Country Information Brazil

Map Brazil:


Capital:	Brasilia
Geography Brazil:
Continent:	South America
Location:	Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Area:	8,500,000 km²
Geographic coordinates:	10 00 S, 55 00 W
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
	highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
People Brazil:
Population:	184,101,109 note: Brazil took a count 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 underenumeration 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):	Portuguese (official), Spanish,English, French
Economy Brazil:
Currency:	real (BRL)
Currency code:	BRL
Miscellaneous Brazil:
Country code plate:	BR
Internet country code:	.br
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