Where is Brazil?
About Brazil
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Brazil is a vast country in the east and centre of South America.
Brazil has a border on the Atlantic Ocean.
The land is mostly flat lowlands in the north, some plains, hills and mountains and a narrow coastal strip.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Brazil, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 10 00S
Longitude - 55 00W
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The Brazilian flag is green with a large yellow
diamond containing a blue globe. There are 27 white stars scattered around the globe. The globe has a central white band with the words
Ordem E Progresso which means Order and Progress. The stars represent the various states within Brazil. The yellow diamond is roughly the shape of Brazil.
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The total land area of Brazil is 8,358,140 sq kms which is the largest in South America.
Brazil has lakes, rivers and canals which total 157,630 sq kms.
Brazil has boundaries with 10 countries
Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kms which is the longest in South America.
The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 metres.
The total population of Brazil is 205.82 million people, making it the largest country in South America by population.
Of this number 104.32 million are females and 101.50 million are males.
A person from Brazil is called a Brazilian.
To be a citizen of Brazil you must be born in Brazil or one of your parents must be a citizen of Brazil. You have to live in Brazil for
4 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Brazil, by population are:-
The birth rate in Brazil is 14.3 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Brazil is 6.6 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 14.7 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 21.2 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 32.4 and for males is 30.7. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
We have no figures for the average age of a woman when she has her first child is 29.9.
The elderly dependency ratio is 11.4. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 8.7. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Brazil spends 8.3% of its total income on health care.
There are 1.89 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 2.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
22.1% of the population are estimated as obese.
100.0% of the urban population and 87.0% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
88.0% of the urban population and 51.5% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Brazil spends 6.0% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Brazil. Primary education is for nine years until age 15. Secondary education, which is not compulsory,
can continue to 18. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 2 terms and starts in the first week of February and finishes in the middle of December. There is usually a 2 week
break in the middle of July.
92.9% of females and 92.2% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
30.2% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 35.0% are unemployed while with males 26.5% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Brazil is 110.40 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 698 paved airports in Brazil, which is the highest number in South America.
There are 29,849 kilometres of railways in Brazil, the longest in South America.
There are 212,798 kilometres of roads in Brazil, which means Brazil is in 1st place for the most kilometres of roads in South America.