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The population of Brazil is estimated based on various sources from 1550 to 1850. The first official census took place in 1872. From that year, every 10 years (with some exceptions) the population is counted. [9] Brazil is the seventh most populated country in the world. 1550 – 15,000; 1600 – 100,000; 1660 – 184,000; 1700 – 300,000 ...
The Portuguese came to explore the precious stones that were found there. Contact between the Portuguese and the Indians created a mixed-race population. Until the mid-20th century, Central-West Brazil had a very small population. The situation changed with the construction of Brasília, the new capital of Brazil, in 1960. Many workers were ...
^1 The 1900, 1920, and 1970 censuses did not count people for "race". ^2 In the 1872 census, people were counted based on self-declaration, except for slaves, who were classified by their owners. [5] ^3 The 1872 and 1890 censuses counted "caboclos" (White-Amerindian mixed race people) apart. [6]
The Brazilian 2010 Census was the twelfth census of Brazil, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with the reference date being August 1, 2010. The population was found to be a record 190,755,799, an increase of 12.5%. [1] [2] The population
The colonization of Brazil was characterized by a small proportion of women among the initial settlers. [25] As there was a male predominance in the European contingent present in Brazil, most sexual partners of those settlers were, initially, Amerindian or African women, and, later, mixed-race women. [25]
Latin America's largest nation had 203,062,512 inhabitants in August 2022, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IGBE) said, 6.5% higher than the last census in 2010 but below the ...
[1] According to the 2022 census, "pardos" make up 92.1 million people or 45.3% of Brazil's population. [2] According to some DNA researches, Brazilians predominantly possess some degree of mixed-race ancestry, though less than half of the country's population classified themselves as "pardos" in the census. [3]
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