Brazil Population

Brazil Population: In 2002 Brazil's population reached 175 million, (today it is estimated at 185 million) the sixth largest in the world after those of China, India, the United States, Indonesia and the Russian Federation.

The population is predominantly young: 62% of Brazilians are under 29 years of age.

Brazil's rate of population growth, high throughout the early and mid-20th century, has decreased significantly since 1970, largely due to economic modernisation and also a dramatic urbanisation process.

(In 1980, 67% of the population lived in cities; by 2000 the figure was more than 81%.)

The annual rate of population growth fell from 2.9% in the 1960s to less than 1.9% in the 1990s. Behind these figures was a fall in the fertility rate from 6.3 children per woman in the early 1960s to 4.4 in the 1980s.

Although Brazil is the sixth most populous nation in the world, its average population density is low compared to that of other countries.

Most people live along the Atlantic coastal areas of the southeastern and northeastern states.

Industrial activity is concentrated in the southeastern region, with 50 percent of industrial production located in the state of Sao Paulo.

Migration from the northeast to the southeast, as well as from rural to urban areas, has been very significant since 1970.

More recently, the population flow has turned towards the less inhabited central-western and northern regions.

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