Santa Maria — UN urban centre
Santa Maria: 211,991 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,798 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3932; territory: Brazil (BRA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -29.6912, -53.8252. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 101,710 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 116,558 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 132,155 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 147,840 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 163,746 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 182,610 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 196,424 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 202,122 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 209,674 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 213,292 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 211,991 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 209,804 | Projection |
| 2035 | 208,167 | Projection |
| 2040 | 205,493 | Projection |
| 2045 | 203,139 | Projection |
| 2050 | 199,555 | Projection |
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