Brazilian people
Brazilians
Brasileiros
Total population |
c. 207,556,571 (2015 estimate)
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Regions with significant populations |
Brazil 190,755,799(2010 Census) 204,450,649(2015 estimate)
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United States
|
113,716 |
Japan
|
479,649 |
Paraguay
|
349,842 |
Portugal
|
166,775 |
Spain
|
128,638 |
United Kingdom
|
120,000 |
Germany
|
482,000-1,100,000 |
Switzerland
|
81,000 |
France
|
70,000 |
Italy
|
69,000 |
Belgium
|
48,000 |
Argentina
|
47,045 |
Canada
|
39,300 |
French Guiana
|
38,700 |
Bolivia
|
28,546 |
Australia
|
27,000 |
Netherlands
|
21,948 |
Other countries |
211,063 |
Languages |
Portuguese (99.5%) Indigenous languages (0.082%) High German languages (Moselle Franconian Hunsrückisch, Luxembourgish, Swabian, Bavarian, Austrian, Allemanic) and Low German language (Pomeranian, Plautdietsch and Westphalian) (Bilingualism 1.94%, co-official status). Venetian or Talian (1.49%) Polish (0.29%) Ukrainian (0.14%) Dutch (0.041%) Castilian (0.22%) French (0.1457%) Lithuanian (0.04%) Norwegian (0.027%) Russian (0.02%) Arabic and Turoyo (Aramaic) (0.07%) Japanese (0.197%) Korean (0.0396%) Chinese (0.13%) Yiddish High German (0.038%) Hebrew (0.044%)
Native English speakers (0.2007%) English as a second or foreign additional language (6.7%) |
Religion |
Christian majority: Roman Catholicism 64% (nominal, culturally Christian, nonpractising lapsed Catholics included), Protestantism 22%, other Christians: Orthodox Church, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Brazilian Catholics
Irreligion, Deism, Agnosticism and Atheism: 9.0%
minorities: Kardecism, Buddhism and other Oriental philosophies (Shinto and Shinto-derived Japanese new religions, Korean Confucianism), Judaism, African tradition religions (Umbanda) and Islam
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Related ethnic groups |
Latin Americans • Portuguese • West/Central Africans • Indigenous peoples • Italians • Spaniards • Germans • Polish • Dutch • French • Lithuanians • Norwegians • Ukrainians • Brasiguayos • Other Lusophone peoples • Other Europeans • Japanese • Arabs • Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews
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Portuguese (99.5%)
Indigenous languages (0.082%)
High German languages (Moselle Franconian Hunsrückisch, Luxembourgish, Swabian, Bavarian, Austrian, Allemanic) and Low German language (Pomeranian, Plautdietsch and Westphalian) (Bilingualism 1.94%, co-official status).
Venetian or Talian (1.49%)
Polish (0.29%)
Ukrainian (0.14%)
Dutch (0.041%)
Castilian (0.22%)
French (0.1457%)
Lithuanian (0.04%)
Norwegian (0.027%)
Russian (0.02%)
Arabic and Turoyo (Aramaic) (0.07%)
Japanese (0.197%)
Korean (0.0396%)
Chinese (0.13%)
Yiddish High German (0.038%)
Hebrew (0.044%)
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