Recife
Urban Agglomeration in Brazil
Contents: Population
The population development of Recife as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
| Name | Status | State(s) | Population Census 2000-08-01 | Population Census 2010-08-01 | Population Census 2022-08-01 | Population Estimate 2025-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recife | Urban Agglomeration | Pernambuco | 3,382,703 | 3,741,898 | 3,783,639 | 4,021,654 |
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica.
Explanation: The population estimates for 2025 are based on adjusted results of the 2010 and 2022 census.
Further information about the population structure:
| Gender (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Males | 1,765,147 |
| Females | 2,018,492 |
| Age Groups (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| 0-14 years | 720,956 |
| 15-64 years | 2,656,451 |
| 65+ years | 406,232 |
| Age Distribution (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| 90+ years | 13,901 |
| 80-89 years | 66,884 |
| 70-79 years | 177,796 |
| 60-69 years | 340,373 |
| 50-59 years | 479,222 |
| 40-49 years | 581,000 |
| 30-39 years | 584,303 |
| 20-29 years | 561,558 |
| 10-19 years | 503,368 |
| 0-9 years | 475,234 |
| Urbanization (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Rural | 64,561 |
| Urban | 3,719,078 |
| Ethnic Group (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Indigenous | 6,425 |
| Non-Indigenous | 3,777,214 |
| Color (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Black | 490,491 |
| White | 1,288,149 |
| Mixed / Other | 2,003,398 |
| Literacy (A15+) (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| yes | 2,845,839 |
| no | 216,844 |
Comprises:
- Abreu e Lima municipality
- Araçoiaba municipality
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho municipality
- Camaragibe municipality
- Igarassu municipality
- Ilha de Itamaracá municipality
- Ipojuca municipality
- Itapissuma municipality
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes municipality
- Moreno municipality
- Olinda municipality
- Paudalho municipality
- Paulista municipality
- Recife municipality
- São Lourenço da Mata municipality