Brazil Demographics Profile 2009

Population

198,739,269
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 2009 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) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 28.6 years
male: 27.8 years
female: 29.3 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.199% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

18.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 22.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 71.99 years
male: 68.43 years
female: 75.73 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.21 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

730,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

15,000 (2007 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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2005)

Education expenditures

4% of GDP (2004)