| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Brazil. We have nine pages of interesting Brazil facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Brazil. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km water: 55,455 sq km note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo |
| Climate |
mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Population |
190,010,647 note: Brazil conducted a census 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 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
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