Brazil

Prepared by Donald Ramos

Population 2000

Ethnicity

            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)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 88.6%

            male:             88.4%

            female:             88.8% (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 72.24 years

            male: 68.3 years

            female: 76.38 years (2007 est.)

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)

Sex ratio:

            at birth:                     1.05 male(s)/1.0 female

            under 15 years:           1.04 male(s)/1.0 female

            15-64 years:                0.983 male(s)/1.0 female

            65 years and over:      0.697 male(s)/1.0female

            total population:         0.976 male(s)/1.0 female (2007 est.)

Population:

            183,987,291 (IBGE) 7/240 US 5/240

Population growth rate:

            1.21% (2007 IBGE)

Median age:

total: 28.6 years U.S. 36.6

male: 27.9 years

female: 29.4 years (2007 est.)

Land use:

            arable land:      6.93%

permanent crops: 0.89%

            other:               92.18% (2005)

Administrative divisions:

26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal);

Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins

GDP (official exchange rate):

$967 billion (2006 est.)           U.S. $13.16 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

3.7% (2006 est.) 142/240       U.S. 166/240 2.40

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$8,800 (2006 est.) 97/240 U.S. 10/240 $ 43,800

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture:      5.1%

industry:         30.9%

services:          64% (2006 est.)

Labor force:

97.77 million (2006 est.) 7/240         U.S. 5/240 151,400,000  

Labor force - by occupation:

            agriculture:     20%

            industry:         14%

            services:          66% (2003 est.)

 

Unemployment rate:

            9.6% (2006 est.) 110/240 US 55/240 5.8%

Population below poverty line:

            31% (2005) U.S. 12%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

            4.2% (2006 est.) 120/224 U.S. 90/224