Brazil

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Brazil
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Brazil: World Factbook, 2009[1]

Area

8,514,877 sq km

Population

198,739,269 (July 2009)

Languages

Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)

Religions

Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)

Ethnicity

white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census)[2]

Groups Associated with MWC

4 (2006)

Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches

9,856 (2006)

Brazil is a country in South America with a population of 198,739,269 (July 2009 estimate).[3] In 2006 there were four organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with a total membership of 9,856.[4]

Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Anabaptist-Related Groups

In 2006 there were three Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with MWC in Brazil:

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

Citations

  1. "Brazil," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html (accessed 6 August 2009).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. "2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 5 August 2009).