Facts and Figures

Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital: BrasÃlia
Area: 8,547,404 sq km; 3,300,171 sq mi

People
Population: 190,010,650 (2007 estimate)

Largest cities, with population
São Paulo: 10,838,581 (2004 estimate)
Rio de Janeiro: 6,051,399 (2004 estimate)
Salvador: 2,631,831 (2004 estimate)
Belo Horizonte: 2,350,564 (2004 estimate)
Fortaleza: 2,332,657 (2004 estimate)

Ethnic groups
Caucasian: (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish) - 55 percent
Mixed Caucasian and African - 38 percent
African - 6 percent
Other (including Japanese and Arab) - 1 percent

Languages
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

Religions:
Roman Catholic (nominal): 90 percent
Spiritists and African Brazilian religions, such as Candombl, Macumba, and Umbanda: 4 percent
Nonreligious: 2 percent
Other: 4 percent

Literacy rate
Total :87.1 percent (2005 estimate)
Female : 87.5 percent (2005 estimate)
Male : 86.7 percent (2005 estimate)

Number of years of compulsory schooling : 8 years (2002-2003)
Number of students per teacher, primary school: 24 students per teacher (2002-2003)

Government
Form of government : Federal republic
Head of state President
Head of government: President
Legislature: Bicameral legislature
Chamber of Deputies: 513 deputies
Senate: 81 senators

Constitution : 5 October 1988
Highest court: Supreme Federal Tribunal

Economy
Gross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$) : $796.1 billion (2005)
GDP per capita (U.S.$) : $4,270.60 (2005)

GDP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 8.1 percent (2005)
Industry 38.4 percent (2005)
Services 53.5 percent (2005)

Employment
Number of workers : 91,313,049 (2005)

Workforce share of economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing : 20 percent (2002)
Industry : 22 percent (2002)
Services : 58 percent (2002)
Unemployment rate : 9.7 percent (2003)

Total revenue: $190,891 million (1998)
Total expenditure : $206,447 million (1998)

Monetary unit
1 real (R$), consisting of 100 centavos