# Outline of Brazil

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil:
Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America. With a geographical area of 8.5 million km$^2$, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world. It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.

## General reference

* Pronunciation: /brəˈzɪl/
** Brazilian Portuguese:
* Common English country name: Brazil
* Official English country name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
* Common endonym: Brasil
* Official endonym: República Federativa do Brasil
* Adjectival and demonymic: Brazilian
* Etymology: Name of Brazil
* International rankings of Brazil
* ISO country codes: BR, BRA, 076
* ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BR
* Internet country code top-level domain: .br

## Geography of Brazil

Geography of Brazil
* Brazil is: a megadiverse country
* Location:
** Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
*** South America
** Time zones:
*** UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
*** UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
*** UTC-04: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima
*** UTC-05: Acre
** Extreme points of Brazil
*** High: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)
*** Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
** Land boundaries: 16,885 km
       Bolivia 3,423 km
       Peru 2,995 km
       Venezuela 2,200 km
       Colombia 1,644 km
       Guyana 1,606 km
       Paraguay 1,365 km
       Argentina 1,261 km
       Uruguay 1,068 km
       French Guiana 730 km
       Suriname 593 km
   * Coastline: 7,491 km
* Population of Brazil: 207,752,291 (2023) - 5th most populous country
* Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 square kilometres (3,287,612 sq mi) - 5th largest country
* Atlas of Brazil

### Environment of Brazil

Environment of Brazil
* Climate of Brazil
* Ecoregions in Brazil
* Environmental issues in Brazil
* Protected areas of Brazil
* Biosphere reserves in Brazil
* Renewable energy in Brazil
* Wildlife of Brazil
** Flora of Brazil
*** Endangered flora of Brazil
** Fauna of Brazil
*** Birds of Brazil
*** Mammals of Brazil

#### Natural geographic features of Brazil

* Islands of Brazil
* Lakes of Brazil
* Mountains of Brazil
** Volcanoes in Brazil
* Rivers of Brazil
** Waterfalls of Brazil
* World Heritage Sites in Brazil

### Regions of Brazil

Regions of Brazil

#### Statistical regions

* North Region
* Northeast Region
* Central-West Region
* Southeast Region
* Southern Region

#### Socio-geographic divisions

* Amazônia Legal
* Centro-Sul
* Nordeste

#### Ecoregions of Brazil

List of ecoregions in Brazil

#### Administrative divisions of Brazil

Administrative divisions of Brazil
* States of Brazil
** Municipalities of Brazil

##### States of Brazil

States of Brazil
| State | Abbreviation | Capital | Area (km$^2$) | Area (sq mi) | Population (2014) | Density (per km$^2$, 2014) | Density (per sq mi, 2014) | GDP (billion R$ and % total, 2012) | GDP per capita (R$, 2012) | HDI (2021) | Literacy (2014) | Infant mortality (2014) | Life expectancy (years, 2014) |
| Acre | AC | Rio Branco | 152,581.4 | 58,912 | 790,101 | 4.47 | 13 | 9.629 (0.2%) | 12,690 | 0.710 | 94% | 1.6% | 75.4 |
| Alagoas | AL | Maceió | 27,767.7 | 10,721 | 3,321,730 | 112.3 | 309 | 29.545 (0.7%) | 9,333 | 0.684 | 90% | 1.7% | 73.5 |
| Amapá | AP | Macapá | 142,814.6 | 55,151 | 750,912 | 4.69 | 13 | 10.420 (0.2%) | 14,914 | 0.688 | 99% | 1.6% | 75.4 |
| Amazonas | AM | Manaus | 1,570,745.7 | 606,470 | 3,873,743 | 2.23 | 6 | 64.120 (1.7%) | 17,855 | 0.700 | 96% | 1.9% | 73.7 |
| Bahia | BA | Salvador | 564,692.7 | 218,030 | 15,126,371 | 24.82 | 69 | 167.727 (3.8%) | 11,832 | 0.691 | 91% | 2.0% | 74.3 |
| Ceará | CE | Fortaleza | 148,825.6 | 57,462 | 8,842,791 | 56.8 | 153 | 90.132 (2.0%) | 10,473 | 0.734 | 93% | 1.65% | 74.9 |
| Distrito Federal | DF | Brasília | 5,822.1 | 2,249.9 | 2,852,372 | 444.66 | 1,268 | 171.236 (3.9%) | 64,653 | 0.814 | 98.8% | 0.65% | 79.8 |
| Espírito Santo | ES | Vitória | 46,077.5 | 17,791 | 3,885,049 | 76.25 | 218 | 107.329 (2.2%) | 29,996 | 0.771 | 99% | 0.48% | 80.1 |
| Goiás | GO | Goiânia | 340,086.7 | 131,310 | 6,523,222 | 17.65 | 49 | 123.926 (2.4%) | 20,134 | 0.737 | 97% | 0.9% | 75.9 |
| Maranhão | MA | São Luís | 331,983.3 | 128,180 | 6,850,884 | 19.81 | 53 | 58.920 (1.2%) | 8,760 | 0.676 | 90% | 1.9% | 72.5 |
| Mato Grosso | MT | Cuiabá | 903,357.9 | 348,790 | 3,224,357 | 3.36 | 9 | 80.830 (1.5%) | 25,945 | 0.736 | 94% | 1.3% | 74.6 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | MS | Campo Grande | 357,125.0 | 137,890 | 2,619,657 | 6.86 | 19 | 54.471 (1.0%) | 21,744 | 0.742 | 97% | 0.7% | 76.1 |
| Minas Gerais | MG | Belo Horizonte | 586,528.3 | 226,460 | 20,734,097 | 33.41 | 91 | 403.551 (9.2%) | 20,324 | 0.774 | 98.6% | 0.61% | 78.7 |
| Pará | PA | Belém | 1,247,689.5 | 481,740 | 8,073,924 | 6.07 | 16 | 91.009 (1.9%) | 11,678 | 0.690 | 94% | 1.6% | 74.2 |
| Paraíba | PB | João Pessoa | 56,439.8 | 21,792 | 3,943,885 | 66.70 | 180 | 38.731 (0.8%) | 10,151 | 0.698 | 92% | 1.7% | 74.1 |
| Paraná | PR | Curitiba | 199,314.9 | 76,956 | 11,081,692 | 52.40 | 143 | 255.927 (5.8%) | 24,194 | 0.769 | 98% | 0.7% | 77.8 |
| Pernambuco | PE | Recife | 98,311.6 | 37,958 | 9,277,727 | 89.62 | 244 | 117.340 (2.3%) | 13,138 | 0.719 | 92% | 1.9% | 74.8 |
| Piauí | PI | Teresina | 251,529.2 | 97,726 | 3,194,178 | 12.4 | 32 | 25.721 (0.5%) | 8,137 | 0.690 | 90% | 1.8% | 72.7 |
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Rio de Janeiro | 43,696.1 | 16,871 | 16,461,173 | 365.23 | 975 | 504.221 (11.5%) | 31,064 | 0.762 | 99% | 1.3% | 77.1 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | RN | Natal | 52,796.8 | 20,385 | 3,408,510 | 59.99 | 167 | 39.544 (0.9%) | 12,249 | 0.728 | 95.1% | 1.38% | 76.7 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | RS | Porto Alegre | 281,748.5 | 108,780 | 11,207,274 | 37.96 | 103 | 277.658 (6.3%) | 25,779 | 0.771 | 99% | 0.4% | 79.3 |
| Rondônia | RO | Porto Velho | 237,576.2 | 91,729 | 1,748,531 | 6.58 | 19 | 29.362 (0.6%) | 13,075 | 0.700 | 94.6% | 1.85% | 73.7 |
| Roraima | RR | Boa Vista | 224,299.0 | 86,602 | 496,936 | 2.01 | 5 | 7.314 (0.2%) | 15,557 | 0.699 | 94.5% | 1.51% | 73.5 |
| Santa Catarina | SC | Florianópolis | 95,346.2 | 36,813 | 6,727,148 | 65.27 | 182 | 177.276 (4.0%) | 27,771 | 0.792 | 99% | 0.30% | 81 |
| São Paulo | SP | São Paulo | 248,209.4 | 95,834 | 44,035,304 | 166.23 | 459 | 1,408.904 (32.1%) | 33,624 | 0.806 | 99% | 0.45% | 79.8 |
| Sergipe | SE | Aracaju | 21,910.3 | 8,459.6 | 2,219,514 | 94.36 | 262 | 27.823 (0.6%) | 13,180 | 0.702 | 93% | 1.8% | 73.0 |
| Tocantins | TO | Palmas | 277,620.9 | 107,190 | 1,496,880 | 4.98 | 13 | 19.530 (0.4%) | 13,775 | 0.731 | 94% | 1.7% | 74.5 |

##### Municipalities of Brazil

Municipalities of Brazil
* Capital of Brazil: Brasília
* Cities of Brazil

### Demography of Brazil

Demographics of Brazil For demographics data, see chart presented under "States of Brazil", above.

