People of Brazil
| Population: | 190010647 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 25.3% (male 24,554,254/female 23,613,027) 15-64 years: 68.4% (male 64,437,140/female 65,523,447) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 4,880,562/female 7,002,217) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: | total: 28.6 years male: 27.9 years female: 29.4 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.008% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 16.3 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.983 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.697 male(s)/female total population: 0.976 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total: 27.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 72.24 years male: 68.3 years female: 76.38 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.7% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 660,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 15,000 (2003 est.) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Languages: | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) |