Original sentence: According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 1,549,980 people residing in the city, and 3,731,719 people residing in the Metropolitan Region of Recife.The racial makeup of the city was 47.86% Pardo (brown), 45.76% White, 5.36% Black, 0.50% Asian or Amerindian
Edited sentence: According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 3,731,719 people residing in the Metropolitan Region of Recife.The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 1,958,358 Pardo (brown) people (52.9%), 1,428,972 White people (38.6%), 296,160 Black people (8.0%), 14,808 Asian or Amerindian people (0.4%)