Outline of Brazil

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil:

Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America. With a geographical area of 8.5 million km², Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world.^[1][2] It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.^[2]

• Pronunciation: /brəˈzɪl/ ^ⓘ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: [bɾaˈziw] ^ⓘ
• Common English country name: Brazil
• Official English country name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
• Common endonym: Brasil
• Official endonym: República Federativa do Brasil
• Adjectival and demonymic: Brazilian
• Etymology: Name of Brazil
• International rankings of Brazil
• ISO country codes: BR, BRA, 076
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BR
• Internet country code top-level domain: .br

Geography of Brazil

• Brazil is: a megadiverse country
• Location:
  • Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
    • South America
  • Time zones:
    • UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
    • UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
    • UTC-04: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima
    • UTC-05: Acre
  • Extreme points of Brazil
    • High: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)
    • Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 16,885 km

 Bolivia 3,423 km

 Peru 2,995 km

 Venezuela 2,200 km

 Colombia 1,644 km

 Guyana 1,606 km

 Paraguay 1,365 km

 Argentina 1,261 km

 Uruguay 1,068 km

 French Guiana 730 km

 Suriname 593 km

• Coastline: 7,491 km

• Population of Brazil: 207,752,291 (2023) - 5th most populous country
• Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 square kilometres (3,287,612 sq mi) - 5th largest country
• Atlas of Brazil

Environment of Brazil

• Climate of Brazil
• Ecoregions in Brazil
• Environmental issues in Brazil
• Protected areas of Brazil
• Biosphere reserves in Brazil
• Renewable energy in Brazil
• Wildlife of Brazil
  • Flora of Brazil
    • Endangered flora of Brazil
  • Fauna of Brazil
    • Birds of Brazil
    • Mammals of Brazil

• Islands of Brazil
• Lakes of Brazil
• Mountains of Brazil
  • Volcanoes in Brazil
• Rivers of Brazil
  • Waterfalls of Brazil
• World Heritage Sites in Brazil

Regions of Brazil

• North Region
• Northeast Region
• Central-West Region
• Southeast Region
• Southern Region

