Federative Republic of Brazil

República Federativa do Brasil (Portuguese)

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto:

 Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese)

 (English: "Order and Progress")

Anthem:

 "Hino Nacional Brasileiro"

 (English: "Brazilian National Anthem")


MENU

0:00

 Flag anthem:
 "Hino à Bandeira Nacional"[1]
 (English: "National Flag Anthem")


MENU
 0:00

National seal

 Selo Nacional do Brasil

 National Seal of Brazil

Location of Brazil (dark green)

in South America (grey)

Capital Brasília
15°47′S47°52′W

Largest city São Paulo

23°33′S 46°38′W

Official language Portuguese[2]

and national language

Ethnic groups(2010[3])  47.73% White

 43.13% Pardo
 7.61% Black
 1.09% Asian
 0.43% Amerindian

Religion  64.6% Catholic

 22.2% Protestant
  8.0% Irreligion
 2.0% Spiritism
 3.2% Others[4]

Demonym Brazilian

Government Federal presidentialconstitutional

republic

• President Michel Temer

• Vice President Vacant[5]
• President of the Rodrigo Maia
Chamber of Deputies
• President of the Federal Eunício Oliveira
Senate
• President of the Supreme Cármen Lúcia
Federal Court

Legislature National Congress

• Upper house Federal Senate

• Lower house Chamber of Deputies

Independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil

and the Algarves
• Declared 7 September 1822
• Recognized 29 August 1825
• Republic 15 November 1889
• Treaty of Petrópolis 11 November 1903
• Current constitution 5 October 1988

Area
• Total 8,515,767 km2(3,287,956 sq mi)
(5th)
• Water (%) 0.65

Population
• 2018 estimate 209,129,000[6] (6th)
• Density 25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (199th)

GDP (PPP) 2018 estimate

• Total $3.389 trillion[7](8th)
• Per capita $16,199[7] (81th)

GDP (nominal) 2018 estimate

 • Total $2.139 trillion[7](9th)
• Per capita $10,224[7] (65th)

Gini (2015) 51.3[8]

high

HDI (2015) 0.754[9]

high · 79th

Currency Real (R$) (BRL)

Time zone BRT (UTC−2 to −5)

• Summer (DST) BRST (UTC−2 to −5)

Date format dd/mm/yyyy (CE)

Drives on the right

Calling code +55

ISO 3166 code BR

Internet TLD .br

Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw]),[nt 1] officially the Federative Republic of

Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)),[10] is the largest country in
both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square
miles)[11] and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and
the sixth most populous. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo.