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).
According to IBGE, life expectancy is expected to rise to 77.8 years by 2030, 79.7 years by 2040, 81.3 years by 2050, 82.7 years by 2060, and 83.9 years by 2070.
A total of 101.8 mi Brazilians were reported to be employed, up 1.6% from the previous quarter and three percent higher than in the same span last year.
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.
Year to date, the increase stood at 2.5% percent from the same span last year. In the last 12 months, the growth reached 1.3%.