Official Title: Federative Republic of Brazil General Information
Capital: Brasília
Population: 184,184,000
Total Area: 8,511,965 km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 2.00280392549569 Real
National Holiday: September 7, Independance Day (1822)
Language(s): Portuguese Political Information
Type of State:
Federation Type of Government:
Republic Head of State:
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Head of Government:
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Ministers:
External Relations : Celso Amorim Development, Industry and Foreign Trade : Luiz Fernando Furlan Finance : Guido Mantega Main Political Parties:
Workers Party (PT), Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Liberal Front Party (PFL), Progressive Party (PP), Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Liberal Party (PL) Elections:
Oct-06 Economic Information
Please note that economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and yearly averages for 2005. If blank, statistic unavailable. | | Brazil | Canada |
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| GDP: | 964.05 billions | 1371.4 billions | | GDP per capita: | 5234 | 42460 | | GDP growth rate: | 2.3% | 2.9% | | Inflation: | 6.9% | 2.2% | | Unemployment: | % | 6.7% |
Trade and Investment
Canadian exports from country: $1,103,097,533
Canadian imports from country: $3,142,304,707
FDI in Canada: million
CDI in Brazil: 66 million Representation
Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Valdemar Carneiro Leao Foreign Consulates in Canada:
Montreal, Toronto
Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski Canadian Consulates Abroad:
Sao Paulo (Cons.Gen. J.-M. Duval), Rio de Janeiro (Cons.Gen. J.-Y. Dionne) January 2007
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, EIU, Election World
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