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<text id=94CT0208><title>Brazil—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Brazil<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 158,739,257 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.28% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 21.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 8.63 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 59.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 62.25 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 57.41 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 67.32 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.44 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Brazilian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Brazilian
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese, Amerindian, black 6%, white 55%, mixed 38%, other 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic (nominal) 70%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 81%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 82%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 80%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 57 million (1989 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27%
</list></list></body></article></text>