Brazil
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 212.8M (2025). World rank 7 of 216; in Americas, 2 of 46. Area: 8,515,767 km². World rank 6 of 249; in Americas, 3 of 56. GDP: $2.3T (2025). World rank 11 of 210; in Americas, 3 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 201.7M → 212.8M, GDP $1.8T → $2.3T, and GDP per person $8,936 → $10,713.
State
- Official name
- Federative Republic of Brazil
- Local name
- Brasil
- Capital
- Brasília
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Federal presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Head of government
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Independence
- September 7, 1822
- Women in parliament
- 18.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 212,812,405 2025
- Area
- 8,515,767 km²
- GDP
- $2.3T 2025
- GDP per person
- $10,713 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Time zones
- UTC−5 – UTC−2
- Calling code
- +55
- Emergency numbers
- 188, 190, 192, 193
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, N
- Mains voltage
- 127 / 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 7,491
- Neighbours
- Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Agricultural land
- 28.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Pico da Neblina, 2,994 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 320
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 22
- Warmest month in the capital
- October, 25°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- June, 20°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,761 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 25 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 88.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -217.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 19.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 11.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 73 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 12.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 56.8%, Protestant 26.9%, no religion 9.3%, and other 5.8% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 50.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 40.4 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 51.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 47.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 65.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $23,433 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.3% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $10,550 2025
- Inflation
- +5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 46 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 6.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 20.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 59.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 14% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 53.4% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 17.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 17.5% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 15.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 50.3 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 3% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 94.7% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 104% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 104% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 69.7% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.6% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,010 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 26.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.5 2021
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 93% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 14.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 67 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.7% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 63% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 11.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 92.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 98% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 19.3 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 16 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 58.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 58.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 29.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 26,918 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 84.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 102 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 24.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .br
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99.8% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 3,138 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 46.5% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 77.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 11.1% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 95,398,485 2023
- Airports
- 5,297 2025
- Railways, km
- 29,849 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.2% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 903 2014
- Scientific articles per year
- 58,292 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 5,752 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 11.1% 2024