Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In that year, the Brazilian economy grew 1.0% in real terms according to revised figures of the IBGE. The per capita accounts of the GDP were R$22,813.47 or US$11.521,95 in nominal terms, and Int$14,537.40 in PPP terms. The Brazilian population, in 2012, was 193,300,291, ranking 5th worldwide and totaling 2.84% of the world's population.
Historical population of Brazil Population of Brazil, 1550–2005 Life expectancy in Brazil since 1900 Life expectancy in Brazil since 1960 by gender According to the 2008 PNAD (National Household Sample Survey), conducted by the IBGE , the Brazilian Statistics bureau, there were about 189,953,000 inhabitants in 2008. [ 8 ]
Acre became a state in 1962. [11] In 1960, the rectangular-shaped Distrito Federal was carved out of Goiás to contain the new capital, Brasília. [12] [13] The previous federal district became the state of Guanabara, [8] but in 1975 it was reincorporated into its original state of Rio de Janeiro, becoming its capital as the city of Rio de ...
[citation needed] According to Leff (1982, 1997), from the time of Brazil's independence in 1822, its rate of GDP growth failed to outpace its population growth. Hence, while the population did expand at a rapid pace (nearly 2 per cent per annum), the country's efforts to improve its performance in per capita terms were largely frustrating ...
San Francisco's African American population has declined in recent decades, [9] from 13.4% of the population in 1970 to 6.1% in 2010. [11] The current percentage of African Americans in San Francisco is similar to that of the state of California; [ 11 ] conversely, the city's percentage of Hispanic residents is less than half of that of the state.
June 1: A 22nd star representing the state of Guanabara is added to the flag of Brazil. [ 4 ] June 14 : A robbery on the payer train of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil takes place in Japeri , Rio de Janeiro .
From 2000 to 2012, Brazil was one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world, with an average annual GDP growth rate of over 5%. Its GDP surpassed that of the United Kingdom in 2012, temporarily making Brazil the world's sixth-largest economy. However, Brazil's economic growth decelerated in 2013 [34] and the country entered a ...
It is the richest region of the country, responsible for approximately 60% of the Brazilian GDP, as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais are the three richest states of Brazil, the top three Brazilian states in terms of GDP. The Southeast of Brazil also has the highest GDP per capita among all Brazilian regions. The Southeast region ...