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 47.7%
Mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%
Black 7.6%
Asian 1.1%
Indigenous 0.4%
(2010 est.)%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 23.8% (male 24,534,129/female 23,606,332)

15-24 years - : 16.5% (male 16,993,708/female 16,521,057)

25-54 years - : 43.7% (male 43,910,790/female 44,674,915)

55-64 years - : 8.4% (male 8,067,022/female 9,036,519)

65 years and over - : 7.6% (male 6,507,069/female 8,805,247) (2014 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 45.8 %

Youth dependency ratio: 34.4 %

Elderly dependency ratio: 11.3 %

Potential support ratio: 8.8 (2014 est.)

Median Age

Total: 30.7 years

Male: 29.9 years

Female: 31.5 years (2014 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 - : 0.97 male(s)/female

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

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 19.21 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 22.47 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 15.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 73.28 years

Male: 69.73 years

Female: 77 years (2014 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 0.3% of population

Rural: 14.7% of population

Total: 2.5% of population (2012 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: 119

Education Expenditures

5.8% of GDP (2010) country comparison to the world: 49

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 90.4%

Male: 90.1%

Female: 90.7% (2010 est.)

Year

Population

  • 202,656,788

Nationality

  • Brazilian(s) noun


  • Brazilian adjective


Religions

  • Roman Catholic
    64.60%
  • Other Catholic
    0.40%
  • Protestant Includes Adventist
    22.26%
  • Assembly Of God
    2.00%
  • Christian Congregation Of Brazil
    1.20%
  • Universal Kingdom Of God
    1.00%
  • Other Protestant
    11.50%
  • Other Christian
    0.70%
  • Spiritist
    2.20%
  • Other
    1.40%
  • None
    8.00%
  • Unspecified Est
    0.42%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    0.8% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 137

Birth Rate

  • 14.72 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 134

Death Rate

  • 6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 148

Migration Rate

  • -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 117

Urban Areas Population

  • Sao Paulo 19.924 million, Rio de Janeiro 11.96
    million
  • Belo Horizonte
    5.487 million
  • Porto Alegre
    3.933 million
  • Recife
    3.733 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

  • 1.79 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 155