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Demographic Breakdown
Demographics of Brazil, Data of [|FAO], year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population
188,078,227 //Note//: Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and 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 2006 est.). However, there is also a dramatic decrease in fertility rates since the 1970s.

Age structure
[|Population pyramid]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 6,769,028) (2006 est.) Median ageTotal: 28.2 years Male: 27.5 years Female: 29 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate
1.04% (2006 est.)

Birth rate
16.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate
6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate
-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio
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: 0.7 male(s)/female Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate
Total: 28.6 deaths/1,000 live births Male: 32.3 deaths/1,000 live births Female: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 71.97 years Male: 68.02 years Female: 76.12 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.91 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Brazilian(s) Adjective: Brazilian

Ethnic group
The only relatively isolated minority ethnic groups in Brazil are various non-assimilated [|indigenous tribes], comprising less than 1% of the population, who live in officially delimited reservations and either avoid contact with "civilized" people, or constitute separate social and political communities. The rest of the population can be considered a single "Brazilian" ethnic group, with highly varied racial types and backgrounds, but without clear ethnic sub-divisions. By physical type, a recent survey gives 55% "white", 38% "mixed", 6% "black", 1% "other". (However, these labels are poorly defined, because are choose according to the preference of the person being interviewed.) The [|ethnic origin] of the Brazilians can be traced to: 
 * [|Portuguese], [|Lusitanians]
 * [|Italians]
 * [|Yoruba]
 * [|Ewe]
 * [|Bantu]
 * [|Tupi]
 * [|Guarani]
 * [|Germans]
 * [|Austrians]
 * [|French]
 * [|Swiss]
 * [|Dutch]
 * [|Scandinavians]
 * [|Syrian]
 * [|Spaniards]
 * [|Poles]
 * [|Lebanese]
 * [|Japanese]
 * [|Chinese]
 * [|Koreans]
 * [|Irish]
 * [|British]
 * [|Lithuanians]
 * [|Ukrainians]
 * [|Russians]
 * [|Czechs]
 * [|Armenians]
 * [|Turkish]
 * [|Greeks]
 * [|Slovaks]
 * [|Finns]
 * [|Hungarians]
 * [|Romanians]

Religions
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)

Languages
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total population: 86.4% Male: 86.1% Female: 86.6% (2003 est.)