Wikipedia / Outline of Brazil
Wikipedia / Outline of Brazil
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil:
Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America. With a geographical area of 8.5 million km2, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world. It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
General reference
Common English country name: Brazil
Official English country name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
Official endonym: República Federativa do Brasil
Adjectival and demonymic: Brazilian
Geography of Brazil
Brazil is: a megadiverse country
Location:
Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
UTC-04: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima
High: Pico da Neblina
Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Land boundaries: 16,885km
3,423 km
2,995 km
2,200 km
1,644 km
1,606 km
1,365 km
1,261 km
1,068 km
730 km
593 km
Coastline: 7,491 km
Population of Brazil: 207,752,291 (2023) - 5th most populous country
Area of Brazil: - 5th largest country
Environment of Brazil
Natural geographic features of Brazil
Regions of Brazil
Statistical regions
Socio-geographic divisions
Ecoregions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
States of Brazil
State | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Population (2014) | Density (per km2, 2014) | Density (per sq mi, 2014) | GDP per capita (R$, 2012) | HDI (2021) | Literacy (2014) | Infant mortality (2014) | Life expectancy (years, 2014) | ||||
AC | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||||
AL | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||||
AP | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
AM | (%) | 96% | % | |||||||||||
BA | (%) | 91% | % | |||||||||||
CE | (%) | 93% | % | |||||||||||
DF | (%) | 98.8% | % | |||||||||||
ES | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
GO | (%) | 97% | % | |||||||||||
MA | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||||
MT | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||||
MS | (%) | 97% | % | |||||||||||
MG | (%) | 98.6% | % | |||||||||||
PA | (%) | 94% | % | |||||||||||
PB | (%) | 92% | % | |||||||||||
PR | (%) | 98% | % | |||||||||||
PE | (%) | 92% | % | |||||||||||
PI | (%) | 90% | % | |||||||||||
RJ | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
RN | (%) | 95.1% | % | |||||||||||
RS | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
RO | (%) | 94.6% | % | |||||||||||
RR | (%) | 94.5% | % | |||||||||||
SC | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
SP | (%) | 99% | % | |||||||||||
SE | (%) | 93% | % | |||||||||||
TO | (%) | 94% | % |
Municipalities of Brazil
Demography of Brazil
Demographics of Brazil For demographics data, see chart presented under "States of Brazil", above.
Government and politics of Brazil
Branches of government
Executive branch of the government of Brazil
Legislative branch of the government of Brazil
National Congress of Brazil (bicameral)
Judicial branch of the government of Brazil
State-level judiciary
Federal-level judicial branch
Superior courts
Second instance Courts
First instance courts
Brazil Labor Courts
Brazil Electoral Courts
Brazil Military Courts
Foreign relations of Brazil
International organization membership
The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member)
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
Andean Community of Nations (CAN) (associate)
Central American Integration System (SICA) (observer)
Group of 15 (G15)
Group of 24 (G24)
Group of 77 (G77)
Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Criminal Court (ICCt)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer)
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
Rio Group (RG)
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Law and order in Brazil
Military of Brazil
Command
Commander-in-chief: President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Forces
Local government in Brazil
Local government in Brazil
History of Brazil
Culture of Brazil
Art in Brazil
Sports in Brazil
Economy and infrastructure of Brazil
Education in Brazil
Health in Brazil
MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease
See also
References
External links
Government and administration
Information and statistics
Economy and business
Tourism and sports
Non-Governmental Organizations