Brazil_1_Demographics

=Demographics of Brazil= The Brazilian Population is a very multicultural one, with majority coming from the European Settlers, the Indigenous people, African slaves and lastly the varied Migrants from all over the world. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese and it’s the only official language despite the variety of cultures.

Aboriginal Brazilians
Even though they are the native people of the land the Amerindians (Aboriginal Brazilians) make up only 0.4% of Brazil’s Population (approx 700,000 people) living mostly on Indian reservations in the North and Central Western part of the country.

Settlers and Migrants
Are the majority of Brazil’s population, White Brazilians making up 53.7% of the population and majority of them coming from the European Ancestry, such as:


 * Portuguese – Which are majority of Brazilians
 * Spanish – Approximately 15million Brazilians can be linked to a Spanish ancestry
 * German - Believed to be about 35% of the Population
 * Italian – Believe to have about 25million Brazilians of Italian origin
 * Polish – A significant minority of Brazilians have Polish links.
 * Arabs – Majority being Syrian or Lebanese, estimated to be around 10million Brazilian Arabs
 * Dutch – Some of the first Europeans to settle in Brazil
 * Asian – Making up about 0.5% of Brazilians

Afro Brazilians
Believed to come from a lot of African Slaves when the settlers first arrived combined also with the African migrants later on, they make about 6.2% of Brazil’s population.

Religions
Majority being Roman Catholic at 73.6% with a large minority Protestant (15.4%) followed by many other small minor religions.

//Demographic Breakdown//

 * Population** – 188,078,227

Age Structure:

 * 0-14 Years: 25.8% (male 24,687,656/female 23,742,998)
 * 15-64 Years: 68.1% (male 63,548,331/female 64,617,539)
 * 65 Years and over: 6.1% (male 4,712,675/female 6,769,029)

Median Age
Total: 28.2 Years Male: 27.5 Years Female: 29 Years

At Birth – 1.05 male/female Under 15 – 1.04male/female 15-64 – 0.983 male/female 65 and over 0.697 male/female Total Population: 0.976 male/female
 * Population growth rate**: 1.04%
 * Birth Rate** – 16.56 Births/1,000 population
 * Death Rate** – 6.17 deaths/1,000 population
 * Net migration rate** - +0.07 migrants/1,000 population
 * Sex Ratio**:

Life Expectancy at Birth
Total: 71.97 years Male: 68.02 Female: 76.12

Ethnic Groups
//By physical type, a recent survey gives// //53% "white",// //38% "mixed",// //6% "black",// //1% "other".//