Latin America & Caribbean

A life that begins in Brazil

One in every 52 babies in the world is born here: about 2,582,053 a year, 4.9 a minute.

Population: 212,812,405
Births a year: 2,582,053
Life expectancy: 76.1
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 14.2

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
79.2
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
73
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
12.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
14.2
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
67
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.7
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
7.7
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
16
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
19.3
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.61
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
26
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
96
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
70
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
2.5
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$20,025
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
50
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
3
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
6
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
8
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
53
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
26
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
88
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
100
World: 91
Internet users (%)
84
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.63
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.59
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 53.3 → 2026: 76.1 → 2050: 80.3

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 170 → 2026: 13 → 2050: 6

World

Children per woman

1960: 6.1 → 2026: 1.6 → 2050: 1.6

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 45 → 2026: 89 → 2050: 91

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Brazil comes up about once in every 52 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.