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Brazil statistics: country profile & rankings

Updated on by Georank team

Brazil is an upper-middle-income country with a population of 212M people. The capital is Brasilia, while the largest city is Sao Paulo, with 11.5M residents. Brazil shares land borders with Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Paraguay, Guyana, Argentina, Uruguay and Suriname.

Brazil ranks 10/197 by GDP ($2.18T) and 85/197 by GDP per capita ($10,280). The top export category is raw materials & minerals, while the top import is machinery & equipment.

Main facts and rankings

Brazil Rank
Population
213415080
7/197
GDP
$2.18T
2024
10/197
GDP per capita
$10,280
2024
85/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,333
2024
86/197
Government debt
$1.9T
2024
10/185
Debt-to-GDP ratio
92%
2025
31/185
Government debt per person
$8,973
2024
60/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,664
2025
108/197
Land area 3,227,096 sq mi 5/197
Population density 65.7 ppl/mi² 164/197
Fertility rate 1.62 124/196
Median age 35.4 years 73/196
Life expectancy 76.2 years 81/197

Brazil trends dashboard: time-series charts

Brazil's economy ranked

Year GDP
1960 $17,030,465,539
1961 $17,275,940,449
1962 $19,231,747,852
1963 $23,287,712,878
1964 $20,963,733,695
1965 $22,465,522,884
1966 $28,283,323,733
1967 $31,086,389,195
1968 $33,930,457,425
1969 $37,171,640,819
1970 $42,327,664,794
1971 $48,869,830,902
1972 $58,434,858,375
1973 $83,592,275,863
1974 $109,794,519,728
1975 $129,203,555,239
1976 $153,168,949,208
1977 $176,344,101,402
1978 $200,278,646,124
1979 $221,338,204,480
1980 $237,393,489,893
1981 $258,015,174,749
1982 $271,314,113,768
1983 $189,656,506,321
1984 $188,339,974,087
1985 $210,879,844,639
1986 $256,480,852,471
1987 $283,056,836,894
1988 $307,881,930,752
1989 $412,990,820,287
1990 $384,959,818,182
1991 $342,534,090,909
1992 $328,191,909,882
1993 $368,292,034,381
1994 $525,369,467,296
1995 $769,333,050,987
1996 $850,426,432,992
1997 $883,206,179,730
1998 $863,710,759,256
1999 $599,642,024,320
2000 $655,448,231,984
2001 $559,983,634,799
2002 $509,795,273,807
2003 $558,233,745,652
2004 $669,289,424,806
2005 $891,633,839,894
2006 $1,107,626,541,435
2007 $1,397,114,486,369
2008 $1,695,855,083,498
2009 $1,666,996,438,581
2010 $2,208,837,745,101
2011 $2,616,156,223,918
2012 $2,465,227,802,807
2013 $2,472,819,535,557
2014 $2,456,043,727,199
2015 $1,802,212,206,815
2016 $1,795,693,482,853
2017 $2,063,514,977,366
2018 $1,916,933,898,011
2019 $1,873,288,205,060
2020 $1,476,107,231,310
2021 $1,670,647,398,905
2022 $1,951,923,942,083
2023 $2,191,131,765,685
2024 $2,179,412,080,829

Brazil's economy ranked

Year GDP per capita
1960 $235.3
1961 $231.6
1962 $250.2
1963 $294.2
1964 $257.3
1965 $268
1966 $328
1967 $351
1968 $374
1969 $399
1970 $444
1971 $500
1972 $583
1973 $815
1974 $1,045
1975 $1,201
1976 $1,390
1977 $1,562
1978 $1,733
1979 $1,870
1980 $1,959
1981 $2,080
1982 $2,138
1983 $1,461
1984 $1,420
1985 $1,556
1986 $1,854
1987 $2,006
1988 $2,141
1989 $2,819
1990 $2,581
1991 $2,258
1992 $2,127
1993 $2,349
1994 $3,299
1995 $4,757
1996 $5,179
1997 $5,299
1998 $5,106
1999 $3,494
2000 $3,767
2001 $3,176
2002 $2,856
2003 $3,091
2004 $3,664
2005 $4,828
2006 $5,934
2007 $7,410
2008 $8,908
2009 $8,679
2010 $11,403
2011 $13,397
2012 $12,522
2013 $12,459
2014 $12,275
2015 $8,936
2016 $8,836
2017 $10,081
2018 $9,301
2019 $9,030
2020 $7,074
2021 $7,973
2022 $9,281
2023 $10,378
2024 $10,280

