Key demographics
- Population
- 213.4M
- Density
- 23.8/km²
- HDI
- 0.786 (High)
- GDP per capita
- $10,580
- Gini index (2023)
- 51.6
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 76.0 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.61
- Urban population (2025)
- 88.2%
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 94.7%
- Labor force (2025)
- 71.1%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- 8.8%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 44.7%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 88.2%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 12.1 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.1 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 12.3%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.61
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.3 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 14.9%
- Tourism (2019)
- 6.4M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Português |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 83.6% |
| No religion | 9.3% |
| Spiritism | 1.8% |
| Afro-brazilian religions | 1.1% |
| Other | 4.1% |
| Not stated | 0.2% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Pardo | 45.3% |
| White | 43.5% |
| Black | 10.2% |
| Indigenous | 0.6% |
| East asian | 0.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Brazilian
- Demonym (female)
- Brazilian
- National anthem
- Hino Nacional Brasileiro
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 76.0 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 61.8 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 9.7% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 84/100
- Hospital beds (2021)
- 2.5/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 2.36/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 5.50/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $1,010
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 26.2%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 94.7%
- Education spending (2022)
- 5.6% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 413
- Internet users (2024)
- 84.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 101.9/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 24.1/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 6,941/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 24.1
Geography and practical
- Area
- 8,515,767 km²
- Continent
- South America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00
- Calling codes
- +55
- Postal code
- #####-###
- TLD
- .br
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Brazil has a green field with a large yellow rhombus in the center. Within the rhombus is a dark blue globe with twenty-seven small five-pointed white stars depicting a starry sky and a thin white convex horizontal band inscribed with the national motto 'Ordem e Progresso' across its center.
- National anthem
- Hino Nacional Brasileiro
- National holiday
- 1822-09-07