Pernambuco

State in Northeast Region

Contents: Subdivision

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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
Pernambuco	State	7,127,855	7,918,344	8,796,055	9,058,931	9,562,007
Abreu e Lima	Municipality	77,035	89,039	94,425	98,462	104,248	→
Afogados da Ingazeira	Municipality	29,617	32,922	35,088	40,241	42,672	→
Afrânio	Municipality	13,305	15,014	17,586	18,674	19,409	→
Agrestina	Municipality	17,993	20,036	22,679	23,779	24,680	→
Água Preta	Municipality	25,928	28,531	33,095	26,461	26,981	→
Águas Belas	Municipality	38,355	36,641	40,235	41,548	43,822	→
Alagoinha	Municipality	11,068	12,535	13,559	13,542	14,460	→
Aliança	Municipality	37,455	37,189	37,415	35,741	37,349	→
Altinho	Municipality	23,144	22,131	22,337	20,674	21,134	→
Amaraji	Municipality	19,997	21,309	21,890	18,205	18,335	→
Angelim	Municipality	8,734	9,082	10,202	10,241	10,591	→
Araçoiaba	Municipality	11,330	15,108	18,156	19,243	19,996	→
Araripina	Municipality	60,585	70,898	78,429	85,088	90,504	→
Arcoverde	Municipality	55,776	61,600	68,253	77,742	82,487	→
Barra de Guabiraba	Municipality	10,520	10,939	12,896	12,263	12,601	→
Barreiros	Municipality	40,569	39,139	40,732	40,121	42,083	→
Belém de Maria	Municipality	12,204	10,626	11,353	10,378	10,798	→
Belém do São Francisco	Municipality	23,002	20,208	20,253	18,301	18,648	→
Belo Jardim	Municipality	60,658	68,698	72,432	79,507	84,033	→
Betânia	Municipality	11,226	11,305	12,003	11,232	11,961	→
Bezerros	Municipality	52,134	57,371	58,668	61,694	65,007	→
Bodocó	Municipality	28,507	31,731	35,158	34,478	36,145	→
Bom Conselho	Municipality	41,177	42,085	45,503	44,294	46,202	→
Bom Jardim	Municipality	36,798	37,013	38,500	37,629	39,289	→
Bonito	Municipality	34,969	37,750	37,469	37,474	39,212	→
Brejão	Municipality	8,707	8,916	8,844	9,079	9,417	→
Brejinho	Municipality	7,403	7,278	7,307	7,720	8,033	→
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Municipality	31,206	38,109	45,180	48,648	51,308	→
Buenos Aires	Municipality	12,462	12,007	12,537	12,808	13,276	→
Buíque	Municipality	38,123	44,169	52,105	52,097	53,489	→
Cabo de Santo Agostinho	Municipality	127,036	152,977	185,025	203,440	218,049	→
Cabrobó	Municipality	23,965	26,741	30,873	30,294	31,762	→
Cachoeirinha	Municipality	15,852	17,042	18,819	19,899	20,673	→
Caetés	Municipality	20,626	24,137	26,577	28,827	30,571	→
Calçado	Municipality	9,424	11,709	11,125	11,093	11,453	→
Calumbi	Municipality	6,878	7,079	5,648	5,228	5,354	→
Camaragibe	Municipality	99,407	128,702	144,466	147,771	156,112	→
Camocim de São Félix	Municipality	13,827	15,115	17,104	17,419	18,018	→
Camutanga	Municipality	7,488	7,844	8,168	7,750	7,962	→
Canhotinho	Municipality	24,576	24,920	24,521	24,329	25,103	→
Capoeiras	Municipality	19,577	19,556	19,581	18,338	18,854	→
Carnaíba	Municipality	18,484	17,696	18,574	18,644	19,533	→
Carnaubeira da Penha	Municipality	11,177	10,404	11,782	12,239	12,712	→
Carpina	Municipality	54,982	63,811	74,858	79,293	83,482	→
Caruaru	Municipality	213,697	253,634	314,912	378,048	405,408	→
Casinhas	Municipality	12,562	13,345	13,766	12,967	13,468	→
