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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Brazil 8,512,766.9 km²
Population 207.3 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +91.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +18.2%

Map of Brazil

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 108,194,389 150,048,423 175,372,498 207,334,103
Population Density 12.7 / km² 17.6 / km² 20.6 / km² 24.4 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1820 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
1900 17,275,626 n/a n/a
1910 21,839,980 26.4% 4,564,354
1920 30,331,554 38.9% 8,491,574
1930 40,424,910 33.3% 10,093,356
1940 41,337,445 2.3% 912,535
1950 53,278,489 28.9% 11,941,044
1960 72,029,501 35.2% 18,751,012
1970 95,350,879 32.4% 23,321,378
1990 150,048,423 25.4% 27,348,772
2000 175,372,498 16.9% 25,324,075
2020 215,406,140 10.8% 20,016,821
2030 227,774,122 5.7% 12,367,982
2040 234,960,574 3.2% 7,186,452
2050 237,040,582 0.9% 2,080,008
2060 233,769,479 -1.4% -3,271,103
2070 226,513,447 -3.1% -7,256,032
2080 216,303,936 -4.5% -10,209,511
2090 204,597,753 -5.4% -11,706,183
2100 192,634,119 -5.8% -11,963,634
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4
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