Get to know Brazil! Get the facts about its land, products, and people.

Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil

Size: 3,827,612square miles ( 8,514,877 square kilometers); about the size of the U.S.

Population: 203,429,773 as of July 2011

Capital: Brasília

Official Languages: Portuguese

Climate: Mostly tropical; cooler in the south

Currency: Real

Agriculture Products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, beef

Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles

Products: Coffee, soybeans; beef; iron ore; footwear, motor vehicles