Area: 8.514.215 Km²
Population: 173.886.000 (2002 est.)
Density: 20 pop/Km²

System of government: Federative Republic
Capital: Brasilia (2.043.000 pop.)
Major cities: São Paulo 10.405.000 pop. (17.880.000 urban aggl.), Rio de Janeiro 5.850.000 pop. (10.895.000 urban aggl.), Salvador 2.441.000 pop. (3.020.000 urban aggl.), Belo Horizonte 2.230.000 pop. (4.820.000 urban aggl.), Fortaleza 2.138.000 pop. (2.985.000 urban aggl.), Curitiba 1.587.000 pop. (2.725.000 urban aggl.), Recife 1.422.000 pop. (3.340.000 urban aggl.), Manaus 1.404.000 pop., Porto Alegre 1.360.000 pop. (3.660.000 urban aggl.), Belém 1.280.000 pop. (1.795.000 urban aggl.), Goiânia 1.091.000 pop. (1.640.000 urban aggl.), Guarulhos 1.071.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: White 55%, Mulatto and mestizo 38%, Black 6%, Asian, Amerindian and others 1%
Border countries: French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela NORTH, Colombia NORTH-WEST, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina WEST, Uruguay SOUTH

Principal mountains: Pico da Neblina 3014 m
Principal rivers: Amazon 3500 Km (brazilian tract, total 6280 Km), Purus 3000 Km (brazilian tract, total 3210 Km), Rio São Francisco 2900 Km, Rio Tocantins 2700 Km, Araguaia 2600 Km, Rio Paraná 2400 Km (brazilian tract, total 4700 Km)
Principal lakes: Lagoa Mirim 3000 Km² (total, with uruguayan part)
Principal islands: Ilha de Marajo 47.573 Km², Ilha Grande do Gurupa 4864 Km²
Climate: Equatorial - tropical

Language: Portuguese (official), English, German, Italian, Amerindian dialects
Religion: Catholic 80%, Protestant 11%, other 9%
Currency: Real (BRL)

Useful Links: Brazil Web Tour 

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Data update 1.8.2000. Source: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics