States or Territories

Rio de Janeiro

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Rio de Janeiro." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/rio-de-janeiro-state.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/rio-de-janeiro-state

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-rio-de-janeiro,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Rio de Janeiro},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/rio-de-janeiro-state},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Rio de Janeiro, officially the State of Rio de Janeiro, is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, with the second largest economy of Brazil after the state of Sao Paulo. The 2022 census recorded a population of 16,055,174 across an area of 43,696.1 square kilometers, and its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Facts

Capital

Rio de Janeiro (city) 1

Population

16,055,174 1

2022 figure from Rio de Janeiro's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2022 1

Area (sq km)

43,696.1 1

Latitude

22.9 degrees south 1

Longitude

43.2 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is a state of Brazil.

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Rio de Janeiro

rio-de-janeiro is associated with rio-de-janeiro-state.

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Has Capital

Rio de Janeiro

rio-de-janeiro is the capital of rio-de-janeiro-state.

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On Continent

South America

Rio de Janeiro is on continent.

Source Rio de Janeiro (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Rio de Janeiro (Wikipedia)

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Rio de Janeiro, officially the State of Rio de Janeiro, is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of Sao Paulo.

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