Brazil 
Official Name: República Federativa do Brasil
Capital: Brasilia (1.9m)
Other Cities: São Paulo (9.9m), Rio de Janeiro (5.6m)
Area (km2): 8,511,965
Population (million): 161.9
Population density (per km2): 19
Population growth rate (%): 1.4
Life expectancy (1995, years): 61.4
Illiteracy rate (1995, %): 16
President: Fernando Henrique CARDOSO (since 1995)
GDP (real growth rate, %): 0.2
GDP per capita (US$): 4,968
Exchange rate (Real/US$, end-of-period): 1.82
Inflation (CPI, %): 2.5
Unemployment (%): 7.6
Fiscal Balance (% GDP): -8.0
Total External Debt (bn US$): 235.1
Debt to GDP Ratio (%): 29.2
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National Social Indicators Set - Demographic Aspects
* Excludes data for the rural area of the states of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.
* "Pardo": mixed race or color (mulato, mestizo). ** Excludes data for the rural area of the states of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.
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Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Population Census.
Important Links
Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (census data and other important data on Brazil): http://www.ibge.org/english/e_index.htm
Virtual Library for the Brazilian student (cool site with a lot of information about Brazil): http://www.bibvirt.futuro.usp.br/index_ing.html
Brazil in Brief (statistics and data about population, agriculture, etc.)
