The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil:
Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America. With a geographical area of 8.5 million km2, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world.[1][2] It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.[2]
General reference
- Pronunciation: /bɹəˈzɪl/
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- Common English country name: Brazil
- Official English country name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
- Common endonym: Brasil
- Official endonym: República Federativa do Brasil
- Adjectival and demonymic: Brazilian
Geography of Brazil
- Brazil is: a megadiverse country
- Location:
- Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
- Time zones:
- UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
- UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
- UTC-04: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima
- UTC-05: Acre
- Extreme points of Brazil
- High: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)
- Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 16,885 km
- Bolivia 3,423 km
- Peru 2,995 km
- Venezuela 2,200 km
- Colombia 1,644 km
- Guyana 1,606 km
- Paraguay 1,365 km
- Argentina 1,261 km
- Uruguay 1,068 km
- French Guiana 730 km
- Suriname 593 km
- Coastline: 7,491 km
- Population of Brazil: 207,752,291 (2023) - 5th most populous country
- Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 square kilometres (3,287,612 sq mi) - 5th largest country
- Atlas of Brazil
Environment of Brazil
- Climate of Brazil
- Ecoregions in Brazil
- Environmental issues in Brazil
- Protected areas of Brazil
- Biosphere reserves in Brazil
- Renewable energy in Brazil
- Wildlife of Brazil
Natural geographic features of Brazil
Regions of Brazil
Statistical regions
Socio-geographic divisions
Ecoregions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
States of Brazil
| Flag | State | Abbreviation | Capital | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Population (2014) | Density (per km2, 2014) | Density (per sq mi, 2014) | GDP (billion R$ and % total, 2012) | GDP per capita (R$, 2012) | HDI[3] (2021) | Literacy (2014) | Infant mortality (2014) | Life expectancy (years, 2014) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | AC | Rio Branco | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||
| Alagoas | AL | Maceió | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||
| Amapá | AP | Macapá | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| Amazonas | AM | Manaus | (%) | 96% | % | |||||||||
| Bahia | BA | Salvador | (%) | 91% | % | |||||||||
| Ceará | CE | Fortaleza | (%) | 93% | % | |||||||||
| Distrito Federal | DF | Brasília | (%) | 98.8% | % | |||||||||
| Espírito Santo | ES | Vitória | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| Goiás | GO | Goiânia | (%) | 97% | % | |||||||||
| Maranhão | MA | São Luís | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||
| Mato Grosso | MT | Cuiabá | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||
| Mato Grosso do Sul | MS | Campo Grande | (%) | 97% | % | |||||||||
| Minas Gerais | MG | Belo Horizonte | (%) | 98.6% | % | |||||||||
| Pará | PA | Belém | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||
| Paraíba | PB | João Pessoa | (%) | 92% | % | |||||||||
| Paraná | PR | Curitiba | (%) | 98% | % | |||||||||
| Pernambuco | PE | Recife | (%) | 92% | % | |||||||||
| Piauí | PI | Teresina | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Rio de Janeiro | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | RN | Natal | (%) | 95.1% | % | |||||||||
| Rio Grande do Sul | RS | Porto Alegre | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| Rondônia | RO | Porto Velho | (%) | 94.6% | % | |||||||||
| Roraima | RR | Boa Vista | (%) | 94.5% | % | |||||||||
| Santa Catarina | SC | Florianópolis | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| São Paulo | SP | São Paulo | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||
| Sergipe | SE | Aracaju | (%) | 93% | % | |||||||||
| Tocantins | TO | Palmas | (%) | 94% | % |
Municipalities of Brazil
- Capital of Brazil: Brasília
- Cities of Brazil
Demography of Brazil
Demographics of Brazil For demographics data, see chart presented under "States of Brazil", above.
Government and politics of Brazil
- Form of government: federal presidential representative democratic republic
- Capital of Brazil: Brasília
- Elections in Brazil
- Political parties in Brazil
Branches of government
Executive branch of the government of Brazil
Legislative branch of the government of Brazil
Judicial branch of the government of Brazil
State-level judiciary
Federal-level judicial branch
Superior courts
Second instance Courts
First instance courts
- Brazil Labor Courts
- Brazil Electoral Courts
- Brazil Federal Courts
- Brazil Military Courts
Foreign relations of Brazil
International organization membership
The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:[4]
- African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member)
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
- Andean Community of Nations (CAN) (associate)
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Central American Integration System (SICA) (observer)
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Group of 15 (G15)
- Group of 24 (G24)
- Group of 77 (G77)
- Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Criminal Court (ICCt)
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- International Development Association (IDA)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Latin American Economic System (LAES)
- Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
- Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer)
- Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Rio Group (RG)
- Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
- União Latina
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
- United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
- United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)
- World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Law and order in Brazil
- Capital punishment in Brazil
- Constitution of Brazil
- Corruption in Brazil
- Crime in Brazil
- Human rights in Brazil
- Law enforcement in Brazil
- List of scandals in Brazil
Military of Brazil
- Command
- Forces
- Military history of Brazil
- Military ranks of Brazil
Local government in Brazil
Local government in Brazil
History of Brazil
- Colonial Brazil
- Kingdom of Brazil
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- Empire of Brazil
- First Brazilian Republic
- Vargas Era
- Second Brazilian Republic
- Brazilian military government
- Economic history of Brazil
- Military history of Brazil
Culture of Brazil
- Architecture of Brazil
- Cuisine of Brazil
- Languages of Brazil
- National symbols of Brazil
- People of Brazil
- Prostitution in Brazil
- Public holidays in Brazil
- Religion in Brazil
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil
Art in Brazil
Sports in Brazil
Economy and infrastructure of Brazil
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2016): 9th (ninth)
- Agriculture in Brazil
- Banking in Brazil
- Communications in Brazil
- Companies of Brazil
- Currency of Brazil: Real
- Economic history of Brazil
- Energy in Brazil
- Health care in Brazil
- Industry in Brazil
- Mining in Brazil
- São Paulo Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Brazil
- Transport in Brazil
- Water supply and sanitation in Brazil
Education in Brazil
Health in Brazil
- MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease
See also
- List of Brazil-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
- Member state of the United Nations
- Latin America
- Outline of South America
- Index of Brazil-related articles
- Brazilian government website (in English)
- Lists of country-related topics
- Topic outline of geography
- Topic outline of South America
References
- ^ IBGE. 2011 Population Projection
- ^ "Geography of Brazil". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2008. Archived from the original on January 14, 2026. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil. Pnud Brasil, Ipea e FJP, 2022.". www.atlasbrasil.org.br. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ "Brazil". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2026. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
- Government and administration
- Brazilian Federal Government
- Chamber of Deputies
- (in Portuguese) Federal Senate
- Presidency of Brazil Archived July 29, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Information and statistics
- Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- Brazil. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- (in Portuguese) Institute of Applied Economics Research
- National Bank for Social and Economical Development
- U.S. Library of Congress
- Economy and business
- Brazilian Central Bank Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
- Britcham in Brazil Archived 2013-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- São Paulo Stock Exchange Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Tourism and sports
- Accommodation in Brazil Archived September 25, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) Sport in Brazil
- Tourism in Brazil
- Non-Governmental Organizations