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 - : 24.2% (male 24,814,906/female 23,879,697)

15-24 years - : 16.7% (male 16,982,245/female 16,513,161)

25-54 years - : 43.6% (male 43,396,927/female 44,170,680)

55-64 years - : 8.2% (male 7,792,041/female 8,736,359)

65 years and over - : 7.3% (male 6,250,580/female 8,473,026) (2013 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 46.2 %

Youth dependency ratio: 35.2 %

Elderly dependency ratio: 11 %

Potential support ratio: 9.1 (2013)

Median Age

Total: 30.3 years

Male: 29.5 years

Female: 31.1 years (2013 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.89 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.74 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 19.83 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 23.16 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 16.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 73.02 years

Male: 69.48 years

Female: 76.74 years (2013 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 0% of population

Rural: 15% of population

Total: 2% of population (2010 est.)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

18.8% (2008)country comparison to the world: 102

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

2.2% (2007)country comparison to the world: 116

Education Expenditures

5.6% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 53

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 90.4%

Male: 90.1%

Female: 90.7% (2010 est.)

Year

Population

  • 201,009,622

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
    0.83% (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 133

Birth Rate

  • 14.97 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 133

Death Rate

  • 6.51 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 152

Migration Rate

  • -0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 116

Urban Areas Population

  • Sao Paulo 19.96 million, Rio de Janeiro 11.836
    million
  • Belo Horizonte
    5.736 million
  • Porto Alegre
    4.034 million
  • BRASILIA (capital) 3.813
    million (2011)

Health Expenditure

  • 8.9% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 47

Physicians Density

  • 1.76 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.81 children born/woman (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 153