Businesses in Peritoró

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Peritoró

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	38
Shopping	25
Churches	24
Bars, pubs and taverns	19
Clothing stores	17
Education	16
Grocery stores and supermarkets	14
Religion	13
Gas station	12
All membership organizations	10
Shopping other	9
Tractors and farm equipment	8
Public administration	8

Peritoró Facts

Area	5.9 km²
Population	8,252
Male Population	3,978 (48.2%)
Female Population	4,274 (51.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+127.5%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+20.3%
Median Age	23.9 years (Male: 22.7, Female: 25)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$3,538 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Centro, POV LIVRAMENTO
Local Time
Timezone	Brasilia Standard Time
Lat & Lng	-4.38333, -44.33333
Postal Codes	65418

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Peritoró Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	3,628	5,566	6,859	8,578	8,252	8,556	8,826
Population Density	611 / km²	937.4 / km²	1,155.2 / km²	1,444.7 / km²	1,389.8 / km²	1,441 / km²	1,486.5 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Peritoró Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 20.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Peritoró	+127.5%	+48.3%	+20.3%
Maranhão	—	—	—
Brazil	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Peritoró Median Age

Median Age: 23.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Peritoró	23.9 yrs	25 yrs	22.7 yrs
Maranhão	24.4 yrs	24.9 yrs	23.9 yrs
Brazil	29.5 yrs	30.3 yrs	28.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Peritoró Population Density

Population Density: 1,390 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Peritoró	8,252	5.9 km²	1,390 / km²
Maranhão	7.3 million	331,937 km²	22 / km²
Brazil	206.1 million	8,479,487.1 km²	24.3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Peritoró Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1820 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Peritoró

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Peritoró Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,126	$2,146	$1,881	$2,542	$2,714	$3,622	$3,591	$3,538
Total GDP	$32.6M	$35.6M	$33.6M	$49.6M	$56.2M	$78.7M	$82.3M	$82.3M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Peritoró CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Peritoró	16,585 tn	2.01 tn	2,793.2 tons/km²
Maranhão	15,970,204 tn	2.19 tn	48.1 tons/km²
Brazil	561,829,904 tn	2.73 tn	66.3 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Peritoró CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	16,585 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.01 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	2,793.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (7)
Flood	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Peritoró

Peritoró is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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