Porto · Portugal
Maia population
36,426people · latest figure
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Maia has a population of 36,426, making it the 42nd largest place we list in Portugal. It is in Porto.
Maia holds 0.35% of Portugal's 10,395,362 people. Lisbon, the largest place we list there, is 14 times its size. The World Gazetteer published 36,426 for Maia in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Maia is in Porto, which has 158 recorded places.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Damaia | Lisbon | 37,607 |
| Benfica | Lisbon | 36,985 |
| Cascais | Lisbon | 36,436 |
| Viana do Castelo | Viana do Castelo | 36,148 |
| Marvila | Lisbon | 35,463 |
| Bragança | Bragança | 35,341 |
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Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.