Demographic in Brazil

Бразилия, демографические данные

IBGE has released today, August 29, 2008, the estimates for resident population in the 5,565 Brazilian municipalities on July 1, 2008. This estimate is released annually, in accordance with Complementary Law no. 59, of December 22, 1998, as well as with Article 102 of Law no. 8443, of July 16, 1992. Population estimates, which are essential to the calculation of economic and socio-demographic indicators in the periods between censuses, are also useful as a parameter for the distribution, established by the Brazilian Court of Audit, of shares relative to the Participation Fund of States and Municipalities, in accordance with constitutional devices.

According to estimates in 2008, Brazil has, currently, 189.6 million inhabitants in 5,565 municipalities, including the new municipality of Nazбria (PI). Sгo Paulo is the most populated municipality, with 10.9 million inhabitants, followed by Rio de Janeiro, with 6.1 million and Salvador, with 2.9 million. Belo Horizonte was in the fourth position in 2000 and fell to sixth place in 2008, being surpassed by the Federal District, which reached a total of 2.5 million inhabitants in 2008. Fortaleza, on the other hand, remained in the fifth position.