Capital:
Brasilia Total Area: 8,515,767 km² (3,287,956 mi²) (
5th)
Approximate population: 211,998,573 (
7th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Languages:
Portuguese Religions: 50%
Catholicism, 31%
Protestantism, 11%
no religion, 3%
Spiritism, 2%
Afro-Brazilian faiths, 3%
other - (2019 est.)
Maritime boundaries: Atlantic Ocean
Administrative divisions: 26 states (estados, singular – estado)
and 1 federal district (distrito federal):
Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins.
Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, clay, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, and timber.