
Quarterly ONLINE Magazine
Winter 2002
January-February-March
Year 6, Number 20
Brazil
Census 2000
Brazilian
Population:
158,649,736
Rate of Growing:
1,4%
Fertility Rate:
2.3 children/woman
Population
by State: (Million)
São Paulo: 34.317
Minas Gerais: 17.218
Rio de Janeiro: 14.173
Bahia: 11.592
Rio Grande do Sul: 9.894
Paraná: 8.900
Pernambuco: 7.315
Ceará: 6.953
Maranhão: 5.256
Santa Catarina: 5.202
Pará: 5.045
Goiás: 4.735
Paraíba: 3.413
Espírito Santo: 3.051
Alagoas: 2.737
Rio Grande do Norte: 2.628
Piaui; 2.580
Mato Grosso: 2.306
Mato Grosso do Sul: 1.962
Distrito Federal: 1.919
Amazonas: 1.941
Sergipe: 1.766
Rondônia: 1.227
Tocantins: 1.044
Population
by state: (thousand)
Acre: .512
Amapá: .458
Roraima: .236