Brazil's Population
Grows at Annual Rate of
1.2% in 2002-2007
Brazil's current
population is
183,987,291, growing at
an annual rate of 1.2
percent during the
2002-2007 period, a
study released by the
Brazilian Geography and
Statistics Institute (IBGE)
said on Friday.
The study showed uneven
population growths in
different regions. For
instance, the northern
border state of Amapa
witnessed a 3.17 percent
growth rate while the
state of Rio Grandedo
Sul in southern Brazil
only 0.57 percent.
It also revealed an
increasing imbalance
between the country's
male and female
populations. In 2002,
the sex ratio was 1:1.
Now it has fallen to
99.6 men per 100 women.
The study was conducted
in the cities with less
than 170,000
inhabitants. 97 percent
of Brazil's
municipalities are of
this size.
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