Demographics of Brazil


had an official resident population of 203 million in 2022, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Brazil is the seventh most populous country in the world and the second most populous in the Americas and Western Hemisphere.
Brazilians are mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the country, which comprises the Southeast, South, and Northeast. But it also has a significant presence in large cities in the Center-West and North. According to the 2022 census, Brazil had 88,252,121 White people, 92,083,286 Mixed people, 20,656,458 Black people, 850,132 Asian people, and 1,227,640 Indigenous people.

Population size and structure

According to the 2008 PNAD, conducted by the IBGE, the Brazilian Statistics bureau, there were about 189,953,000 inhabitants in 2008. As of the latest census, the Brazilian government estimates its population at 203 million.
The population of Brazil is estimated based on various sources from 1550 to 1850. The first official census took place in 1872. From that year, every 10 years the population is counted.
Brazil is the seventh most populated country in the world.
  • 1550 – 15,000
  • 1600 – 100,000
  • 1660 – 184,000
  • 1700 – 300,000
  • 1766 – 1,500,000
  • 1800 – 3,250,000
  • 1820 – 4,717,000
  • 1850 – 7,256,000
  • 1872 – 9,930,478
  • 1890 – 14,333,915
  • 1900 – 17,438,434
  • 1920 – 30,635,605
  • 1940 – 41,236,315
  • 1950 – 51,944,397
  • 1960 – 70,119,071
  • 1970 – 93,139,037
  • 1980 – 119,070,865
  • 1991 – 146,917,459
  • 1996 – 157,079,573
  • 2000 – 169,544,443
  • 2010 – 190,755,799
  • 2022 – 203,080,756
Population distribution in Brazil is very uneven. The majority of Brazilians live within of the coast, while the interior in the Amazon Basin is highly remote. Therefore, the densely populated areas are on the coast and the sparsely populated areas are in the interior.

UN estimates

According to the population was in, compared to only 53,975,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 20.7%, 69.8% was between 15 and 61 years of age, while 9.5% was 65 years or older.

Structure of the population

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total93 406 99097 348 809190 755 799100
0–47 016 9876 779 17113 796 1587.23
5–97 624 1447 345 23114 969 3757.85
10–148 725 4138 441 34817 166 7619.00
15–198 558 8688 432 00416 990 8728.91
20–248 630 2298 614 96317 245 1929.04
25–298 460 9958 643 41917 104 4148.97
30–347 717 6588 026 85415 744 5128.25
35–396 766 6647 121 91513 888 5797.28
40–446 320 5686 688 79613 009 3646.82
45–495 692 0146 141 33811 833 3526.20
50–544 834 9955 305 40710 140 4025.32
55–593 902 3444 373 8778 276 2214.34
60–643 041 0353 468 0856 509 1203.41
65-692 224 0652 616 7454 840 8102.54
70-741 667 3722 074 2643 741 6361.96
75-791 090 5171 472 9302 563 4471.34
80-84668 623998 3491 666 9720.87
85-89310 759508 724819 4830.43
90-94114 964211 594326 5580.17
95-9931 52966 80698 3350.05
100+7 24716 98924 2360.01
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–1423 366 54422 565 75045 932 29424.08
15–6463 925 37066 816 658130 742 02868.54
65+6 115 0767 966 40114 081 4777.38

Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total98 532 431104 548 325203 080 756100
0–46 461 6896 243 17112 704 8606.26
5–97 011 2826 738 15813 749 4406.77
10–146 992 7466 682 21513 674 9616.73
15–197 317 5157 058 42714 375 9427.08
20–247 767 3067 699 15715 466 4637.62
25–297 627 4587 842 26515 469 7237.62
30–347 537 2857 935 83215 473 1177.62
35–397 827 3338 345 45816 172 7917.96
40–447 781 0598 291 11116 072 1707.91
45–496 549 1097 091 00313 640 1126.72
50–546 014 3916 584 19012 598 5816.20
55–595 419 5056 149 60111 569 1065.70
60–644 605 8345 338 5559 944 3894.90
65-693 588 0524 288 1807 876 2323.88
70-742 615 3503 243 1865 858 5362.88
75-791 657 7862 189 5933 847 3791.89
80-841 009 8521 465 1782 475 0301.22
85-89493 649835 5541 329 2030.65
90-94194 341385 388579 7290.29
95-9950 319114 859165 1780.08
100+10 57027 24437 8140.02
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–1420 465 71719 663 54440 129 26119.76
15–6468 446 79572 335 599140 782 39469.32
65+9 619 91912 549 18222 169 10110.92

Brazil 100%European 47.73%African 7.61%Asian 1.09%Pardo 43.13%Native Indigenous 0.43%
Population 0–1445,932,29420,460,4822,698,639420,95222,055,573295,862
Percent group 0–14 in race24.08%22.47%18.59%20.02%26.81%36.17%
Population 0–14 compared to racial groups100%44.54%5.88%0.92%48.02%0.64%
Population 15–49105,816,28549,381,2068,693,3501,178,39146,156,227402,079
Proportions 0–14 to 15–490,434070,414340,310430,357230,477850,73583

Age groupBrazil 100% European 47.73% African 7.61% Asian 1.09% Pardo 43.13% Native Indigenous 0.43% -
Population190,755,79991,051,64614,517,9612,084,28882,277,333817,9636,608
0–413,796,158 6,701,186 655,958 119,956 6,217,638 101,195 225
5–914,969,375 6,562,558 887,209 139,543 7,279,983 99,841 241
10–1417,166,761 7,196,738 1,155,472 161,453 8,557,952 94,826 320
15–1916,990,872 7,311,734 1,264,183 177,008 8,155,126 82,500 321
20–2417,245,192 7,774,488 1,381,677 200,060 7,814,487 73,387 1 093
25–2917,104,414 7,936,115 1,443,820 202,733 7,455,402 65,104 1 240
30–3415,744,512 7,344,600 1,360,298 182,150 6,800,175 56,326 963
35–3913,888,579 6,596,137 1,175,333 152,546 5,915,773 48,167 623
40–4413,009,364 6,365,363 1,095,301 139,230 5,368,059 40,950 461
45–4911,833,352 6,052,769 972,738 124,664 4,647,205 35,645 331
50–5410,140,402 5,286,559 848,098 106,539 3,869,792 29,156 258
55–598,276,221 4,404,057 675,404 95,149 3,076,630 24,800 181
60–6911,349,930 6,158,001 906,487 152,099 4,097,068 36,062 213
70+9,240,667 5,361,341 695,983 131,158 3,022,043 30,004 138