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Brazil vs United States: Health & Population

This page compares Brazil and United States across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Brazil United States Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 15.95 27.69 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 76.02 78.89 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 169.80 146.89 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.90 80.12 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.80 49.76 Compare →
Population, male 104.30M 170.88M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.20 50.24 Compare →
Rural population 25.66M 67.60M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.10 19.88 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.72 1.04 Compare →
Urban population 186.34M 272.51M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.61 1.63 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 83.42 82.42 Compare →
Population, total 212.00M 340.11M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 11.05 17.93 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 19.67 17.32 Compare →
Net migration -217,283.00 1.23M Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 41.46 12.41 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 12.13 10.60 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 7.07 9.00 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 79.15 81.40 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 72.95 76.50 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 86.51 88.44 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 75.60 80.99 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 20.42M 28.70M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 18.96 16.96 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 21.27M 30.22M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 20.39 17.69 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 41.69M 58.92M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 74.15M 107.50M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 68.85 63.52 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 72.73M 112.71M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 69.74 65.96 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 146.88M 220.21M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 69.29 64.75 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 13.13M 33.02M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 12.19 19.51 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 10.29M 27.95M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 9.87 16.36 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 23.42M 60.98M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.05 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 44.33 54.45 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 28.38 26.76 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.41 0.98 Compare →
Population, female 107.70M 169.23M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 0.70 15.20 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 1.41M 52.38M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 99.98 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 92.40 99.62 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 10.60 13.70 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) -1.88 0.71 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 86,150.00 2,409.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 5,072.00 4,004.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 12.30 5.50 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 1.60 0.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 4.70 2.60 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 7.80 4.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 12.60 5.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 15.70 7.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 7.10 3.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 10.80 5.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 13.60 5.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 14.20 6.50 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3,404.00 2,493.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 4,512.00 3,678.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 14,147.00 11,808.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 24,673.00 19,941.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 31,647.00 20,024.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 36,892.00 23,685.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 18,331.00 13,347.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 1.20 0.60 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.10 0.02 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2.36 3.68 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 67.00 17.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 1,700.00 610.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 1,037.00 4,161.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 9.73 16.69 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 84.00 88.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 93.00 92.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 18.13 28.94 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 91.00 94.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 23.10 10.20 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 21.30 15.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 21.20 15.10 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 11.60 6.10 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 16.00 12.70 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2.52 2.68 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 90.00 93.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 12.37 15.54 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 3.27 4.43 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 7.70 9.90 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 14.50 13.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.14 0.53 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.08 0.36 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.19 0.70 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 11.40 24.69 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 7.59 15.63 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 3.90 6.47 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 34.09 16.55 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 8.46 6.06 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 57.45 77.39 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 12.00 10.90 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 17.30 16.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 35.80 17.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 28.90 14.20 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 23.50 11.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 6.60 2.30 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.