| AREA ................................................ | 8.511.965 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 184.101.109 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 21,6 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Brasilia | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Real (BRL) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 8195 $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,556 (68th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Atlantic Ocean 0 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Pico da Neblina 3014 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Federal Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .br | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +55 |