Brazil s Demographic Distribution Of Brazil
Running head: BRAZIL 2
Demographic Distribution
Brazil is the chief nation in South America with a population of 201,032,714,
sustaining a growth rate
of 0.9% and a population density of 24 per square km. According to the Central
Intelligence Agency
[CIA], 2014, As the largest country it share borders with the Atlantic Ocean and every
South American
country except Chile and Ecuador which place them at a strategic advantage. Notably,
the Federative
Republic of Brazil s capital is Brasilia and the largest city is SГ Јo Paulo. In addition,
other flourishing
major cities are Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Porto
Alegre, and Curitiba
(CIA, 2014).
Brazil s population encompasses many ethnicities which are remnants of African,
Asian, Amerindian,
and European s origins. De Lima, Potter, Hamermesh, Rios Neto (2013) documented,
The diverse
country is comprised of 47.73 White, 43.13% Pardo (shades of brown), 7.61% Black,
and 1.09% Asian,
and 0.43% Amerindian (mixed Native Americans) (p.599). Furthermore, the country s
culture is carved
as a result of racial mixture, assimilation of culture and syncretism (Telles, 2004, p.
82). The diversity of
Brazil is equated in the differences beyond ethnicity, race, nationality, sexual
orientation, religions and
abilities. The median age of a