Facts and Figures

Full name: Brazil

Nationality 
        noun: Brazilian(s)
        adjective: Brazilian
 

Flag:

Area  
        total: 8,511,965 sq km 
        land: 8,456,510 sq km
        note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
        water: 55,455 sq km

Population: 186,112,794
        note: Brazil took a count 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 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups  
        white (includes Portuguese
        German
        Italian
        Spanish
        Polish 55%
        mixed white and black 38%
        black 6%
        other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%

Capital: Brasilia, population  2,050,000

Largest Cities 
        Sao  Paulo - 10,410,000 
        Rio  de  Janeiro - 5,850,000
        Salvador - 2,440,000

Official Language  
        Portuguese (official)
        Spanish
        English
        French

Religion 
        Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
        other 20%

Political system: federative republic

GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.492 trillion (2004 est.) 

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $8,100 (2004 est.)

Annual growth: 5.1% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector  
        agriculture: 10.1%
        industry: 38.6%
        services: 51.3% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 7.6% (2004 est.)

© Copyright 2005 Discover - The World.com.  See also Disclaimer.