2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)

Ethnic Groups

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

Urbanization

Urban population: 85.7% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 1.17% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 23.27% (male 24,223,817/female 23,304,372)

15-24 years - : 16.47% (male 17,058,031/female 16,579,678)

25-54 years - : 43.8% (male 44,358,524/female 45,111,178)

55-64 years - : 8.66% (male 8,348,783/female 9,343,347)

65 years and over - : 7.8% (male 6,776,742/female 9,155,340) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 44.7%

Youth dependency ratio: 33.3%

Elderly dependency ratio: 11.3%

Potential support ratio: 8.8% (2015 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 - : 0.89 male(s)/female

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

total population - : 0.97 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 73.53 years

Male: 69.99 years

Female: 77.25 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 127

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 17.2% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.55% (2013 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

20.1% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

2.2% (2007)

Education Expenditures

5.8% of GDP (2010)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 92.6%

Male: 92.2%

Female: 92.9% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 14 years

Male: 14 years

Female: 15 years (2005)

Year

Population

  • 204,259,812

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
    0.77% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 14.46 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • Sao Paulo 21.066
    million
  • Rio de Janeiro
    12.902 million
  • Belo Horizonte
    5.716 million
  • BRASILIA (capital)
    4.155 million
  • Fortaleza
    3.88 million
  • Recife 3.739
    million (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 9.7% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 1.89 physicians/1,000 population (2013)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.3 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.77 children born/woman (2015 est.)