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Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic
Ocean
Map references: South America
People
Population: 162,661,214 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31% (male 25,286,278; female 24,422,897)
15-64 years: 65% (male 52,232,435; female 53,094,724)
65 years and over: 4% (male 3,072,720; female 4,552,160)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.16% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 55.3 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 61.62 years
male: 56.67 years
female: 66.81 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: white (includes Portuguese, German,
Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed white and African 38%,
African 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 70%
Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English,
French
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population: 83.3%
male: 83.3%
female: 83.2%
Government
Country Abbreviation: BR
Type of government: federal republic
Independence: 7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
Constitution: 5 October 1988
Legal system: based on Roman codes; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and
over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $976.8 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 4.2% (1995)
GDP per capita: $6,100 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5% (1995 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 14,426,673 (1992 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1,223, FM 0, shortwave 151
Radios: 60 million (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 112
note:
Televisions: 30 million (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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