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Brazil
|
Country
(long
form) |
Federative
Republic
of
Brazil |
|
Capital |
Brasilia |
|
Total
Area |
3,286,488.06
sq mi
8,511,965.00
sq km
(slightly
smaller
than
the
US) |
|
Population |
174,468,575
(July
2001
est.)
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 |
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Estimated
Population
in
2050 |
206,751,477 |
|
Languages |
Portuguese
(official),
Spanish,
English,
French |
|
Literacy |
83.3%
total,
83.3%
male,
83.2%
female
(1995
est.) |
|
Religions |
Roman
Catholic
(nominal)
80% |
|
Life
Expectancy |
58.96
male,
67.73
female
(2001
est.) |
|
Government
Type |
federative
republic |
|
Currency |
1
real
(R$)
= 100
centavos |
|
GDP
(per
capita) |
$6,500
(2000
est.) |
|
Industry |
textiles,
shoes,
chemicals,
cement,
lumber,
iron
ore,
tin,
steel,
aircraft,
motor
vehicles
and
parts,
other
machinery
and
equipment |
|
Agriculture |
coffee,
soybeans,
wheat,
rice,
corn,
sugarcane,
cocoa,
citrus;
beef |
|
Arable
Land |
5% |
|
Natural
Resources |
bauxite,
gold,
iron
ore,
manganese,
nickel,
phosphates,
platinum,
tin,
uranium,
petroleum,
hydropower,
timber |
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