Brazil Facts
Facts about Brazil
Country (long form)
Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital
Brasilia
Total Area
total: 8,511,965 sq km
land: 8,456,510 sq km
water: 55,455 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
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 under enumeration 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.)
Estimated Population in 2050
206,751,477
Languages
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 86.4%
male: 86.1%
female: 86.6% (2003 est.)
Religions
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spriritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
Life Expectancy
total population: 71.69 years
male: 67.74 years
female: 75.85 years (2005 est.)
Government Type
federative republic
Currency
real (BRL)
GDP (per capita)
purchasing power parity - $8,100 (2004 est.)
Labour Force
89 million (2004 est.)
Industry
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Agriculture
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Arable Land
5%
Exports
$95 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports
$61 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Natural Resources
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
Telephones (main lines in use)
38.81 million (2002)
Telephones (mobile cellular)
46,373,300 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet hosts: 3,163,349 (2003)Internet users: 14.3 million (2002)
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