Population:
196,342,592
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, higher death rates, lower population growth
rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would
otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)
Infant
Mortality Rate:
total: 23.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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)
Language:
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
Literacy Rate:
definition: age 15 and over can
read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.)
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Projects
BR-001 Goiania Project 1
BR-002 Goiania Project 2 |
