Brazil Demographics Profile 2008

Population

191,908,598
note: Brazil conducted a census 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 24.9% (male 24,391,338/female 23,454,418)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 65,330,427/female 66,431,982)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 5,055,770/female 7,244,663) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 29 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 29.8 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.98% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

16.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 26.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.51 years
male: 68.57 years
female: 76.64 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.7% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

660,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

15,000 (2003 est.)

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.)