Demographics in Brazil

Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south

Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates,
platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
Natural hazards: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional
frost in south
Population: 2017,353,391 (July 2017 est.)
Age structure:
o 0-14 years: 22.33% (male 23,599,867/female 22,696,756)
o 15-24 years: 16.36% (male 17,212,048/female 16,721,295 )
o 25-54 years: 43.86% (male 45,114,076/female 45,836,147)
o 55-64 years: 9.12% (male 8,931,065/female 9,974,723)
o 65 years and over: 8.33% (male 7,356,838/female 9,910,576) (2017 est.)
Median age: total: 31.6 years
Birth rate: 14.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Education expenditures: 6% of GDP (2013)
Agriculture - products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane,
cocoa, citrus; beef
Child labor - children ages 5-14: total number: 959,942. Percentage: 3%
Ethnic groups: white 47.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%, black
7.6%, Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)

Reference:

The World Factbook: BRAZIL. (2017, October 06). Retrieved October 16, 2017, from

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html