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| Motto Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese) (English: Order and Progress) | |||||
| Anthem Hino Nacional Brasileiro (English: "Brazillian National Anthem") | |||||
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| Official languages | Portuguese | ||||
| Capital | Brasília | ||||
| Largest city | São Paulo | ||||
| President | Michel Temer | ||||
| Area - Total - % water |
Ranked 5th 8,515,767 km² 0.65% | ||||
| Population - Total (Year) - Density |
Ranked 5th 206,440,850 (2016) 23.8/km² | ||||
| GDP (PPP) - Total (Year) - GDP/head |
$3.101 trillion (2016) $15,408 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) - Total (Year) - GDP/head |
$1.534 trillion (2016) $7,447 | ||||
| Currency | Real (R$) (BRL)
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| Time zone - Summer (DST) |
BRT (UTC -2 to -5) BRST (UTC -2 to -5) | ||||
| Independence - Declared - Recognised |
(from United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves) September 7, 1822 August 29, 1825 | ||||
| National anthem | Hino Nacional Brasileiro | ||||
| Internet TLD | .br | ||||
| Calling Code | +55 | ||||
Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. As the world's fifth-largest country by both area and population, it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas.