Capital:Brasilia
Population:186,112,794
Area:8,511,965 sq km
Climate:mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Languages:Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Currency:real (BRL)
Government:federative republic
Religions:Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spriritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
