Demographics of Brazil

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date28 Feb 2024

As of 2024, the population of Brazil is projected at 217.64 million compared to 216.42 million in 2023. It is the most populous country in South America, and the seven-most populous country in the world. Population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 0.55 percent, that is 143th highest among 237 countries/dependent territories.

There are 106.8 million males and 110.8 million females in Brazil. The percentage of female population is 50.93 % compare to 49.07 % male population. Brazil has 4.03 million more females than males, that is 2nd highest in the world. The Sex Ratio in Brazil in 2024 is 96.37 males per 100 females. Brazil is at 65th position in terms of female to male ratio.

There are 2.68 million births in Brazil in 2024. That is 7,334 per day, which is ranked 10th. The crude birth rate is 12.30 per 1000 people. There are 1.49 million deaths in Brazil in 2024. That is 4,092 per day, which is ranked 9th. The crude death rate is 6.86 per 1000 people.

192.9 million people are living in urban areas, which is 88 % of Brazil population. Brazil is ranked 44th in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Brazil population

Year Population Growth (%)
195053,955,3592.98
195562,701,0313.04
196073,092,5153.05
196584,623,7472.79
197096,369,8752.48
1975108,700,5152.35
1980122,288,3832.35
1985136,783,1802.11
1990150,706,4461.77
1995163,515,3281.55
2000175,873,7201.34
2005186,797,3341.10
2010196,353,4920.94
2015205,188,2050.83
2020213,196,3040.59
2021214,326,2230.47
2022215,313,4980.45
2023216,422,4460.57
2024217,637,2970.55
  • Total
  • Crude

Brazil death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950934,0702,504,88217.31546.432
1955989,9162,856,79115.7945.567
19601,024,9503,205,26514.02543.86
19651,039,0123,393,73112.27940.106
19701,042,8153,433,41010.8235.624
19751,059,3683,627,4059.74433.366
19801,073,6393,931,9648.77932.152
19851,066,3873,965,4767.79628.99
19901,078,5783,743,7087.15824.844
19951,093,1643,649,9106.68522.319
20001,125,2563,489,1286.39919.841
20051,140,7353,238,4996.10617.335
20101,217,1493,041,7896.19915.492
20151,319,9303,021,9466.43314.727
20201,581,4302,787,2947.4213.078
20211,784,2392,760,9588.32612.883
20221,752,2322,723,2668.13912.649
20231,465,3482,699,7856.77112.475
20241,493,5662,676,8266.86312.3
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Brazil

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195019,517,26234,457,46736.160
195525,688,83336,880,36341.057
196033,315,58838,891,96646.139
196542,615,16840,882,85251.037
197053,295,88242,030,91155.909
197565,415,99542,196,10560.789
198079,320,27941,839,48265.468
198594,786,79340,889,48869.862
1990110,404,02838,948,11773.922
1995125,958,21636,338,39677.610
2000142,319,50732,968,08081.192
2005154,831,64032,085,72182.834
2010165,969,01830,827,25184.335
2015176,653,70029,308,40885.770
2020186,217,07027,645,97687.073
2021187,973,65727,304,24387.317
2022189,675,70326,960,24887.555
2023191,322,78626,614,42487.788
2024192,914,76326,267,21688.016
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Brazil population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 6,931,787 6,654,055 13,585,842 6.24 104.174
05-09 7,433,229 7,140,775 14,574,004 6.70 104.096
10-14 7,537,510 7,246,685 14,784,194 6.79 104.013
15-19 7,823,119 7,541,875 15,364,994 7.06 103.729
20-24 8,257,544 8,024,797 16,282,342 7.48 102.900
25-29 8,626,479 8,458,589 17,085,068 7.85 101.985
30-34 8,536,501 8,450,191 16,986,691 7.81 101.021
35-39 8,686,537 8,711,497 17,398,034 7.99 99.713
40-44 8,408,706 8,591,751 17,000,456 7.81 97.870
45-49 7,405,815 7,741,877 15,147,692 6.96 95.659
50-54 6,471,945 6,929,365 13,401,310 6.16 93.399
55-59 5,787,917 6,379,001 12,166,918 5.59 90.734
60-64 5,043,696 5,776,478 10,820,174 4.97 87.314
65-69 3,892,412 4,699,868 8,592,281 3.95 82.820
70-74 2,789,261 3,610,289 6,399,551 2.94 77.259
75-79 1,733,786 2,412,017 4,145,802 1.90 71.881
80-84 980,460 1,508,385 2,488,845 1.14 65.001
85-89 372,539 715,366 1,087,906 0.50 52.077
90-94 76,632 204,970 281,601 0.13 37.387
95-99 8,736 32,217 40,953 0.02 27.116
100+ 429 2,213 2,643 0.00 19.385
Total 106,805,040 110,832,261 217,637,301 96.366