The state of Goiás is divided into 18 statistical microregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatístic (IBGE). These have no administrative function but are used only for statistics. The total area of the state is 341,289 km2 and the population is 5,450,303 as of 2007. Thirty seven percent of the population—2,032,305—lives in the Goiânia Microregion and 17.6%--960,141—of the population lives in the Entorno do Distrito Federal Microregion. The GDP of the state of Goiás was R$50,536 billion in 2005, the last year data was gathered.
Microregions of Goiás MicroregionArea (km²) % of the state area (km²) Inhabitants in 1980Inhabitants in 2007 % of the state populationGDP (R$1,000.00) in 2005% of state GDP (R$1,000.00) in 2005Anápolis 8,387 2.4 350,317 517,221 9.4 3,851,580 7.6Anicuns 5,483 1.6 101,813 100,759 1.8 694,825 1.3Aragarças 11,092 3.2 48,346 53,541 0.9 322,068 0.6Catalão 15,239 4.4 90,159 133,156 2,4 3,352,117 6.6Ceres 13,224 3.8 190,414 215,820 3.9 1,432,288 2.8Chapada dos Veadeiros 21,476 6.3 39,814 60,267 1,1 408,374 0.8Entorno do Distrito Federal 38,212 11.2 259,804 960,141 17,6 4,764,348 9.4Goiânia 6,848 2.0 863,065 2,032,305 37.2 18,510,977 36.6Iporá 7,097 2.0 66,349 58,845 1.0 351,519 0.6Meia Ponte 21,229 6.2 232,807 338,147 6.2 4,033,284 7.9Pires do Rio 9,450 2.7 69,081 90,327 1.6 788,161 1.5Porangatu 35,287 10.3 198,609 220,794 4.0 1,874,454 3,7Quirinópolis 16,118 4.7 86,242 95,094 1.7 1,520,155 3.0Rio Vermelho 20,277 5.9 87,039 86,362 1,5 663,131 1.3São Miguel do Araguaia 24,472 7.2 61,463 76,625 1.4 696,474 1.3Sudoeste de Goiás 56,293 16.5 224,540 397,387 7.3 5,497,824 10.8Vale do Rio dos Bois 13,654 4.0 82,414 107,317 1.9 1,336,258 2.6Vão do Paranã 17,453 5.1 68,849 102,927 1.8 438,245 0.8
References
Sepin IBGE