Brazil Facts
Facts about Brazil
Country (long form)
Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital of Brazil
Total Area of Brazil
total: 8,515,767 sq km
land: 8,456,510 sq km
water: 55,455 sq km
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
Population of Brazil
199,321,413 (July 2012 est.)
Estimated Population of Brazil in 2050
206,751,477
Languages of Brazil
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Literacy in Brazil
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 86.1%
female: 86.6% (2003 est.)
Religions of Brazil
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spriritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
Life Expectancy in Brazil
total population: 71.69 years
male: 67.74 years
female: 75.85 years (2005 est.)
Government Type
federative republic
Currency of Brazil
real (BRL)
GDP (per capita) in Brazil
purchasing power parity - $8,100 (2004 est.)
Industries in Brazil
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Agriculture in Brazil
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Natural Resources of Brazil
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
Telephones (main lines in use)
38.81 million (2002)
Telephones (mobile cellular)
46,373,300 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet hosts: 3,163,349 (2003)
Internet users: 14.3 million (2002)