Brazil's life expectancy calculator

Year Life expectancy, years
1950 48.5
1951 49
1952 49.6
1953 50
1954 50.4
1955 50.9
1956 51.3
1957 51.8
1958 52.2
1959 52.7
1960 53.2
1961 53.6
1962 54
1963 54.5
1964 54.8
1965 55.2
1966 55.6
1967 56
1968 56.5
1969 56.9
1970 57.3
1971 57.8
1972 58.3
1973 58.7
1974 59.1
1975 59.6
1976 60
1977 60.5
1978 60.9
1979 61.4
1980 61.8
1981 62.3
1982 62.7
1983 63.1
1984 63.6
1985 64
1986 64.4
1987 64.8
1988 65.2
1989 65.5
1990 65.9
1991 66.2
1992 66.5
1993 66.9
1994 67.3
1995 67.7
1996 68.1
1997 68.5
1998 68.8
1999 69.2
2000 69.6
2001 70
2002 70.4
2003 70.9
2004 71.4
2005 71.8
2006 72.3
2007 72.7
2008 73.1
2009 73.5
2010 73.8
2011 74
2012 74.3
2013 74.6
2014 74.8
2015 75.1
2016 75.1
2017 75.4
2018 75.6
2019 75.8
2020 74.5
2021 73
2022 74.9
2023 75.8
2024 76
2025 76.2

Brazil's population clock and projection

Year Population
1960 72,388,126
1961 74,605,447
1962 76,865,323
1963 79,164,235
1964 81,488,595
1965 83,817,583
1966 86,139,359
1967 88,446,124
1968 90,741,240
1969 93,045,777
1970 95,375,651
1971 97,739,273
1972 100,146,797
1973 102,600,976
1974 105,089,675
1975 107,619,565
1976 110,213,349
1977 112,875,292
1978 115,600,942
1979 118,380,821
1980 121,207,461
1981 124,063,109
1982 126,923,155
1983 129,790,077
1984 132,658,864
1985 135,515,595
1986 138,336,370
1987 141,104,944
1988 143,826,357
1989 146,502,972
1990 149,143,223
1991 151,724,256
1992 154,275,079
1993 156,794,577
1994 159,265,006
1995 161,735,073
1996 164,202,549
1997 166,661,659
1998 169,159,655
1999 171,641,543
2000 174,018,282
2001 176,301,203
2002 178,503,484
2003 180,622,688
2004 182,675,143
2005 184,688,101
2006 186,653,106
2007 188,552,320
2008 190,367,302
2009 192,079,951
2010 193,701,929
2011 195,284,734
2012 196,876,111
2013 198,478,299
2014 200,085,127
2015 201,675,532
2016 203,218,114
2017 204,703,445
2018 206,107,261
2019 207,455,459
2020 208,660,842
2021 209,550,294
2022 210,306,415
2023 211,140,729
2024 211,998,573

Brazil's birth and fertility rates

Year Fertility rate
1960 6.05
1961 6.02
1962 5.98
1963 5.93
1964 5.82
1965 5.68
1966 5.52
1967 5.34
1968 5.17
1969 5.04
1970 4.93
1971 4.84
1972 4.74
1973 4.64
1974 4.5
1975 4.42
1976 4.34
1977 4.27
1978 4.2
1979 4.12
1980 4.04
1981 3.94
1982 3.84
1983 3.72
1984 3.6
1985 3.48
1986 3.36
1987 3.23
1988 3.11
1989 3.01
1990 2.9
1991 2.81
1992 2.71
1993 2.66
1994 2.6
1995 2.57
1996 2.51
1997 2.47
1998 2.42
1999 2.34
2000 2.25
2001 2.16
2002 2.08
2003 2.01
2004 1.97
2005 1.94
2006 1.9
2007 1.85
2008 1.82
2009 1.8
2010 1.79
2011 1.78
2012 1.77
2013 1.76
2014 1.78
2015 1.78
2016 1.73
2017 1.74
2018 1.74
2019 1.71
2020 1.65
2021 1.64
2022 1.63
2023 1.62

