| People | Brazil |
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Population:
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203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
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 |
Population density:
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25 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Sao Paulo 19.96 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.836 million; Belo Horizonte 5.736 million; Porto Alegre 4.034 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.789 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.2% (male 27,219,651/female 26,180,040)
15-64 years: 67% (male 67,524,642/female 68,809,357)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 5,796,433/female 7,899,650) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 29.3 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.134% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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58 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 21.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.53 years
male: 68.97 years
female: 76.27 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.18 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 97% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 3% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 87% of population
rural: 37% of population
total: 80% of population
unimproved:
urban: 13% of population
rural: 63% of population
total: 20% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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2.2% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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11.1% (2003) |
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: 14 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.08% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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