Natal · Population

Question: What is the population of Natal? Answer: Natal, Brazil (Administrative unit: Rio Grande do Norte) - last known population is ≈ 870 000 (year 2015). This was 0.419% of total Brazil population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2015 (+1.6%/year), Natal population in 2024 would be: 1 003 176*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1950-1960] +5.54 %/year
[1960-1970] +4.99 %/year
[1970-1980] +3.6 %/year
[1980-1991] +4.43 %/year
[1991-2000] +1.8 %/year
[2000-2010] +1.21 %/year
[2010-2015] +1.6 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: -5.795, -35.209

Local time in Natal: 07:41 Tuesday GMT-3.

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Natal on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1950c, 1960c, 1970c, 1980c, 1991c, 2000c, 2010c, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
2015 population estimates. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) (PDF). Ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2015-11
Demographic trends in Latin America's metropolises, 1950-1990
Séries Estatísticas & Séries Históricas Absoluto / Municipios..
Censo Demográfico Distrito Federal, 1970 (Files: http://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/biblioteca-catalogo.html?view=detalhes&id=769)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).