Brazil

BRAZIL

AREA

8,515,770 sq.km. (5^th)

POPULATION

202,656,788 (July 2014) (6^th)

PLATFORM DATA

National

Demography

0 – 24yrs: 40.3 %

25 – 64yrs: 54.1%

65yrs and over: 7.6 %

Life

Expectancy

73.28yrs

Youth Development Index

85/170 (Medium)

National

G.D.P

$3.073 trillion (2014 est.) (8^th)

Per Capital

Income

$15,200 (2014 est.) (101^st)

Currency

reals (BRL)

Economic

Drivers

transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, automobiles, coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft

Official

Languages

Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)

Other Local

Languages

less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages

Climatic

Zone

mostly tropical, but temperate in south

Religious

Expression

Roman Catholic 64.6%, other Catholic 0.4%, Protestant 22.2% (includes Adventist 6.5%, Assembly of God 2.0%, Christian Congregation of Brazil 1.2%, Universal Kingdom of God 1.0%, other Protestant 11.5%), other Christian 0.7%, Spiritist 2.2%, other 1.4%, none 8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

Christian Umbrella

Organization(s)

National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil

(Conselho Nacional de Igrejas Cristãs do Brasil, CONIC)

www.conic.org.br/

SCS Quadra 1, Bloco E, Edifício Ceará, Sala 713

70303-900, Brasília – DF

Telefone/Fax: (61) 3321-4034

Airports

Altamira Airport

Santa Maria Airport

Araguaína Airport