Brazil's demographics

Year Median age, years
1960 18
1961 17.9
1962 17.9
1963 17.8
1964 17.8
1965 17.9
1966 17.9
1967 18
1968 18.1
1969 18.2
1970 18.4
1971 18.5
1972 18.7
1973 18.9
1974 19.1
1975 19.2
1976 19.4
1977 19.6
1978 19.8
1979 20
1980 20.2
1981 20.4
1982 20.6
1983 20.8
1984 21
1985 21.2
1986 21.5
1987 21.7
1988 21.9
1989 22.1
1990 22.4
1991 22.7
1992 22.9
1993 23.2
1994 23.5
1995 23.7
1996 24
1997 24.3
1998 24.6
1999 24.9
2000 25.2
2001 25.5
2002 25.9
2003 26.3
2004 26.7
2005 27.1
2006 27.5
2007 27.9
2008 28.3
2009 28.8
2010 29.2
2011 29.7
2012 30.1
2013 30.6
2014 31
2015 31.5
2016 31.9
2017 32.4
2018 32.8
2019 33.2
2020 33.7
2021 34.1
2022 34.5
2023 34.9
2024 35.4

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Brazil: National Statistics

Finance

Brazil Rank
GNI, Atlas method
$2.11T
2024
11/194
Government expenditure, % of GDP
47.7%
2025
28/195
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.62%
2022
33/193
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.08%
2023
119/163
Armed forces personnel
762,000
2020
8/174
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-8.52%
2025
174/188
Unemployment rate
6.8%
2024
67/196
Services, % of GDP
59.3%
2024
80/191
Industry, % of GDP
21.3%
2024
124/194
Economic freedom index
55.1
2025
129/197
Income share by richest 10%
40.8%
2023
6/169
Income share by poorest 10%
1.3%
2023
162/169
Number of millionaires
380,585
2024
19/34
Percentage of millionaires
0.24%
2024
29/34
Number of billionaires
56
2025
8/78
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
54/78
Listed domestic companies
331
2024
24/103
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$659B
2024
18/100
Total reserves including gold
$330B
2024
11/177
Personal remittances received
$4.9B
2024
40/190
International tourist arrivals
6,353,000
2019
31/188
International tourism as share of exports
1.3%
2020
158/184
Banked people share
86.4%
2024
47/158

Energy

Brazil Rank
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,481 kg
2023
78/177
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
88/173
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
480 megatons
2023
13/187
CO2 emissions per capita
2.27 tons
2023
100/187
Fossil fuel energy use share
49.4%
2023
108/176
Renewable energy use share
46.5%
2021
53/193
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
17.3%
2023
29/147
Net energy imports use share
-13.7%
2023
107/144
Electric power consumption per capita
2,916 kWh
2023
65/147
Renewable electricity output share
77.4%
2021
35/192
Hydroelectric share
60.2%
2023
35/192
Nuclear share
2.05%
2023
31/192
Electricity access
99.8%
2023
111/195

Society

Brazil Rank
% of world population
2.6%
2024
7/197
Annual migration change
-225,510
2024
188/196
Urban population
88%
2024
27/195
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
N/A
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
57/190
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
63/190
Quality of life index
46
2025
110/197
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
124/197
Higher education index
92
2025
17/183
Homicides per 100K people
20.6
2022
17/197
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16
2019
87/197
Visa free countries
164
2025
43/195
Adult literacy rate
94.8%
2024
110/196
English speaking
5.56%
2023
145/197
People using the Internet
84.5%
2024
79/195

Health

Brazil Rank
Government health expenditure per capita
$849
2022
66/191
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$232.2
2022
62/191
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
81/197
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.08%
2022
134/178
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.14
2021
87/193
Maternal mortality per 100K births
67
2023
80/193
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.4
2023
100/192
Obesity rate
28.9%
2022
60/189
Diabetes prevalence
10.6%
2024
65/195
Air quality index
58
2025
85/197
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
118/164
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.7 liters
2020
52/186

Territory

Brazil Rank
% of world land
5.61%
2025
5/197
Land area per capita
15,222 sq mi
2024
34/197
Agricultural land area
914,131 sq mi
2025
4/194
Forest area
1,903,402 sq mi
2025
2/196
Roads length
1,242,742 mi
2023
4/175

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