For Brazil population of European origins, see White Brazilians.
European immigration to Brazil
Total population
88.252.121 43.4% of Brazilians identify as being white[1]
Regions with significant populations
Entire country; highest percents found in southern states and southeast states
Languages
Portuguese minorities speak assorted German dialects, mainly Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, Talian and Polish. Other smaller minorities include Ukrainian, Dutch, Lithuanian, Russian, Yiddish
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Spiritism, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormonism, Orthodoxy, Judaism, Buddhism and Japanese new religions
European immigration to Brazil refers to the movement of European people to Brazil. It should not be confused with the colonisation of the country by the Portuguese.
According to the 2022 census, 88.8% (180 million) of Brazilians are of European descent.
43.46% (88 million) are of European descent only and identify as White.
45.34% (92 million) are descendants of Europeans mixed with Africans or indigenous people and declare themselves as Pardo.
^"Censo Demográfi co 2010 Características da população e dos domicílios Resultados do universo" (PDF). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
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