Catende	Municipality	31,519	31,257	37,820	32,156	33,086	→
Cedro	Municipality	9,005	9,551	10,778	10,518	10,843	→
Chã de Alegria	Municipality	10,899	11,102	12,414	12,984	13,496	→
Chã Grande	Municipality	15,499	18,407	20,137	20,546	21,258	→
Condado	Municipality	18,450	21,797	24,282	24,587	25,416	→
Correntes	Municipality	16,218	17,044	17,235	17,131	17,670	→
Cortês	Municipality	12,489	12,681	12,501	10,198	10,426	→
Cumaru	Municipality	18,004	27,489	17,183	15,920	16,215	→
Cupira	Municipality	22,030	22,383	22,964	23,518	24,343	→
Custódia	Municipality	28,849	29,969	33,855	37,699	39,609	→
Dormentes	Municipality	12,970	14,411	16,917	17,188	17,850	→
Escada	Municipality	55,841	57,341	63,489	59,891	62,174	→
Exu	Municipality	31,941	32,423	31,636	31,843	33,486	→
Feira Nova	Municipality	18,526	18,857	20,571	21,427	22,222	→
Fernando de Noronha	Municipality	1,686	2,051	2,630	3,167	3,341	→
Ferreiros	Municipality	10,927	10,727	11,418	15,026	15,955	→
Flores	Municipality	21,810	20,823	22,169	20,347	20,776	→
Floresta	Municipality	21,159	24,729	29,285	30,137	31,702	→
Frei Miguelinho	Municipality	14,099	12,978	14,293	13,636	14,055	→
Gameleira	Municipality	19,641	24,003	27,912	18,214	17,583	→
Garanhuns	Municipality	103,341	117,749	129,408	142,506	151,803	→
Glória do Goitá	Municipality	26,808	27,554	29,065	29,347	30,420	→
Goiana	Municipality	64,150	71,177	75,231	81,055	85,497	→
Granito	Municipality	5,947	6,110	6,855	6,967	7,217	→
Gravatá	Municipality	61,485	67,273	76,476	86,516	92,429	→
Iati	Municipality	18,586	17,691	18,360	17,165	17,570	→
Ibimirim	Municipality	28,101	24,340	25,965	26,593	28,825	→
Ibirajuba	Municipality	7,548	7,438	7,534	7,140	7,334	→
Igarassu	Municipality	68,507	82,277	102,021	115,196	123,017	→
Iguaracy	Municipality	11,239	11,486	11,779	11,081	11,347	→
Ilha de Itamaracá	Municipality	11,606	15,858	21,884	24,540	25,658	→
Inajá	Municipality	11,032	13,280	20,007	25,603	27,758	→
Ingazeira	Municipality	4,430	4,567	4,496	4,765	4,975	→
Ipojuca	Municipality	45,424	59,281	80,637	98,932	106,539	→
Ipubi	Municipality	21,231	23,042	27,097	29,009	30,720	→
Itacuruba	Municipality	3,248	3,669	4,369	4,284	4,491	→
Itaíba	Municipality	27,142	26,799	26,122	32,650	33,995	→
Itambé	Municipality	34,250	34,982	35,398	34,935	36,652	→
Itapetim	Municipality	15,658	14,766	13,980	13,791	14,236	→
Itapissuma	Municipality	16,408	20,116	23,769	27,749	29,669	→
Itaquitinga	Municipality	14,027	14,950	16,105	16,554	17,142	→
Jaboatão dos Guararapes	Municipality	487,119	581,556	644,620	644,037	684,293	→
Jaqueira	Municipality	10,325	11,653	11,501	10,247	10,440	→
Jataúba	Municipality	14,450	14,653	16,042	15,843	16,328	→
Jatobá	Municipality	11,179	13,148	13,963	14,020	14,477	→
João Alfredo	Municipality	27,419	27,023	30,069	27,725	28,842	→
Joaquim Nabuco	Municipality	15,702	15,925	15,732	13,269	13,416	→
Jucati	Municipality	8,075	9,695	10,604	11,517	12,023	→
Jupi	Municipality	11,790	12,329	13,705	15,329	16,022	→
Jurema	Municipality	12,688	13,741	14,541	13,648	14,002	→
Lagoa de Itaenga	Municipality	16,508	20,172	20,659	19,003	19,863	→
Lagoa do Carro	Municipality	11,096	13,110	16,007	17,981	18,804	→
