Nationality:
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian
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)
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
Religions:
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
Population:
205,716,890 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.2% (male 27,219,651/female 26,180,040)
15-64 years: 67% (male 67,524,642/female 68,809,357)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 5,796,433/female 7,899,650) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 30.1 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.102% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
Birth rate:
17.48 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
Death rate:
6.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 152
Net migration rate:
-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
Urbanization:
urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
Sao Paulo 19.96 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.836 million; Belo Horizonte 5.736 million; Porto Alegre 4.034 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.789 million (2009)
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 (2012 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
58 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 93
Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 94
male: 23.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.79 years
country comparison to the world: 123
male: 69.24 years
female: 76.53 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.16 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
Health expenditures:
9% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 44
Physicians density:
1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
country comparison to the world: 75
Hospital bed density:
2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 91
Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 97% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 3% of population (2008)
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 87% of population
rural: 37% of population
total: 80% of population
unimproved:
urban: 13% of population
rural: 63% of population
total: 20% of population (2008)
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:
5.08% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 55
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2008)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
total: 17.8%
country comparison to the world: 65
male: 13.9%
female: 23.1% (2009)