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PEOPLE Population: 196,342,592 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied under enumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27% (male 26,986,909/female 25,961,947) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 64,939,225/female 66,157,812) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 5,182,987/female 7,113,707) (2008 est.) Median age: total: 28.3 years male: 27.5 years female: 29 years (2008 est.) Population growth rate: 1.228% (2008 est.) Birth rate: 18.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate: 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate: -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 23.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.71 years male: 68.15 years female: 75.45 years (2008 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.22 children born/woman (2008 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 660,000 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: 15,000 (2003 est.) Nationality: noun: Brazilian(s) adjective: Brazilian Ethnic groups: white 53.7%, mulatto (brown) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) Languages: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005) Education expenditures: 4% of GDP (2004)