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European Union vs. Brazil

Demographics

European UnionBrazil
Population 450,131,902 (July 2021 est.)

rank by population:

  1. Germany - 79,903,481; 
  2. France - 68,084,217; 
  3. Italy - 62,390,364; 
  4. Spain - 47,260,584; 
  5. Poland - 38,185,913; 
  6. Romania - 21,230,362; 
  7. Netherlands - 17,337,403; 
  8. Belgium - 11,778,842; 
  9. Czechia - 10,702,596; 
  10. Greece - 10,569,703; 
  11. Portugal - 10,263,850; 
  12. Sweden - 10,261,767; 
  13. Hungary - 9,728,337; 
  14. Austria - 8,884,864; 
  15. Bulgaria - 6,919,180; 
  16. Denmark - 5,894,687; 
  17. Finland - 5,587,442; 
  18. Slovakia - 5,436,066; 
  19. Ireland - 5,224,884; 
  20. Croatia - 4,208,973; 
  21. Lithuania - 2,711,566; 
  22. Slovenia - 2,102,106; 
  23. Latvia - 1,862,687; 
  24. Cyprus - 1,281,506; 
  25. Estonia - 1,220,042; 
  26. Luxembourg - 639,589; 
  27. Malta - 460,891 (July 2021 est.)

213,445,417 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 15.05% (male 34,978,216/female 33,217,600)

15-24 years: 10.39% (male 24,089,260/female 22,990,579)

25-54 years: 40.54% (male 92,503,000/female 91,144,596)

55-64 years: 13.52% (male 29,805,200/female 31,424,172)

65 years and over: 20.5% (male 39,834,507/female 53,020,673) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 21.11% (male 22,790,634/female 21,907,018)

15-24 years: 16.06% (male 17,254,363/female 16,750,581)

25-54 years: 43.83% (male 46,070,240/female 46,729,640)

55-64 years: 9.78% (male 9,802,995/female 10,911,140)

65 years and over: 9.21% (male 8,323,344/female 11,176,018) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 44 years

male: 42.6 years

female: 45.5 years (2020 est.)
total: 33.2 years

male: 32.3 years

female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate-0.69% 0.10% (2021 est.)0.65% (2021 est.)
Birth rate9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)13.44 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female

total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.32 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 18.37 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 21.72 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 14.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 77.63 years

male: 72.98 years

female: 82.51 years (2021 est.)
total population: 74.98 years

male: 71.49 years

female: 78.65 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.62 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.73 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence ratenote - see individual entries of member states0.6% (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDSnote - see individual entries of member states930,000 (2020 est.)
ReligionsRoman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.)Roman Catholic 64.6%, other Catholic 0.4%, Protestant 22.2% (includes Adventist 6.5%, Assembly of God 2.0%, Christian Congregation of Brazil 1.2%, Universal Kingdom of God 1.0%, other Protestant 11.5%), other Christian 0.7%, Spiritist 2.2%, other 1.4%, none 8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deathsnote - see individual entries of member states13,000 (2020 est.)
LanguagesBulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish

note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 29% of the EU population is conversant with it (2020)
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

major-language sample(s):
O Livro de Fatos Mundiais, a fonte indispensável para informaçao básica. (Brazilian Portuguese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Major infectious diseasesnote: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring regionally; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the European Union's Schengen Area (comprised of the following 26 European states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening proceduresdegree of risk: very high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

water contact diseases: schistosomiasis

note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Brazil; as of 20 July 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 19,376,574 cases of COVID-19 or 9,115.84  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 255.09 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 July 2021, 44.26% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Education expenditures4.6% of GDP (2017)6.3% of GDP (2017)
Health expenditures9.9% (2016)9.5% (2018)

Source: CIA Factbook