Some figures and short facts
Total area: 8,511,965 sq km
Land area: 8,456,510 sq km
Coastline: 7,491 km
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Natural resources: iron ore, manganese, bauxite, nickel, uranium, phosphates, tin, hydropower, gold, platinum, petroleum, timber
Land use: arable land 7%, permanent crops 1%, meadows and pastures 19%, forest and woodland 67%, other 6%
Population: 158,739,257 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.28% (1994 est.)
Birth rate: 21.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate: 8.63 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 59.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population 62.25 years, male 57.41 years, female 67.32 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.44 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese, Amerindian, black 6%, white 55%, mixed 38%, other 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 70%
Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Capital: Brasilia
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
National product: GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $1.04 trillion (1997 est.)
National product real growth rate: 2-3% (1998)
National product per capita: $6,300 (1997 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):5% (1997 est)
Unemployment rate: 7% (1997 est.)
Currency: 1 real (R$) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: go here
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