Brazil Demographics Profile 2012

Population

203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
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

Age structure

0-14 years: 26.2% (male 27,219,651/female 26,180,040)
15-64 years: 67% (male 67,524,642/female 68,809,357)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 5,796,433/female 7,899,650) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 29.3 years
male: 28.5 years
female: 30.1 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

1.134% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

17.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

6.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 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 (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 21.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.53 years
male: 68.97 years
female: 76.27 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.18 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian

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

5.08% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

58 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

2.2% (2007)

Health expenditures

9% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

2.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

11.1% (2003)