2 GeoFroggy

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

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)%

Age Structure

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

Total: 29.3 years

Male: 28.5 years

Female: 30.1 years (2011 est.)

Sex Ratio

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.)

Infant Mortality Rate

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

Total population: 72.53 years

Male: 68.97 years

Female: 76.27 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 1% of population

Rural: 16% of population

Total: 3% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

11.1% (2003)country comparison to the world: 52

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

2.2% (2007)country comparison to the world: 110

Education Expenditures

5.08% of GDP (2007)country comparison to the world: 55

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 88.6%

Male: 88.4%

Female: 88.8% (2004 est.)

Year

Population

  • 203,429,773

Nationality

  • Brazilian(s) noun


  • Brazilian adjective


Religions

  • Roman Catholic Nominal
    73.60%
  • Protestant
    15.40%
  • Spiritualist
    1.30%
  • Bantuvoodoo
    0.30%
  • Other
    1.80%
  • Unspecified
    0.20%
  • None Census
    7.42%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.134% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 104

Birth Rate

  • 17.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 108

Death Rate

  • 6.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 151

Migration Rate

  • -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 120

Health Expenditure

  • 9% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 44

Physicians Density

  • 1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2007)country comparison to the world: 75

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)country comparison to the world: 91

Total fertility rate

  • 2.18 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 108