Urban Geography
Five largest cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia, Fortaleza
Population of largest city: Sao Paulo 11,788,959 Rank Size Rule: 1. Sao Paulo 11,788,959 11,788,959 2. Rio de Janeiro 5,894,479 6,453,682 3. Salvador 3,929,653 2,902,132 4. Brasilia 2,947,239 2,754,765 5. Fortaleza 2,357,791 2,571,896 Rank size rule works pretty well for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is the only city that really ruins the theory for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is off by 559,000 people. Salvador has 10,000 less than the theory suggests but compared to other countries following the rank size rule, within 1,000,000 inhabitants is close.:/ Brasilia and Fortaleza are off by 200,000 people which is pretty close. Population: 202,656,788 Population Density: 24 per sq. km of land % of Urban Population: 85.4% % of Urban population living in slums: 26.9% Average % change in urban population: 1.17% % with improved sanitation: 81.3% % with improved Urban water supply: 98%
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