With a total size of 8.5 million square kilometres, Brazil, also known as the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South and Latin America. With approximately 210, 147, 125 million people living there, it is also the fifth most populous country in the world. Its capital is Brasília, while São Paulo is the most populous city.Brazil has 7,491 kilometres of coastline. It occupies 47.3% of the continent’s land area and borders every other country in South America with the exception of Ecuador and Chile. The Federal District, the 5,570 municipalities, and the 26 states make up the federation. Eighty-three percent of the population lives in the federation’s urban areas. The largest nation with Portuguese as an official language is this one. It is also among the most racially and multiculturally diverse countries as a result of more than a century of widespread immigration from all over the world. A presidential system is part of the democratic federative republic’s organisational framework. The president of Brazil is chosen for a four-year term, renewable for a second consecutive term, and serves as both the head of state and the head of government of the Union.
With 21.1, 12.3, and 5.1 million people, respectively, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte—all in the country’s southeast—are Brazil’s three biggest metropolitan agglomerations.
Brazil’s principal cities and municipalities include São Paulo, a municipality in the country’s southeast and the world’s largest Portuguese-speaking city. In terms of population, the municipality ranks as the eleventh largest city proper on Earth. The city serves as the capital of São Paulo, the neighbouring state and again the most affluent state in Brazil. It has a significant impact on global trade, economics, the arts, and entertainment. The São Paulo Stock Exchange is based in the city, which has the greatest GDP in both Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere. Paulista Avenue serves as São Paulo’s business hub. The city’s GDP ranks eleventh globally.
Rio de Janeiro, also known as Rio, is the second most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth most populous in the Americas. It serves as an anchor for the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. UNESCO named a portion of the city, known as the Cultural Landscape, a World Heritage Site on July 1, 2012. Rio de Janeiro, renowned for its beaches and natural surroundings, is one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most visited cities. Brazil, up to 1889; after that, Brasília served as the country’s capital until 1960.
The Federal District’s seat of government is located in Brasília, the federal capital of Brazil. Situated in the country’s center-western section, the city is situated at the summit of the Brazilian Highlands. On April 21, 1960, it was founded to act as the country’s new capital. According to estimates, Brasília is the third most populated city in Brazil and has the greatest GDP per capita among major Latin American cities. Unlike other cities in Brazil, the city enjoys a special status because it is primarily recognised as an administrative division rather than a legitimate municipality. There are thirty-one administrative regions that make up the Federal District, but only one of them is the original designed city, also known as Plano Piloto.
Religion: Brazil has the greatest Catholic population in the world, which is not surprising given that Roman Catholicism is the country’s major religion. The 2000 Demographic Census shows that 73.57% of people identify as Roman Catholics, 1.33% as followers of Kardecist spiritism, 1.22% as members of other Christian denominations, 15.41% as Protestants, 0.31% as Afro-Brazilian religions, 0.05% as followers of Judaism, 0.02% as followers of Islam, 0.59% as members of other undeclared or undetermined faiths, and 7.35% as not having any religion.