## Government and politics of Brazil

Politics of Brazil
* Form of government: federal presidential representative democratic republic
* Capital of Brazil: Brasília
* Elections in Brazil
* Political parties in Brazil

### Branches of government

Government of Brazil

#### Executive branch of the government of Brazil

* Head of state and Head of government: President of Brazil
* Cabinet of Brazil

#### Legislative branch of the government of Brazil

* National Congress of Brazil (bicameral)
** Upper house: Senate of Brazil
** Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

#### Judicial branch of the government of Brazil

Court system of Brazil

##### State-level judiciary

* Trial courts
* Courts of Justice of Brazil

##### Federal-level judicial branch

Federal courts of Brazil
* Supreme Federal Court

###### Superior courts

* Superior Court of Justice
* Superior Labor Court
* Superior Electoral Court

###### Second instance Courts

* Regional Labor Courts
* Regional Electoral Courts
* Regional Federal Courts

###### First instance courts

* Brazil Labor Courts
* Brazil Electoral Courts
* Brazil Federal Courts
* Brazil Military Courts

### Foreign relations of Brazil

Foreign relations of Brazil
* Diplomatic missions in Brazil
* Diplomatic missions of Brazil

#### International organization membership

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:

### Law and order in Brazil

Law of Brazil
* Capital punishment in Brazil
* Constitution of Brazil
* Corruption in Brazil
* Crime in Brazil
* Human rights in Brazil
** LGBT rights in Brazil
** Freedom of religion in Brazil
* Law enforcement in Brazil
* List of scandals in Brazil

### Military of Brazil

Military of Brazil
* Command
** Commander-in-chief: President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
*** Ministry of Defence of Brazil
* Forces
** Army of Brazil
** Navy of Brazil
** Air Force of Brazil
* Military history of Brazil
* Military ranks of Brazil

### Local government in Brazil

Local government in Brazil

## History of Brazil

* Colonial Brazil
* Kingdom of Brazil
* United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
* Empire of Brazil
* First Brazilian Republic
* Vargas Era
* Second Brazilian Republic
* Brazilian military government
* Economic history of Brazil
* Military history of Brazil

## Culture of Brazil

Culture of Brazil
* Architecture of Brazil
** Architecture schools in Brazil
* Cuisine of Brazil
* Languages of Brazil
* National symbols of Brazil
** Coat of arms of Brazil
** Flag of Brazil
** National anthem of Brazil
* People of Brazil
** Austrian Brazilians
** English Brazilians
** German Brazilians
** Italian Brazilians
** Japanese Brazilians
** Swiss Brazilians
* Prostitution in Brazil
* Public holidays in Brazil
* Religion in Brazil
** Buddhism in Brazil
** Christianity in Brazil
** Hinduism in Brazil
** Islam in Brazil
** Judaism in Brazil
* World Heritage Sites in Brazil

### Art in Brazil

* Brazilian art
* Cinema of Brazil
* Literature of Brazil
* Music of Brazil
* Television in Brazil

### Sports in Brazil

Sports in Brazil
* Football in Brazil
* Brazil at the Olympics

## Economy and infrastructure of Brazil

Economy of Brazil
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2016): 9th (ninth)
* Agriculture in Brazil
* Banking in Brazil
** Bank of Brazil
* Communications in Brazil
** Internet in Brazil
*** Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre
* Companies of Brazil
* Currency of Brazil: Real
** ISO 4217: BRL
* Economic history of Brazil
* Energy in Brazil
** Energy policy of Brazil
* Health care in Brazil
* Industry in Brazil
* Mining in Brazil
* São Paulo Stock Exchange
* Tourism in Brazil
* Transport in Brazil
** Airports in Brazil
** Rail transport in Brazil
* Water supply and sanitation in Brazil

## Education in Brazil

Education in Brazil

## Health in Brazil

Health in Brazil
* MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease