| People | Brazil |
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Population:
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198,739,269
note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 86% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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24 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.7% (male 27,092,880/female 26,062,244)
15-64 years: 66.8% (male 65,804,108/female 67,047,725)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 5,374,230/female 7,358,082) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 28.6 years
male: 27.8 years
female: 29.3 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.199% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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18.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.99 years
male: 68.43 years
female: 75.73 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.21 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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730,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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15,000 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian |
Ethnic groups:
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white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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