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People
201,103,330
country comparison to the world: 
5
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 2010 est.)
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) (2010 est.)
total: 28.9 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 29.7 years (2010 est.)
1.166% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
18.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
6.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
-0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
urban population: 86% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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 (2010 est.)
total: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 93
male: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 72.26 years
country comparison to the world: 123
male: 68.7 years
female: 76 years (2010 est.)
2.19 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
0.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
730,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
15,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 25
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian
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)
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)
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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.)
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2008)
5.2% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 61
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