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    Brazil People - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/brazil/brazil_people.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population 176,029,560
      note: Brazil took an intercensal count in August 1996 which reported a population of 157,079,573; that figure was about 5% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, which 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure
      0-14 years: 28% (male 25,140,954; female 24,199,276)
      15-64 years: 66.4% (male 57,424,151; female 59,409,928)
      65 years and over: 5.6% (male 3,992,017; female 5,863,234) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate 0.87% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate 18.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate 9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio
      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
      total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate 35.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth
      total population: 63.55 years
      female: 67.91 years (2002 est.)
      male: 59.4 years

      Total fertility rate 2.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.57% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 540,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths 18,000 (1999 est.)

      Nationality
      noun: Brazilian(s)
      adjective: Brazilian

      Ethnic groups white (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed white and black 38%, black 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%

      Religions Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%

      Languages Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

      Literacy
      definition: age 15 and over can read and write
      total population: 83.3%
      male: 83.3%
      female: 83.2% (1995 est.)

      NOTE: The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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