Lagoa do Ouro	Municipality	11,375	10,977	12,132	11,933	12,367	→
Lagoa dos Gatos	Municipality	16,762	16,100	15,665	14,076	14,333	→
Lagoa Grande	Municipality	14,751	19,137	22,760	24,088	24,951	→
Lajedo	Municipality	29,718	32,209	36,628	39,582	41,960	→
Limoeiro	Municipality	54,860	56,322	55,439	56,510	59,236	→
Macaparana	Municipality	20,854	22,494	23,925	23,879	24,642	→
Machados	Municipality	9,021	9,826	13,627	11,333	11,387	→
Manari	Municipality	12,166	13,028	17,887	23,763	27,046	→
Maraial	Municipality	11,166	14,017	12,230	9,359	9,322	→
Mirandiba	Municipality	12,867	13,122	14,308	14,166	14,605	→
Moreilândia	Municipality	11,879	11,116	11,017	10,540	10,839	→
Moreno	Municipality	39,132	49,205	56,696	55,292	57,654	→
Nazaré da Mata	Municipality	26,539	29,254	30,796	30,648	32,187	→
Olinda	Municipality	341,394	367,902	377,779	349,976	364,717	→
Orobó	Municipality	20,877	22,475	22,878	21,808	22,412	→
Orocó	Municipality	10,731	10,825	13,180	13,613	14,129	→
Ouricuri	Municipality	52,990	56,733	63,228	65,245	68,489	→
Palmares	Municipality	57,731	55,790	59,526	54,584	56,475	→
Palmeirina	Municipality	8,311	9,536	8,373	7,031	7,104	→
Panelas	Municipality	27,337	25,874	26,037	22,991	23,337	→
Paranatama	Municipality	11,415	10,348	10,866	12,199	12,778	→
Parnamirim	Municipality	18,746	19,289	20,646	18,612	18,960	→
Passira	Municipality	29,135	29,132	28,628	28,340	29,744	→
Paudalho	Municipality	39,608	45,138	51,361	56,665	59,924	→
Paulista	Municipality	211,491	262,237	300,466	342,167	365,144	→
Pedra	Municipality	19,614	20,244	21,644	22,795	23,671	→
Pesqueira	Municipality	57,622	57,721	62,737	62,722	65,481	→
Petrolândia	Municipality	21,784	27,320	32,492	34,161	36,104	→
Petrolina	Municipality	162,436	218,538	293,962	386,791	418,444	→
Poção	Municipality	9,584	11,178	11,019	10,500	10,792	→
Pombos	Municipality	21,250	23,351	25,953	27,552	26,942	→
Primavera	Municipality	10,854	11,477	13,409	13,838	14,380	→
Quipapá	Municipality	21,132	22,145	24,186	17,928	17,731	→
Quixaba	Municipality	7,447	6,855	6,739	6,554	6,753	→
Recife	Municipality	1,298,229	1,422,905	1,537,704	1,488,920	1,588,376	→
Riacho das Almas	Municipality	17,941	18,142	19,162	20,639	21,490	→
Ribeirão	Municipality	41,022	41,449	44,497	33,507	33,843	→
Rio Formoso	Municipality	19,026	20,764	22,151	20,009	20,388	→
Sairé	Municipality	11,113	13,649	11,240	10,887	11,213	→
Salgadinho	Municipality	5,923	7,139	9,312	5,727	5,478	→
Salgueiro	Municipality	47,211	51,571	56,629	62,372	65,946	→
Saloá	Municipality	14,837	15,006	15,309	13,836	14,125	→
Sanharó	Municipality	15,024	15,879	21,955	18,624	18,812	→
Santa Cruz	Municipality	10,385	11,264	13,594	13,841	14,342	→
Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde	Municipality	12,077	10,893	11,768	11,567	11,934	→
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe	Municipality	38,332	59,048	87,582	98,254	104,854	→
Santa Filomena	Municipality	10,151	12,115	13,371	12,106	12,360	→
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Municipality	27,255	36,914	39,435	40,578	42,782	→
Santa Maria do Cambucá	Municipality	11,415	11,739	13,021	14,013	14,586	→
Santa Terezinha	Municipality	9,748	10,251	11,089	10,244	10,487	→
