Sorocaba has a population of 762,172, making it the 24th largest place we list in Brazil. It is in São Paulo.
Sorocaba holds 0.36% of Brazil's 213,562,666 people. São Paulo, the largest place we list there, is 16 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 558,862, a rise of 36%.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nova Iguaçu | Rio de Janeiro | 843,046 |
| São Bernardo do Campo | São Paulo | 840,499 |
| João Pessoa | Paraíba | 817,511 |
| Uberlândia | Minas Gerais | 754,954 |
| Osasco | São Paulo | 728,615 |
| São José dos Campos | São Paulo | 727,078 |
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.