Brazil

  • President:Jair Bolsonaro
  • President of the Chamber of Deputies:Rodrigo Felinto Ibarra Epitácio Maia
  • Capital city:Brasilia
  • Languages:Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language) note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:209,288,278 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:8,358,140 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:9,821 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:2,055.5 (2017)
  • GINI index:51.3 (2015)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:125 (2017)

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