Brazilian Statistics
Basic Indicators- Official Name:
República Federativa do Brasil
Federative Republic of Brazil
- Area: 8.5 million square km
(fifth largest country in the world, after Russia, Canada, United States and China)
- Population: 177 million (2004)
- Life Expectancy: 71 years (2002)
- Language: Portuguese
- Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
- Capital: Brasília
- Form of State: Federative Republic of 26 States
and 1 Federal District
- System of Government: Presidentialism
The President is elected for a four-years term
- President:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, since 1 January 2003
- Minister for External Relations:Celso Amorim
- Currency: Reais US$ 1.00 = R$ 2.23(Exchange rate in Oct/2005
- Inflation/IPCA : 7.7% (2004)
- GDP: US$ 605 billion (2004)
- Exports : US$ 96.5 million (2004)
- Imports: US$ 62.8 million (2004)
- Surplus Trade Balance: US$ 33.7 million (2004)
- GDP Growth: 5.2 percent (2004)
Information by: Embassy of Brazil to Singapore
Source: IBGE, BACEN, Agencia Brasil, Ipea
posted by Viva Brasil Magazine @ 11:03 AM
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