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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.); %

Population Distribution

The vast majority of people live along, or relatively near, the Atlantic coast in the east; the population core is in the southeast, anchored by the cities of Sao Paolo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 21.89% (male 23,310,437 /female 22,414,551)

15-24 years - : 16.29% (male 17,254,084 /female 16,758,140)

25-54 years - : 43.86% (male 45,449,158 /female 46,151,759)

55-64 years - : 9.35% (male 9,229,665 /female 10,296,824)

65 years and over - : 8.61% (male 7,666,845 /female 10,315,429) (2018 est.)

population pyramid - : The World Factbook Field Image Modal × South America

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 43.8 (2015 est.)

Youth dependency ratio: 32.4 (2015 est.)

Elderly dependency ratio: 11.4 (2015 est.)

Potential support ratio: 8.7 (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 32.4 years

Male: 31.5 years

Female: 33.3 years (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 100

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

15-24 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

25-54 years - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

55-64 years - : 0.89 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

65 years and over - : 0.74 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

total population - : 0.97 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Male: 19.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Female: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 91

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 74.3 years (2018 est.)

Male: 70.7 years (2018 est.)

Female: 78 years (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 125

Drinking Water Source

Improved: urban

Rural: 13% of population

Total: 1.9% of population (2015 est.)

Unimproved: urban

Sanitation Facility Access

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AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2017 est.); country comparison to the world: 55;

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

14,000 (2017 est.); country comparison to the world: 18;

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: Very high (2016)

Food or waterborne diseases: Bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)

Vectorborne diseases: Dengue fever and malaria (2016)

Water contact diseases: Schistosomiasis (2016)

Note: Active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

22.1% (2016); country comparison to the world: 82;

Education Expenditures

5.9% of GDP (2014); country comparison to the world: 38;

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

Total population: 92.6% (2015 est.)

Male: 92.2% (2015 est.)

Female: 92.9% (2015 est.)

Year

Population

  • 208,846,892

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
    0.71% (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 140;

Birth Rate

  • 13.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 135;

Death Rate

  • 6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 136;

Migration Rate

  • -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.); country comparison to the world: 103;

Urban Areas Population

  • 21.65 million Sao Paulo, 13.293 million Rio de Janeiro, 5.972 million Belo Horizonte, 4.47 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.094 million Porto Alegre, 4.028 million Recife
    (2018)

Health Expenditure

  • 8.3% of GDP (2014); country comparison to the world: 51;

Physicians Density

  • 1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2013);

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2014);

Total fertility rate

  • 1.75 children born/woman (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 159;
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