Demographics

Population 201,103,330 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census (July 2010 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 26.7% (male 27,092,880/female 26,062,244) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 65,804,108/female 67,047,725) 65 years and over: 6.4% (male 5,374,230/female 7,358,082) (2010 est.) Median age total: 28.9 years male: 28.1 years female: 29.7 years (2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.166% (2010 est.) Birth rate 18.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death rate 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Net migration rate -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Urbanization urban population: 86% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 72.26 years male: 68.7 years female: 76 years (2010 est.) Total fertility rate 2.19 children born/woman (2010 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) 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 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 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008) Education expenditures 5.2% of GDP (2007) http://www.indexmundi.com/brazil/demographics_profile.html