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Sabará: population and official figures

Population (IBGE estimate, 1 July)
134,850
2026
Population, 2022 census
129,380
2022
Area (km²)
302.5
2022
People per km² (2022 census)
427.8
2022

In depth

What is the population of Sabará?

IBGE, Brazil's national statistics institute, estimated the population of Sabará at 134,850 on 1 July 2026, the 241st largest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities, the 22nd largest of the 853 municipalities in Minas Gerais state. The 2022 census counted 129,380 residents.

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Is the population of Sabará growing?

Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses the population of Sabará grew by 2,996, from 126,384 (2010 count adjusted to 2022 boundaries) to 129,380, an average of +0.20% a year; the 70th slowest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: +0.52% a year).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

How has the population of Sabará changed since the 2022 census?

IBGE's estimates put Sabará's population 5,470 above the 2022 census count by July 2026 (+4.2%), against +5.5% for Brazil as a whole; the estimate was 134,576 in 2025 and 134,286 in 2024.

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

How big is Sabará?

Sabará covers 302.5 km² and had 427.8 residents per km² at the 2022 census, the 146th most densely populated of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 23.86 per km²).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

What share of Minas Gerais state's population lives in Sabará?

Sabará holds 0.6% of the estimated 21,460,311 people in Minas Gerais state and 0.06% of Brazil's 214,211,951 (2026 estimates).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Is Sabará a metropolis?

IBGE's urban hierarchy (REGIC) ranks Sabará (as part of the Belo Horizonte/MG urban area) as a metropolis, level 1C on a scale whose top level is 1A, and Sabará is part of the Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte.

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Who runs Sabará?

In Brazil, cities and towns are run by municipalities: Mayor (prefeito) and council (câmara de vereadores) directly elected for four years; mayors can serve two terms in a row. Primary schools, basic health care, urban planning, local transport, waste; each has its own organic law.

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