Outline of Brazil
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. It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
General reference
- Pronunciation:
- *
- 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
image:Brazil topo.jpg|thumb|An enlargeable topographic map of BrazilGeography of Brazil
- Brazil is: a megadiverse country
- Location:
- *Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
- ** South America
- * 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
- ** Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- * Land boundaries: 16,885 km
- Population of Brazil: 207,752,291 - 5th most populous country
- Area of Brazil: - 5th largest country
- Atlas of Brazil
Environment of Brazil
image:Brazil Blue Marble.png|thumb|An enlargeable satellite image of BrazilEnvironment 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
- * Flora of Brazil
- **Endangered flora of Brazil
- * Fauna of Brazil
- ** Birds of Brazil
- ** Mammals of Brazil
Natural geographic features of Brazil
- Islands of Brazil
- Lakes of Brazil
- Mountains of Brazil
- * Volcanoes in Brazil
- Rivers of Brazil
- * Waterfalls of Brazil
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil
Regions of Brazil
Regions of BrazilStatistical regions
Socio-geographic divisions
Ecoregions of Brazil
List of ecoregions in BrazilAdministrative divisions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil- States of Brazil
- * Municipalities of Brazil
States of Brazil
| Flag | State | Abbreviation | Capital | Area | Area | Population | Density | Density | GDP | GDP per capita | HDI | Literacy | Infant mortality | Life expectancy |
| 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
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
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
Government of BrazilExecutive branch of the government of Brazil
Legislative branch of the government of Brazil
- National Congress of Brazil
- * Upper house: Senate of Brazil
- * Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
Judicial branch of the government of Brazil
Court system of BrazilState-level judiciary
- Trial courts
- Courts of Justice of Brazil
Federal-level judicial branch
- Supreme Federal Court
Superior courts
- Superior Court of Justice
- Superior Labor Court
- Superior Electoral Court
Second instance Courts
- Regional Labor Courts
- Regional Electoral Courts
- Regional Federal Courts
First instance courts
- Brazil Labor Courts
- Brazil Electoral Courts
- Brazil Federal Courts
- Brazil Military Courts
Foreign relations of Brazil
Foreign relations of BrazilInternational organization membership
The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:- African Development Bank Group
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Andean Community of Nations
- Bank for International Settlements
- Central American Integration System
- Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Group of 15
- Group of 24
- Group of 77
- Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Chamber of Commerce
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Police Organization
- International Development Association
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Finance Corporation
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Hydrographic Organization
- International Labour Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- International Mobile Satellite Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Olympic Committee
- International Organization for Migration
- International Organization for Standardization
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Telecommunication Union
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
- International Trade Union Confederation
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Latin American Economic System
- Latin American Integration Association
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Nonaligned Movement
- Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Organization of American States
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Rio Group
- Southern Cone Common Market
- União Latina
- Union of South American Nations
- United Nations
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research
- United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
- United Nations Mission in Liberia
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
- United Nations Mission in the Sudan
- United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
- Universal Postal Union
- World Confederation of Labour
- World Customs Organization
- World Federation of Trade Unions
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Organisation for Animal Health
- World Tourism Organization
- World Trade Organization
Law and order in Brazil
Law of Brazil- Capital punishment in Brazil
- Constitution of Brazil
- Corruption in Brazil
- Crime in Brazil
- Human rights in Brazil
- * LGBT rights in Brazil
- * Freedom of religion in Brazil
- Law enforcement in Brazil
- List of scandals in Brazil
Military of Brazil
Military of Brazil- Command
- *Commander-in-chief: President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- **Ministry of Defence of Brazil
- Forces
- * Army of Brazil
- * Navy of Brazil
- * Air Force of Brazil
- Military history of Brazil
- Military ranks of Brazil
Local government in Brazil
Local government in BrazilHistory 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
Culture of Brazil- Architecture of Brazil
- * Architecture schools in Brazil
- Cuisine of Brazil
- Languages of Brazil
- National symbols of Brazil
- * Coat of arms of Brazil
- * Flag of Brazil
- * National anthem of Brazil
- People of Brazil
- * Austrian Brazilians
- * English Brazilians
- * German Brazilians
- * Italian Brazilians
- * Japanese Brazilians
- * Swiss Brazilians
- Prostitution in Brazil
- Public holidays in Brazil
- Religion in Brazil
- * Buddhism in Brazil
- * Christianity in Brazil
- * Hinduism in Brazil
- * Islam in Brazil
- * Judaism in Brazil
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil
Art in Brazil
Sports in Brazil
Sports in BrazilEconomy and infrastructure of Brazil
Economy of Brazil- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2016): 9th
- Agriculture in Brazil
- Banking in Brazil
- * Bank of Brazil
- Communications in Brazil
- * Internet in Brazil
- ** Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre
- Companies of Brazil
- Currency of Brazil: Real
- *ISO 4217: BRL
- Economic history of Brazil
- Energy in Brazil
- * Energy policy of Brazil
- Health care in Brazil
- Industry in Brazil
- Mining in Brazil
- São Paulo Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Brazil
- Transport in Brazil
- * Airports in Brazil
- * Rail transport in Brazil
- Water supply and sanitation in Brazil
Education in Brazil
Education in BrazilHealth in Brazil
Health in Brazil- MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease