SUMMARY
Location - South America
Capital - Brasília
Territorial extension - 8.514.876,00 Km²
Language - Portuguese
Total population - 2008 - 194.227.984 inhabitants
[Source: Indicators on Population. In United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic and Social Statistics. Statistical Products and Databases. Social Indicators. 2008. Acesso em: fev.2009
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm]
Overall GDP - 2007 - 1.314.199 million US$
[Source: United Nations,United Nations Statistics Division, National Accounts Main Agregates Database,Basic Data Selection, New York, 20
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selectionbasicFast.asp]
Currency - Real
Flag - 
ECONOMY
Overall GDP - 2007 - 1.314.199 million US$
[Source: United Nations,United Nationvs Statistics Division, National Accounts Main Agregates Database,Basic Data Selection, New York, 2008. Acessado em Março de 2009.
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selectionbasicFast.asp]
GDP per capita - 2007 - 6.852 US$
[Source: United Nations,United Nations Statistics Division, National Accounts Main Agregates Database,Basic Data Selection, New York, 2008. Acessado em Março de 2009.
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selectionbasicFast.asp]
Economically-active population 15 years of age or over - 2007 - 67.8 %
[Source: Economically active population estimates and projections: 1980-2020. In: International Labor Organization. EAPEP data (version 5). 2005. Acessado em Junho de 2007.
Link: http://laborsta.ilo.org]
Economically-active women 15 years of age or over - 2007 - 57.3 %
[Source: Economically active population estimates and projections: 1980-2020. In: International Labor Organization. EAPEP data (version 5). 2005. Acessado em Junho de 2007.
Link: http://laborsta.ilo.org]
Public expenditure on education - 2005 - 4.1 % of GDP
[Source: World development indicators - 2007. Washington, D.C.:The World Bank, 2007. Acessado em Junho de 2007.
Link: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/table2_9.pdf]
Investment in research and development 2002 - 2003 - 1.0 % of GDP
[Source: Human development report 2006: international cooperation at a crossroads aid, trade and security in a unequal world. New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2006.
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2006/pdf/HDR06_complete.pdf]
Public expenditure on health services - 2003 - 3.4 % of GDP
[Source: Human development report 2006: international cooperation at a crossroads aid, trade and security in a unequal world. New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2006.
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2006/pdf/HDR06_complete.pdf]
Tourist arrivals - 2005 - 5.358.000 tourists
[Source: UNWTO - World Tourism Organization, 2006.
Link: CD-ROM - Year Book of Tourism Statistics, 2006.]
Total imports - 2005 - 77.633,20 million US$
[Source: International Financial Statistics. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Foundation, 2007. Acessado em Julho de 2007.
Link: http://www.imfstatistics.org/imf]
Total exports - 2005 - 118.308,00 million US$
[Source: International Financial Statistics. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Foundation, 2007. Acessado em Julho de 2007.
Link: http://www.imfstatistics.org/imf]
ENVIRONMENT
Protected areas in the national territory - 2005 - 18697%
[Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Millennium Development Goals Indicators - 2006. Acesso em: jul. 2007.
Link: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx]
Cultivated Areas - 2003 - 59.000 1000 Ha
[Source: FAOSTAT - FAO Statistics Division 2007 - 06 July 2007
Link: http://faostat.fao.org/site/418/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=418]
Areas for permanent pasture - 2003 - 197.000 1000 Ha
[Source: FAOSTAT - FAO Statistics Division 2007 - 06 July 2007
Link: http://faostat.fao.org/site/418/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=418]
Production of natural gas - 2007 - 12.71 billion m³
[Source: Anuário Estatístico Brasileiro do Petróleo e do Gás Natural. Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis. Rio de Janeiro: ANP, 2008. Acesso em: mar.2009
Link: http://www.anp.gov.br/conheca/anuario_2008.asp]
Petroleum production - 2007 - 1.832,66 thousand barrels/day
[Source: Anuário Estatístico Brasileiro do Petróleo e do Gás Natural. Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis. Rio de Janeiro: ANP, 2008. Acesso em: mar.2009
Link: http://www.anp.gov.br/conheca/anuario_2008.asp]
NETWORKS
Telephone lines - 2007 - 20,54 for each 100 inhabitants
[Source: ICT Statistics Database. Country data by region. 2. Basic indicators: Main telephone lines, subscribers per 100 people. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 2007. Acessado em Março de 2009.
Link: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Indicators/Indicators.aspx]
Mobile telephony subscribers - 2007 - 63.08 for each 100 inhabitants
[Source: ICT Statistics Database. Country data by region. 3. Basic indicators: Mobile cellular, subscribers per 100 people. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 2007. Acessado em Março de 2009.
Link: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Indicators/Indicators.aspx]
Number of personal computers - 2005 - 16.09 for each 100 inhabitants
[Source: Mobile cellular, subscribers per 100 people. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 2007 tab 4
Link: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Indicators/Indicators.aspx#]
Users with Internet access - 2007 - 35.20 for each 100 inhabitants
[Source: ICT Statistics Database. Country data by region. 4. Internet indicators. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 2007. Acessado em Março de 2009.
Link: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Indicators/Indicators.aspx]
POPULATION
Total population - 2008 - 194.227.984 inhabitants
[Source: Indicators on Population. In United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic and Social Statistics. Statistical Products and Databases. Social Indicators. 2008. Acesso em: fev.2009
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm]
Men - 2008 - 95.745.758 inhabitants
[Source: Indicators on Population. In United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic and Social Statistics. Statistical Products and Databases. Social Indicators.2008. Acesso em: fev.2009
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm]
Women - 2008 - 98.482.227 inhabitants
[Source: Indicators on Population. In United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic and Social Statistics. Statistical Products and Databases. Social Indicators.2008. Acesso em: fev.2009
Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm]
Resident population in urban areas - 2005 - 84.20 %
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. In: United Nations. Population Database. 2005.
Link: http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1]
Resident population in rural areas - 2005 - 15.80 %
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. In: United Nations. Population Database. 2005.
Link: http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1]
Population density - 2005 - 22 inhab/Km2
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. In: United Nations. Population Database. 2005.
Link: http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1]
Average annual population growth rate - 2006 - 1.41 %
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations, Population Division, 2005.
Link: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WPP2006/2006Highlights_finalrevised.pdf]
Gross birth rate - 2005 - 20,60 /1000
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. In: United Nations. Population Database. 2005.
Link: http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=2]
Gross mortality rate - 2005 - 6.30 /1000
[Source: World population propects: the 2006 revision. In: United Nations. Population Database. 2005. (2000-2005)
Link: http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=2]
SOCIAL INDICATORS
Human Development Index - 2006 - 0.807
[Source: Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008. New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2008. Acesso em: fev. 2009
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI2008Tables.xls]
Life expectancy at birth - 2006 - 72.00 years
[Source: Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008. New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2008. Acesso em: fev. 2009
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI2008Tables.xls]
Population suffering from malnutrition - 2002 - 7%
[Source: Food security statistics. In: FAO. FAOSTAT. 2006.
Link: http://www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/Files/PrevalenceUndernourishment_en.xls]
Calories consumed - 2003 - 3.060 Kcal/day
[Source: Food security statistics. In: FAO. FAOSTAT. 2006.
Link: http://www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/Files/FoodConsumptionNutrients_en.xls]
Households with access to potable water - 2006 - 91%
[Source: World Health Statistics 2008. World Health Organization. Genebra: WHO Press, 2008. Acesso em: mar.2009
Link: http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/2008/en/index.html]
Households with access to sanitation - 2006 - 77%
[Source: World Health Statistics 2008. World Health Organization. Genebra: WHO Press, 2008. Acesso em: mar.2009
Link: http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/2008/en/index.html]
Literacy rate of persons 15 years of age or over - 2005 - 88%
[Source: Human development report 2005: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2005.
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/HDR05_complete.pdf]
Gross enrollment rate in all school levels - 2004 - 86%
[Source: Human development report 2006: international cooperation at a crossroads aid, trade and security in a unequal world. New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2006.
Link: http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2006/pdf/HDR06_complete.pdf]
