Demographics of Brazil

Brazil is populous along the coast, less in the interior. The inhabitants are very diverse with many races and cultures represented.

Population: 177.062.044 (2003). ( For more detailed information on the current population, go to this page (http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/disseminacao/online/popclock/popclock.php). )

Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.60% (male 25,506,918; female 24,759,204)
15-64 years: 64.55% (male 53,688,522; female 55,909,426)
65 years and over: 5.85% (male 4,380,575; female 5,554,525) (2000)

Population growth rate: 1.46% (1990-2000) -- 0.94% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 19.89 births/1,000 population (2001)

Death rate: 6.68 deaths/1,000 population (2001)

Net migration rate: -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2000)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2000)
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female (2000)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2000)
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2000)

Infant mortality rate: 32.70 deaths/1,000 live births (2001)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.82 years (2001)
male: 58.54 years (2000 est.)
female: 67.56 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.18 children born/woman (2001)

Nationality:
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian

Ethnic groups:

The only relatively isolated minority ethnic groups in Brazil are various non-assimilated indigenous tribes, comprising less than 1% of the population, who live in officially delimited reservations and either avoid contact with "civilized" people, or constitute separate social and political communities.

The rest of the population can be considered a single "Brazilian" ethnic group, with highly varied racial types and backgrounds, but without clear ethnic sub-divisions. By physical type, a recent survey gives 55% "white", 38% "mixed", 6% "black", 1% "other". (However, these labels are poorly defined, and it is not known how they were determined for the survey.)

The ethnic origin of the Brazilians can be traced to:

• Portuguese
• French
• Dutch
• Yoruba
• Ewe
• Bantu
• Tupi
• Guarani
• Germans
• Italians
• Spanish
• Poles
• Lebanese
• Japanese
• Chinese
• Koreans
• Lithuanians

Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%; most of the other 20% belong to Protestant denominations, Kardecism, Judaism, Islamism, Buddhism, Candomblé and Umbanda.

Languages: Portuguese is the official language and spoken by most of the population. Spanish is understood in various degrees by most people. English and French are part of the official high school curriculum, but very few people achieve any usable degree of fluency in them.

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.3%
male: 83.3%
female: 83.2% (1995 est.)

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