São Benedito do Sul	Municipality	9,885	10,477	13,941	13,113	13,456	→
São Bento do Una	Municipality	42,236	45,360	53,242	49,449	51,165	→
São Caetano (São Caitano)	Municipality	29,598	33,426	35,274	37,126	39,243	→
São João	Municipality	18,912	19,744	21,312	23,837	24,895	→
São Joaquim do Monte	Municipality	17,291	19,842	20,488	20,037	20,438	→
São José da Coroa Grande	Municipality	11,533	13,971	18,180	18,825	19,511	→
São José do Belmonte	Municipality	31,015	31,652	32,617	34,843	36,890	→
São José do Egito	Municipality	28,676	29,468	31,582	31,004	32,508	→
São Lourenço da Mata	Municipality	85,861	90,402	102,889	111,249	118,258	→
São Vicente Férrer	Municipality	14,172	16,004	16,969	16,677	17,177	→
Serra Talhada	Municipality	72,341	70,912	79,232	92,228	98,816	→
Serrita	Municipality	19,009	17,848	18,446	18,207	18,764	→
Sertânia	Municipality	31,510	31,657	33,787	32,811	34,271	→
Sirinhaém	Municipality	33,258	33,046	40,296	37,596	39,171	→
Solidão	Municipality	5,779	5,532	5,744	5,210	5,386	→
Surubim	Municipality	46,436	50,331	58,515	64,120	67,821	→
Tabira	Municipality	22,726	24,065	26,436	27,681	29,180	→
Tacaimbó	Municipality	11,675	12,929	12,725	13,738	14,330	→
Tacaratu	Municipality	17,352	17,096	22,068	23,902	24,898	→
Tamandaré	Municipality	14,807	17,281	20,715	23,561	24,670	→
Taquaritinga do Norte	Municipality	17,093	19,757	24,903	24,736	25,511	→
Terezinha	Municipality	6,789	6,300	6,737	6,513	6,853	→
Terra Nova	Municipality	6,677	7,518	8,856	8,920	9,231	→
Timbaúba	Municipality	57,256	56,906	53,825	46,147	47,312	→
Toritama	Municipality	14,907	21,800	35,554	41,137	43,921	→
Tracunhaém	Municipality	11,934	12,394	13,055	13,867	14,439	→
Trindade	Municipality	18,799	21,930	27,142	30,321	32,257	→
Triunfo	Municipality	15,597	15,135	15,006	14,705	15,141	→
Tupanatinga	Municipality	19,148	20,801	24,425	26,937	28,141	→
Tuparetama	Municipality	7,110	7,766	7,966	8,005	8,261	→
Venturosa	Municipality	12,070	13,462	16,433	17,251	17,563	→
Verdejante	Municipality	8,132	8,846	9,142	9,169	9,483	→
Vertente do Lério	Municipality	8,574	8,536	7,873	7,558	7,776	→
Vertentes	Municipality	14,256	14,957	18,222	21,959	23,127	→
Vicência	Municipality	28,018	28,820	30,732	26,359	27,151	→
Vitória de Santo Antão	Municipality	106,848	117,609	128,017	134,084	144,243	→
Xexéu	Municipality	10,681	13,597	14,093	11,611	11,699	→
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	4,321,320
Females	4,737,611

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	1,894,679
15-64 years	6,240,852
65+ years	923,400

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	34,308
80-89 years	164,054
70-79 years	408,857
60-69 years	724,940
50-59 years	1,042,581
40-49 years	1,314,913
30-39 years	1,395,368
20-29 years	1,393,661
10-19 years	1,341,969
0-9 years	1,238,280

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	1,459,542
Urban	7,599,389

Ethnic Group (C 2022)
Indigenous	106,646
Non-Indigenous	8,952,285

Color (C 2022)
Black	909,557
White	3,043,916
Mixed / Other	5,103,694

Literacy (A15+) (C 2022)
yes	6,203,293
no	960,959

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