There are 26 States of Brazil, or ''Estados'' in Portuguese, which are the
federal states
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of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, BrasÃlia. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. This and the figures below are based on 2022 estimate data, the life expectancy at birth for women being 81.10 years and for men 74.17, with an average of 77.63 years expected at birth, both sexes combined.
See also
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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States of Brazil
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...
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List of subnational entities
The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territory, dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.
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List of Latin American subnational entities by HDI
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References
External links
ibge.gov.br
{{Lists of Brazilian states
Brazil, life expectancy
LIfe expectancy
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...
Life expectancy