Bringing up the thread:
Macrometropolis São Paulo (33 million inh., 10% growth/decade):
Travelling 228 km through (dense) urban areas only:
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Population 2016:
City: 12.038.175 (5.8%)
Metro: 21.242.939 (10.3%)
Macro: 32.559.101 (15.8%)
State: 44.749.699 (21.7%)
Brazil: 206.081.432
GDP 2014:
City: US$ 267.261.651.915 (10.9%)
Metro: US$ 435.262.350.213 (17.7%)
Macro: US$ 643.222.874.469 (26.2%)
State: US$ 790.721.725.532 (32.2%)
Brazil: US$ 2.459.128.842.553
São Paulo state population has grown faster than Brazil between every single Census since 1872, but between 2000-2010 (11.4% x 12.3%)