Brazilians
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Brazil | |
| 215,666,165 | |
 United States | 459,876 |
 Portugal | 275,000 (2022) |
 Paraguay | 245,850 |
 UK | 220,000 |
 Japan | 206,259 (2022) |
 Spain | 165,000 (2022) |
 Italy | 162,000 (2022) |
 Germany | 138,955 (2022) |
 Canada | 122,400 (2022) |
 Argentina | 90,203 (2022) |
 France | 90,000 (2022) |
| French Guiana | 82,500 (2022) |
 Switzerland | 77,000 (2022) |
 Ireland | 70,000 (2022) |
 Belgium | 65,000 (2022) |
 Netherlands | 65,000 (2022) |
 Australia | 60,000 (2022) |
 Uruguay | 46,848 (2022) |
 Bolivia | 42,000 (2022) |
 Mexico | 40,000 (2022) |
 Suriname | 30,000 (2020) |
 Lebanon | 21,000 (2020) |
 Chile | 18,648 (2022) |
 Colombia | 17,000 |
 Sweden | 16,814 (2020) |
 Israel | 15,000 (2020) |
 Angola | 13,290 (2022) |
 Venezuela | 11,800 (2018) |
 Guyana | 10,700 (2022) |
 Norway | 10,411 (2022) |
 UAE | 2,000 |
 South Korea | 1,088 |
 India | 860 |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, indigenous languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (majority Roman Catholic, also Pentecostal), Afro-Brazilian religions (Candomblé, Umbanda), Judaism, indigenous religions | |
Brazilians are people born in Brazil, a multiracial and multiethnic country. The Indigenous people live in every state of Brazil and represent 305 different tribes and 274 indigenous languages.[1]
Ethnic-Racial Groups in Brazil (according to IBGE)
The official classification considers five groups by self-declaration:
Pardos: 45.3% of the population (mixed-race group, which includes caboclos, mulatos, and cafuzos, they are a mix of white, native indigenous, and black people).
White: 43.5%.
Black: 10.2%.
Indigenous: 0.8% (native peoples with hundreds of distinct ethnicities).
Yellow: between 0.4% and 1.2% (descendants of East Asians, such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean).
Main Ethnic Groups and Origins (Nationalities)
Formative Matrix (Historical): Indigenous peoples (the native peoples who already inhabited the territory before colonization, encompassing hundreds of ethnic groups such as Tikuna, Guarani, Kokama, and Makuxí). Europeans (mainly Portuguese colonizers, followed by large flows of Italian, Spanish, German, and Slavic immigrants, who arrived from the 19th century onwards). And Africans (brought by force during the colonial and imperial periods, belonging to different nations and ethnicities such as Bantu and Yoruba).
Majority of Immigration (19th and 20th Centuries): Portuguese, Italians, Germans, Spaniards, Japanese, Arabs (Syrians and Lebanese), Ukrainians, and Poles.
Recent Flows (Nationalities): Immigrants from neighboring countries (Bolivians, Paraguayans, Venezuelans, Argentinians, Uruguayans), in addition to Haitian, Cuban and Syrian communities.
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