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Brazil [32]
(Independent in 1822 from Portugal)
LAND AREA: 8511965 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 157872000 (1996)
DENSITY: 19 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 23%
URBAN POP: 78% (1994), versus 45% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.4%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 66.4 years, ADULT LITERACY: 82.7%
INFANT MORTALITY: 45 per/1000 (1994), versus 116 (1960)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.783
ECONOMY
GNP: US$536.3 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 1.6%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 0.3%
GDP/Capita: $1993 GDP/Capita PPP: $5362
GDP/Capita: 1960 $823, 1970 $1145, 1980 $2049, 1990 $1947
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $366 million ODA%GNP: 0.1%
ODA/Capita: $2
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 551139,000 ha, 65.2% of land area, 3.4 ha/capita
NATURAL FOREST AREA: 546239,000 ha
ARABLE LAND: 4.9% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 1837 kw-hr/capita, versus 491 kw-hr/cap (1970)
TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 35% (1993), versus 49% (1973)
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 43.0,000 cu.m/cap/year
SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 6 kg/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Brazil
Biopeba (Brazil - Bahia State)
Fernando de Noronha (Brazil - Fernando de Noronha)
Grande (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro State)
Itaparica (Brazil - Bahia State)
Maraca, Ilha de (Brazil - Amapa Federal Territory)
Martin Vas, Ihlas (Brazil - I. da Trindade)
Rocas, Atol das (Brazil - Fernando de Noronha)
Santa Barbara, Ilha da (Brazil)
Santa Catarina, Ilha de (Brazil - Santa Catarina State)
Sao Luis, Ilha de (Brazil - Maranhao State)
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de (Brazil)
Sao Sebastiao, Ilha de (Brazil - Sao Paulo State)
Tinhare (Brazil - Bahia State)
Trindade, Isla da (Brazil - I. da Trindade)
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