NXS-GRX-BRA · South America · Regions

Rio de Jeneiro

First-level unit, Brazil: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-BRA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO BRA / BRStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
17,620,667
people (GHSL 2025)
45,827 km²
area
8.2%
of Brazil
90
units inside
01Map

Inside Rio de Jeneiro

The 90 ADM2 units of Rio de Jeneiro.

FIG 1 · 90 units inside Rio de Jeneiro
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
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Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

17,620,667

8.2% of Brazil.

People · WorldPop 2025

16,223,232

-8% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

45,827 km²

385 people per km².

Code

BR-RJ

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

2,523,313

people on land at or below 10 m, 14.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

90 units inside Rio de Jeneiro

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Angra dos Reis–127,438122,186809.61570.8%15,895
Antônio Prado de Minas–2,2331,87284270%0
Aperibé–10,09910,71294.461070.1%0
Araruama–132,434138,578640.362070.8%52,408
Areal–8,7838,791111.05790.1%0
Armação dos Búzios–20,62428,12470.492930.1%3,524
Arraial do Cabo–34,91138,958152.42290.2%13,456
Barra do Piraí–95,69393,178585.831630.6%0
Barra Mansa–164,894145,776548.53011%0
Belford Roxo–427,249408,38679.155,3982.5%31,841
Bom Jardim–28,71231,078383.39750.2%0
Cabo Frio–243,340231,667415.25861.5%120,135
Cachoeiras de Macacu–59,98459,171957.42630.4%391
Cambuci–16,07815,832560.8290.1%0
Campos dos Goytacazes–504,864493,7564,047.121253%304,623
Cantagalo–24,29022,296749.21320.1%0
Carapebus–16,66215,106305.18550.1%659
Cardoso Moreira–13,29314,166521.48250.1%13
Carmo–16,91716,536307.85550.1%0
Casimiro de Abreu–30,26626,763463.81650.2%379
Conceição de Macabu–22,94521,709340.07670.1%1
Cordeiro–23,45722,230113.022080.1%0
Duas Barras–11,65011,108381.44310.1%0
Duque de Caxias–1,233,8691,052,355468.432,6347.4%446,852
Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin–19,13715,890138.761380.1%0
Guapimirim–87,69482,064359.962440.5%38,327
Iguaba Grande–23,80826,06051.434630.1%5,135
Itaboraí–267,067252,804431.086201.6%33,478
Itaguaí–135,796123,412282.374810.8%70,944
Italva–15,73215,322290.31540.1%0
Itaocara–26,34424,445433.77610.2%0
Itaperuna–103,051103,5861,110.57930.6%0
Itatiaia–40,23541,818240.151680.2%0
Japeri–92,93991,59782.061,1330.6%0
Laje do Muriaé–7,8036,974253.77310%0
Macaé–247,903238,5291,220.492031.5%75,252
Macuco–20656178.1930%0
Magé–211,213179,825391.535391.3%23,782
Mangaratiba–30,57734,086366.03840.2%3,693
Maricá–119,570139,977362.793300.7%33,604
Mendes–17,03116,63995.491780.1%0
Mesquita–359,506316,84540.928,7862.1%0
Miguel Pereira–20,21522,891289.29700.1%0
Miracema–28,30227,541303.27930.2%0
Natividade–16,47616,531388.29420.1%0
Nilópolis–238,336198,95219.112,4781.4%0
Niterói–336,033362,913133.782,5122%21,807
Nova Friburgo–188,653194,558937.792011.1%0
Nova Iguaçu–662,774618,832521.791,2704%3,112
Paracambi–62,40045,176191.843250.4%0
Paraíba do Sul–44,87642,845573.4780.3%0
Paraty–38,81543,094922.83420.2%6,118
Paty do Alferes–35,79237,949314.131140.2%0
Petrópolis–262,134236,819793.093311.6%0
Pinheiral–28,63831,69682.813460.2%0
Piraí–36,33434,860491.38740.2%0
Porto Real–14,52015,19251.042840.1%0
Quatis–18,31319,631285.58640.1%0
Queimados–114,410105,39376.131,5030.7%0
Quissamã–23,14221,600720.52320.1%19,631
Resende–121,206129,3211,102.961100.7%0
Rio Bonito–59,86157,971460.711300.4%0
Rio Claro–18,79417,611849.08220.1%0
Rio das Flores–7,6668,222479.61160%0
Rio das Ostras–160,545175,786229.047011%57,086
Rio de Janeiro–6,453,6086,027,3941,203.825,36138.5%874,590
Santa Maria Madalena–11,48111,137812.13140.1%0
Santo Antônio de Pádua–40,19339,523606.28660.2%0
São Fidélis–40,67240,2411,036.82390.2%0
São Francisco de Itabapoana–45,09947,5871,121.99400.3%14,498
São Gonçalo–1,087,743851,177248.464,3786.5%144,872
São João da Barra–37,23642,700453.85820.2%25,852
São João de Meriti–357,962298,81335.5510,0692.1%58,958
São José de Ubá–7,7847,639250.04310%0
São José do Vale do Rio Preto–24,42726,143221.11100.1%0
São Pedro da Aldeia–80,44687,758331.532430.5%28,757
São Sebastião do Alto–10,6848,900398.56270.1%0
Sapucaia–10,62311,417541.96200.1%0
Saquarema–85,78395,382353.552430.5%19,715
Seropédica–125,748135,147265.214740.7%16,665
Silva Jardim–23,42222,707940.53250.1%174
Sumidouro–18,17218,208412.38440.1%0
Tanguá–31,80028,963143.22220.2%0
Teresópolis–165,182165,566775.412131%0
Trajano de Moraes–11,45711,401593.11190.1%0
Três Rios–74,72374,809322.882310.4%0
Valença–81,31768,9881,303.83620.5%0
Varre-Sai–10,28710,126202.01510.1%0
Vassouras–32,99231,869538.41610.2%0
Volta Redonda–293,399288,224182.551,6071.7%0
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
1,091.6 H3 cells
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
806.9 H3 cells
Railways
610.2 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
134.7 H3 cells
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Rio de Jeneiro publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Brazil.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen BRA ADM1, source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic · source · represents 2006
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen BRA ADM2, source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), OCHA ROLAC, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2020
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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