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 - : 24.7% (male 25,066,889/ female 24,125,185)

15-64 years - : 68.2% (male 67,365,021/ female 68,597,919)

65 years and over - : 7.1% (male 6,007,524/ female 8,158,875) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 29.6 years

Male: 28.8 years

Female: 30.5 years (2012 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 - : 0.74 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 23.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 72.79 years

Male: 69.24 years

Female: 76.53 years (2012 est.)

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% of GDP (2007)country comparison to the world: 59

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 88.6%

Male: 88.4%

Female: 88.8% (2004 est.)

Year

Population

  • 199,321,413

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
    0.86% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 131

Birth Rate

  • 15.2 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 132

Death Rate

  • 6.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 149

Migration Rate

  • -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 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)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.82 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 153