Demographics of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro City is home to more than 6 million people, accounting for about 35% of the population of Rio de Janeiro State. Portuguese remains the most widely spoken language and Rio de Janeiro is the second city in the Portuguese speaking world.
List of Brazilian states by population
There are 26 States in Brazil, or "Estados" in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the national capital, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of population, from São Paulo, with the greatest population, to Roraima with the smallest.