5 - Socioeconomic environment

5.1 – Population

The population of the Federal District was formed by people from different regions of Brazil as well as those who already resided on the land that had before belonged to the state of Goiás. Many people were attracted, especially by the offer of employment in the capital and, based on this, the population grew rapidly. In 1957, according to information gained by the experimental census conducted by the IBGE, there were 12,283 residents in the Federal District. A little more than 50 years later, the 2010 census stated that there were 2,570,160 inhabitants. Today, Brasilia is the city with the fourth largest population in Brazil.

The maps showing data from the District Household Sample Survey – PDAD (Codeplan, 2018) have limits for administrative regions that differ from the official limit (Complementary Law nº 958, of December 20, 2020), since the official ones were only defined after the realization of the PDAD.

Figure 29 – População do Distrito Federal por Região Administrativa

Figure 30 - Brazil and Federal District geometric average annual population growth rate
Figure 30 – Brazil and Federal District geometric average annual population growth rate
Figure 31 - Federal District population evolution
Figure 31 – Federal District population evolution
Figure 32 - Federal District population distribution race
Figure 32 – Federal District population distribution race
Figure 33 - Federal District annual birth rate (per 1,000)
Figure 33 – Federal District annual birth rate (per 1,000)
Figure 34 - Brazil and Federal District life expectancy at birth
Figure 34 – Brazil and Federal District life expectancy at birth
Figure 35 - Federal District annual mortality rate (per 1,000)
Figure 35 – Federal District annual mortality rate (per 1,000)
Figure 36A - Federal District resident population birth place
Figure 36A – Federal District resident population birth place

Figure 36B - Federal District resident population birth place
Figure 36B – Federal District resident population birth place

Figure 36C – Federal District resident population birth place

Figure 501 - População
Figure 501 – População
Figure 37A - Federal District Population age pyramid -2000
Figure 37A – Federal District Population age pyramid -2000
Figure 37B - Federal District Population age pyramid -2010,
Figure 37B – Federal District Population age pyramid -2010,
Figure 37C - Federal District Population age pyramid -2018
Figure 37C – Federal District Population age pyramid -2018