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Brazilian Population
To
Stop Growing In 2039
Rio de Janeiro - The
Brazilian population,
which currently totals
190.2 million, will stop
growing in the year
2039, according to a
study released on
Thursday by the
Brazilian Institute of
Geography and Statistics
(IBGE).
According to the study,
the Brazilian
population's growth rate
has been decreasing from
3 percent in 1960 to 1.5
percent in 2008.The
population will reach
zero growth in 2039, and
is expected to register
negative growth rate
from then on.
By 2050, the growth rate
will fall to minus 0.29
percent, and the
population is expected
to reach 215.6 million.
"The figures show a
clear change in the
country's age
structure," said IBGE
Population and Social
Indexes coordinator Luiz
Antonio Oliveira. The
changes are having and
will have an impact on
the country's social
security, health and
education sectors, he
added.
According to the study,
the women to men ratio
in Brazil will also
suffer great changes in
the next decades. In
2050, IBGE expects
Brazil to have 7 million
more women than men, up
from 2.5 million women
in 2000.
The study also shows
that the Brazilian
population is aging
fast: in 2008, for every
group of 100 children
aging 0-14, there are
24.7 people who are
older than 65. In 2050,
however, the country is
expected to have 172.7
elders for every group
of 100 children.
The child mortality rate
will also keep falling
in Brazil in the next
few years, shows the
statistics. The rate has
fallen to 23.3 deaths to
every 1,000 births in
2008. By 2015, the
figure is expected to
fall to 18.5. |
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