• Amazônia Legal
• Centro-Sul
• Nordeste

List of ecoregions in Brazil

Administrative divisions of Brazil

• States of Brazil
  • Municipalities of Brazil

States of Brazil

Flag	State	Abbreviation	Capital	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)	Population (2014)	Density (per km2, 2014)	Density (per sq mi, 2014)	GDP (billion R$ and % total, 2012)	GDP per capita (R$, 2012)	HDI[3] (2021)	Literacy (2014)	Infant mortality (2014)	Life expectancy (years, 2014)
	Acre	AC	Rio Branco	152,581.4	58,912	790,101	4.47	13	9.629 (0.2%)	12,690	0.710	94%	1.6%	75.4
	Alagoas	AL	Maceió	27,767.7	10,721	3,321,730	112.3	309	29.545 (0.7%)	9,333	0.684	90%	1.7%	73.5
	Amapá	AP	Macapá	142,814.6	55,151	750,912	4.69	13	10.420 (0.2%)	14,914	0.688	99%	1.6%	75.4
	Amazonas	AM	Manaus	1,570,745.7	606,470	3,873,743	2.23	6	64.120 (1.7%)	17,855	0.700	96%	1.9%	73.7
	Bahia	BA	Salvador	564,692.7	218,030	15,126,371	24.82	69	167.727 (3.8%)	11,832	0.691	91%	2.0%	74.3
	Ceará	CE	Fortaleza	148,825.6	57,462	8,842,791	56.8	153	90.132 (2.0%)	10,473	0.734	93%	1.65%	74.9
	Distrito Federal	DF	Brasília	5,822.1	2,249.9	2,852,372	444.66	1,268	171.236 (3.9%)	64,653	0.814	98.8%	0.65%	79.8
	Espírito Santo	ES	Vitória	46,077.5	17,791	3,885,049	76.25	218	107.329 (2.2%)	29,996	0.771	99%	0.48%	80.1
	Goiás	GO	Goiânia	340,086.7	131,310	6,523,222	17.65	49	123.926 (2.4%)	20,134	0.737	97%	0.9%	75.9
	Maranhão	MA	São Luís	331,983.3	128,180	6,850,884	19.81	53	58.920 (1.2%)	8,760	0.676	90%	1.9%	72.5
	Mato Grosso	MT	Cuiabá	903,357.9	348,790	3,224,357	3.36	9	80.830 (1.5%)	25,945	0.736	94%	1.3%	74.6
	Mato Grosso do Sul	MS	Campo Grande	357,125.0	137,890	2,619,657	6.86	19	54.471 (1.0%)	21,744	0.742	97%	0.7%	76.1
	Minas Gerais	MG	Belo Horizonte	586,528.3	226,460	20,734,097	33.41	91	403.551 (9.2%)	20,324	0.774	98.6%	0.61%	78.7
	Pará	PA	Belém	1,247,689.5	481,740	8,073,924	6.07	16	91.009 (1.9%)	11,678	0.690	94%	1.6%	74.2
	Paraíba	PB	João Pessoa	56,439.8	21,792	3,943,885	66.70	180	38.731 (0.8%)	10,151	0.698	92%	1.7%	74.1
	Paraná	PR	Curitiba	199,314.9	76,956	11,081,692	52.40	143	255.927 (5.8%)	24,194	0.769	98%	0.7%	77.8
	Pernambuco	PE	Recife	98,311.6	37,958	9,277,727	89.62	244	117.340 (2.3%)	13,138	0.719	92%	1.9%	74.8
	Piauí	PI	Teresina	251,529.2	97,726	3,194,178	12.4	32	25.721 (0.5%)	8,137	0.690	90%	1.8%	72.7
	Rio de Janeiro	RJ	Rio de Janeiro	43,696.1	16,871	16,461,173	365.23	975	504.221 (11.5%)	31,064	0.762	99%	1.3%	77.1
	Rio Grande do Norte	RN	Natal	52,796.8	20,385	3,408,510	59.99	167	39.544 (0.9%)	12,249	0.728	95.1%	1.38%	76.7
	Rio Grande do Sul	RS	Porto Alegre	281,748.5	108,780	11,207,274	37.96	103	277.658 (6.3%)	25,779	0.771	99%	0.4%	79.3
	Rondônia	RO	Porto Velho	237,576.2	91,729	1,748,531	6.58	19	29.362 (0.6%)	13,075	0.700	94.6%	1.85%	73.7
	Roraima	RR	Boa Vista	224,299.0	86,602	496,936	2.01	5	7.314 (0.2%)	15,557	0.699	94.5%	1.51%	73.5
	Santa Catarina	SC	Florianópolis	95,346.2	36,813	6,727,148	65.27	182	177.276 (4.0%)	27,771	0.792	99%	0.30%	81
	São Paulo	SP	São Paulo	248,209.4	95,834	44,035,304	166.23	459	1,408.904 (32.1%)	33,624	0.806	99%	0.45%	79.8
	Sergipe	SE	Aracaju	21,910.3	8,459.6	2,219,514	94.36	262	27.823 (0.6%)	13,180	0.702	93%	1.8%	73.0
	Tocantins	TO	Palmas	277,620.9	107,190	1,496,880	4.98	13	19.530 (0.4%)	13,775	0.731	94%	1.7%	74.5

Municipalities of Brazil

• Capital of Brazil: Brasília
• Cities of Brazil

Demographics of Brazil For demographics data, see chart presented under "States of Brazil", above.

