Macapá has a population of 512,902, making it the 44th largest place we list in Brazil. It is in Amapá.
Macapá holds 0.24% of Brazil's 213,562,666 people. São Paulo, the largest place we list there, is 24 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 338,936, a rise of 51%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Serra | Espírito Santo | 520,653 |
| Belford Roxo | Rio de Janeiro | 518,384 |
| Niterói | Rio de Janeiro | 515,317 |
| Florianópolis | Santa Catarina | 508,826 |
| Campos dos Goytacazes | Rio de Janeiro | 483,540 |
| São José do Rio Preto | São Paulo | 480,393 |
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.