Brazil recorded 203,080,756 people in its 2022 census.
The count came from Brazil’s Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), which conducted the 2022 Demographic Census after pandemic-related delays. The census reference date was August 1, 2022, and it measured residents throughout Brazil’s states, municipalities, and Federal District.
The result showed Brazil’s population had grown since the 2010 census, but at the slowest rate in the country’s recorded census history. Lower fertility, population ageing, and changing household patterns all helped reduce the pace of growth. The census also documented major differences between densely populated coastal regions and the more sparsely populated interior.
A common mix-up is confusing the census count with annual population estimates, which are produced between censuses and may use different methods or reference dates. The figure here is the official resident count from the 2022 census itself.