Nationality:
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective:
Brazilian
Ethnic groups:
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)
Languages:
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
Religions:
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)
Demographic profile:
Brazil's rapid fertility decline since the 1960s is the main factor behind the country's slowing population growth rate, aging population, and fast-paced demographic transition. Brasilia has not taken full advantage of its large working-age population to develop its human capital and strengthen its social and economic institutions. The current favorable age structure will begin to shift around 2025, with the labor force shrinking and the elderly starting to compose an increasing share of the total population. Well-funded public pensions have nearly wiped out poverty among the elderly, but limited social spending on children has restricted investment in education - a primary means of escaping poverty. Brazil's poverty and income inequality levels remain high despite improvements in the 2000s and continue to disproportionately affect the Northeast, North, and Center-West, women, and black, mixed race, and indigenous populations. Disparities in opportunities foster social exclusion and contribute to Brazil's high crime rate, particularly violent crime in cities and favelas.
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil People 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil People 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
199,321,413 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 24.7% (male 25,066,889/female 24,125,185)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
16.8% (male 17,002,355/female 16,535,115)
25-54 years:
43.4% (male 42,840,045/female 43,621,211)
55-64 years:
8% (male 7,522,621/female 8,441,593)
65 years and over:
7.1% (male 6,007,524/female 8,158,875) (2012 est.)
total: 29.6 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
28.8 years
female:
30.5 years (2012 est.)
0.86% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
15.2 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 120
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
56 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 93
male:
23.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 72.79 years
country comparison to the world: 124
male:
69.24 years
female:
76.53 years (2012 est.)
1.82 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 153
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
9% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 44
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
11.1% (2003)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2.2% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 110
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
88.6%
male:
88.4%
female:
88.8% (2004 est.)
total: 14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2008)
youth ages 15-24:, youth ages 15-24:
total: 17.8%
country comparison to the world: 66
male:
13.9%
female:
23.1% (2009)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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