Brazil 
Facts
Population:
174,468,575
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 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
28.57% (male 25,390,039; female 24,449,902)
15-64 years:
65.98% (male 56,603,895; female 58,507,289)
65 years and over:
5.45% (male 3,857,564; female 5,659,886) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.91% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
18.45 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.34 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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 (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
36.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
63.24 years
male:
58.96 years
female:
67.73 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.09 children born/woman (2001 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.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $1.13 trillion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.2% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
9%
industry:
29%
services:
62% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
17.4% (1990 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1%
highest 10%:
47.6% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (2000)
Labor force:
79 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 53.2%, agriculture 23.1%, industry 23.7%
Unemployment rate:
7.1% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$151 billion
expenditures:
$149 billion, including capital expenditures of $36 billion (1998)
Industries:
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Industrial production growth rate:
6.9% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
337.44 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
5.28%
hydro:
90.66%
nuclear:
1.12%
other:
2.94% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
353.674 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
5 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
39.86 billion kWh
note:
supplied by Paraguay (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Exports:
$55.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
manufactures, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee
Exports - partners:
US 23%, Argentina 11%, Germany 5%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 5% (1999)
Imports:
$55.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemical products, oil, electricity
Imports - partners:
US 24%, Argentina 12%, Germany 10%, Japan 5%, Italy 5% (1999)
Debt - external:
$232 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
NA
Currency:
real (BRL)
Currency code:
BRL
Exchange rates:
reals per US dollar - 1.954 (January 2001), 1.830 (2000), 1.815 (1999), 1.161 (1998), 1.078 (1997), 1.005 (1996)
note:
from October 1994 through 14 January 1999, the official rate was determined by a managed float; since 15 January 1999, the official rate floats independently with respect to the US dollar
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Business biweekly), São Paulo
http://www2.uol.com.br/exame
(regional), Niteroi
http://www.folhanit.com.br/
(Liberal), São Paulo
http://www.uol.com.br/fsp/
(Conservative business daily), São Paulo
http://www.gazetamercantil.com.br
(Liberal newsmagazine), São Paulo
http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/
(Online Journal),
http://jbonline.terra.com.br/
(Conservative), São Paulo
http://www.jt.estadao.com.br
Brazil in the News
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Slavery was officially abolished more than a century ago, but there has never been a social inclusion policy for Brazil’s blacks. Therefore, prejudice and racism are still a problem in this nation that will have more blacks than whites until the end of 2008.
On Thursday, July 31, Brazilian authorities gave the final go ahead to the civilian nuclear power company, Electronuclear, to continue construction of the country's third nuclear power plant.
In the next seven years Brazil will double its production of ethanol and may produce almost 50 percent more sugar cane, which means building another 100 mills by 2010.
In recent weeks, the Brazilian government has turned to the difficult task of building giant hydroelectric dams in the Amazon River.
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