ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · BRAZIL

Capital of Brazil

The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The largest, Brasília, has around 2,996,899 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.

CAPITALBrasília
POPULATION2,996,899
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1

The capital

Brasília2,996,899 people

In context

Where Brasíliasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.

10M+
5–10M
1–5MBrasília is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k

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