Brejão	Municipality	5,234	7,062	10,261	9,051	9,202	→
São Francisco do Maranhão	Municipality	12,917	12,854	11,883	12,064	12,360	→
São João Batista	Municipality	15,605	18,917	19,920	18,544	18,889	→
São João do Carú	Municipality	11,341	13,495	15,668	12,251	12,360	→
São João do Paraíso	Municipality	8,371	10,365	10,814	9,904	10,091	→
São João do Soter	Municipality	12,235	14,834	17,238	16,889	17,253	→
São João dos Patos	Municipality	21,989	23,182	24,793	25,020	25,910	→
São José de Ribamar	Municipality	70,571	107,384	161,937	244,579	259,164	→
São José dos Basílios	Municipality	7,075	7,432	7,496	6,957	7,094	→
São Luís	Municipality	696,371	870,028	1,015,329	1,037,775	1,089,215	→
São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão	Municipality	25,187	22,772	19,645	17,818	18,123	→
São Mateus do Maranhão	Municipality	30,291	34,859	38,985	38,829	40,177	→
São Pedro da Água Branca	Municipality	10,560	10,927	12,028	14,338	14,786	→
São Pedro dos Crentes	Municipality	3,605	4,024	4,425	5,783	5,993	→
São Raimundo das Mangabeiras	Municipality	14,147	14,870	17,474	18,672	19,158	→
São Raimundo do Doca Bezerra	Municipality	6,887	6,671	6,090	5,650	5,761	→
São Roberto	Municipality	4,180	4,400	5,957	4,544	4,577	→
São Vicente Ferrer	Municipality	16,375	18,406	20,863	19,498	19,865	→
Satubinha	Municipality	6,549	10,815	11,990	8,784	8,821	→
Senador Alexandre Costa	Municipality	9,789	8,571	10,256	10,207	10,447	→
Senador La Rocque	Municipality	18,424	16,242	14,479	14,700	15,044	→
Serrano do Maranhão	Municipality	16,085	9,120	9,632	10,202	10,475	→
Sítio Novo	Municipality	13,639	15,114	17,002	17,074	17,464	→
Sucupira do Norte	Municipality	10,251	10,378	10,444	10,238	10,471	→
Sucupira do Riachão	Municipality	3,563	4,287	5,406	4,985	5,081	→
Tasso Fragoso	Municipality	6,197	6,393	7,796	8,862	9,130	→
Timbiras	Municipality	22,960	26,401	27,997	26,484	27,328	→
Timon	Municipality	107,439	129,692	155,579	174,465	182,711	→
Trizidela do Vale	Municipality	15,769	16,402	20,529	22,484	23,097	→
Tufilândia	Municipality	5,567	5,527	5,596	5,507	5,633	→
Tuntum	Municipality	32,651	35,411	39,111	36,251	37,364	→
Turiaçu	Municipality	25,461	31,289	33,933	37,491	38,993	→
Turilândia	Municipality	16,533	17,231	22,846	31,638	33,219	→
Tutóia	Municipality	32,777	37,728	52,788	53,356	55,076	→
Urbano Santos	Municipality	18,346	17,603	29,386	32,812	34,143	→
Vargem Grande	Municipality	32,897	34,707	49,412	43,261	44,444	→
Viana	Municipality	41,842	44,190	49,496	51,442	53,176	→
Vila Nova dos Martírios	Municipality	5,706	6,705	11,258	10,362	10,561	→
Vitória do Mearim	Municipality	23,463	29,953	31,217	30,805	31,859	→
Vitorino Freire	Municipality	30,885	27,462	30,897	30,845	31,920	→
Zé Doca	Municipality	38,243	46,134	48,490	40,801	41,815	→
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	3,329,423
Females	3,447,276

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	1,645,580
15-64 years	4,558,626
65+ years	572,493

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	22,561
80-89 years	102,973
70-79 years	248,788
60-69 years	447,639
50-59 years	645,190
40-49 years	892,507
30-39 years	1,068,030
20-29 years	1,090,517
10-19 years	1,194,312
0-9 years	1,064,182

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	1,969,709
Urban	4,806,990

Ethnic Group (C 2022)
Indigenous	57,166
Non-Indigenous	6,719,533

Color (C 2022)
Black	854,424
White	1,361,865
Mixed / Other	4,560,241

Literacy (A15+) (C 2022)
yes	4,358,810
no	772,309

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