Politics of Brazil

• Form of government: federal presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Brazil: Brasília
• Elections in Brazil
• Political parties in Brazil

Government of Brazil

• Head of state and Head of government: President of Brazil
• Cabinet of Brazil

• National Congress of Brazil (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Brazil
  • Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Court system of Brazil

• Trial courts
• Courts of Justice of Brazil

Federal courts of Brazil

• Supreme Federal Court

• Superior Court of Justice
• Superior Labor Court
• Superior Electoral Court

• Regional Labor Courts
• Regional Electoral Courts
• Regional Federal Courts

• Brazil Labor Courts
• Brazil Electoral Courts
• Brazil Federal Courts
• Brazil Military Courts

Foreign relations of Brazil

• Diplomatic missions in Brazil
• Diplomatic missions of Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:^[4]

Law of Brazil

• Capital punishment in Brazil
• Constitution of Brazil
• Corruption in Brazil
• Crime in Brazil
• Human rights in Brazil
  • LGBT rights in Brazil
  • Freedom of religion in Brazil
• Law enforcement in Brazil
• List of scandals in Brazil

Military of Brazil

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    • Ministry of Defence of Brazil
• Forces
  • Army of Brazil
  • Navy of Brazil
  • Air Force of Brazil
• Military history of Brazil
• Military ranks of Brazil

Local government in Brazil

• Colonial Brazil
• Kingdom of Brazil
• United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
• Empire of Brazil
• First Brazilian Republic
• Vargas Era
• Second Brazilian Republic
• Brazilian military government
• Economic history of Brazil
• Military history of Brazil

Culture of Brazil

• Architecture of Brazil
  • Architecture schools in Brazil
• Cuisine of Brazil
• Languages of Brazil
• National symbols of Brazil
  • Coat of arms of Brazil
  • Flag of Brazil
  • National anthem of Brazil
• People of Brazil
  • Austrian Brazilians
  • English Brazilians
  • German Brazilians
  • Italian Brazilians
  • Japanese Brazilians
  • Swiss Brazilians
• Prostitution in Brazil
• Public holidays in Brazil
• Religion in Brazil
  • Buddhism in Brazil
  • Christianity in Brazil
  • Hinduism in Brazil
  • Islam in Brazil
  • Judaism in Brazil
• World Heritage Sites in Brazil

• Brazilian art
• Cinema of Brazil
• Literature of Brazil
• Music of Brazil
• Television in Brazil

Sports in Brazil

• Football in Brazil
• Brazil at the Olympics

Economy of Brazil

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2016): 9th (ninth)
• Agriculture in Brazil
• Banking in Brazil
  • Bank of Brazil
• Communications in Brazil
  • Internet in Brazil
    • Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre
• Companies of Brazil
• Currency of Brazil: Real
  • ISO 4217: BRL
• Economic history of Brazil
• Energy in Brazil
  • Energy policy of Brazil
• Health care in Brazil
• Industry in Brazil
• Mining in Brazil
• São Paulo Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Brazil
• Transport in Brazil
  • Airports in Brazil
  • Rail transport in Brazil
• Water supply and sanitation in Brazil

Education in Brazil

Health in Brazil

• MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease

Brazil

• All pages with titles beginning with Brazil
• All pages with titles containing Brazil
• All pages with titles beginning with Brazilian
• All pages with titles containing Brazilian
• List of Brazil-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
• Member state of the United Nations
• Latin America
• Outline of South America

Wikimedia Atlas of Brazil

Government and administration

• Brazilian Federal Government
• Chamber of Deputies
• (in Portuguese) Federal Senate
• Presidency of Brazil Archived July 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

Information and statistics

• Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
• Brazil. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• (in Portuguese) Institute of Applied Economics Research
• National Bank for Social and Economical Development
• U.S. Library of Congress

Economy and business

• Brazilian Central Bank
• Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
• Britcham in Brazil
• São Paulo Stock Exchange

Tourism and sports

• Accommodation in Brazil Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• Brazil travel guide from Wikivoyage
• (in Portuguese) Sport in Brazil
• Tourism in Brazil

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Assistance to Rio de Janeiro Favelas