According to a specialist, the decline is linked to the lower fertility of Brazilian women. In 2023, the rate was 1.57 children per woman, well below what is seen as adequate for replacement (2.1 children per woman).
Descendants of enslaved people from colonial times total 1.3 mi in 7,666 communities across 25 Brazilian states, a new supplement to the 2022 Census shows.
A total of 1,693,535 individuals declare themselves indigenous countrywide, or 0.83% of the nation’s resident population, distributed across 4,832 municipalities. The North and the Northeast have 75% of the country’s native population.
Operations were reduced in mining areas within the indigenous territory where the police are still active and in regions accessible only by airplanes.
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