Demographic Census 2022: IBGE releases data on the Brazilian population

O Demographic Census 2022 began to be disclosed this Wednesday (28) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

The data presented by the IBGE indicate that on August 1, 2022, Brazil had 203,062,512 inhabitants. This represents an increase of 6.5% of the Brazilian population, or 12,306,713 more people, if compared to the 2010 Census.

The annual growth rate was 0.52%, the lowest ever recorded since the beginning of the survey in 1872, the year in which the first Brazilian national census was carried out.

According to the study, in 2022 there were 90.7 million households in Brazil. The number represents an increase of 34% compared to 2010.

Know more:What is, the purpose and importance of the demographic census

Most populous states in Brazil

Check below the most populous states in Brazil, according to the 2022 Census:

Population of Brazilian regions

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See the map of Brazil below, the five Brazilian regions with their numbers of inhabitants and percentages they represent in relation to the country's population:

Map of Brazil with the population of each Brazilian region — Population and housing percentage in relation to the country of each Brazilian region.
Data from the 2022 Demographic Census.

Demographic Census 2022

The 2022 Demographic Census started to be carried out with delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey is carried out every ten years, that is, the survey should be carried out in 2020, since the last Census was in 2010, but the pandemic reality caused the study to be delayed.

In 2021, cuts in the country's budget caused further delays in the Census schedule.

The 2022 Demographic Census survey was carried out between the months of August 2022 and January 2023.

Thousands of census takers visited the homes of 5,570 Brazilian cities.

Results of the 2022 Population Census

check the main results recorded by the 2022 Demographic Census from IBGE:

The three most populous states in the country (São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro) concentrate 39.9% of the national population;
Only in São Paulo live one fifth of the inhabitants of Brazil. The state concentrates 21.8% of the population;
Despite being the least populous state with 636,300 inhabitants, Roraima was the Brazilian state that recorded the highest annual growth rate over 12 years (2.92%).

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