General Information on Brazil

The United States and Brazil: A Comparative Profile

	United States	Brazil
Total Area	3,794,101 square miles 9,826,675 square kilometers	3,287,597 square miles 8,514,877 square kilometers
Population	307,212,123 inhabitants	192,272,890 inhabitants
Pop. growth rate	0.975% per year	1.199% per year
Infant mortality	8.38 per 1,000 live births	6.35 per 1,000 live births
Life expectancy	78 years	72 years
Literacy	99%	90.5%
GDP (2009)	US$ 14.25 trillion	US$ 2.013 trillion
GDP per capita	US$ 47,500	US$ 10,200
Telephones (land lines)	150 million (2008)	41,500 million (2009)
Cell phones	286 million (2009)	194 million (2010)
Electricity (production)	4.11 tln kWh	438.8 bln kWh
Electricity (consumption)	3.87 tln kWh	404.3 bln kWh
Internet users (2010)	240 million	75.9 million
Paved highways	2.7 million miles	59,870 miles

Sources: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (www.ibge.gov.br), Brazilian government Web sites (www.brasil.gov.br), U.S. government Web sites (www.fedstats.gov), CIA Factbook (www.cia.gov)