Number of one year olds in Brazil

Brazil: Number of one year olds was 1.28 million in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.28 million
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
10th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1.83 million
in 1985
All-time low
963,063
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Number of one year olds in Brazil, 1950–2023

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 1.28 million for number of one year olds in 2023.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of one year olds in Brazil peaked at 1.83 million in 1985 and was at its lowest, 963,063, in 1950.

Brazil ranks 10th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Number of one year olds in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Number of one year olds in Brazil, 1950 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1950 963,063 —
1951 1.01 million +4.7%
1952 1.04 million +3.1%
1953 1.07 million +3.2%
1954 1.11 million +3.1%
1955 1.14 million +3.0%
1956 1.17 million +3.0%
1957 1.21 million +2.9%
1958 1.24 million +2.9%
1959 1.28 million +2.8%
1960 1.31 million +2.7%
1961 1.34 million +2.4%
1962 1.37 million +2.2%
1963 1.40 million +2.0%
1964 1.43 million +1.8%
1965 1.44 million +1.2%
1966 1.45 million +0.5%
1967 1.45 million +0.1%
1968 1.45 million -0.2%
1969 1.45 million -0.2%
1970 1.45 million +0.4%
1971 1.47 million +1.2%
1972 1.49 million +1.6%
1973 1.52 million +1.7%
1974 1.55 million +1.8%
1975 1.57 million +1.4%
1976 1.59 million +1.6%
1977 1.63 million +2.1%
1978 1.66 million +2.2%
1979 1.70 million +2.2%
1980 1.74 million +2.1%
1981 1.77 million +1.8%
1982 1.79 million +1.5%
1983 1.81 million +1.1%
1984 1.83 million +0.6%
1985 1.83 million +0.0%
1986 1.82 million -0.3%
1987 1.81 million -0.4%
1988 1.80 million -0.9%
1989 1.77 million -1.3%
1990 1.75 million -1.2%
1991 1.73 million -1.3%
1992 1.71 million -1.2%
1993 1.69 million -1.1%
1994 1.68 million -0.5%
1995 1.68 million +0.1%
1996 1.69 million +0.3%
1997 1.70 million +0.3%
1998 1.70 million +0.1%
1999 1.70 million +0.2%
2000 1.69 million -0.7%
2001 1.66 million -1.7%
2002 1.63 million -2.0%
2003 1.59 million -2.2%
2004 1.56 million -2.3%
2005 1.53 million -1.5%
2006 1.53 million -0.6%
2007 1.51 million -1.2%
2008 1.48 million -1.7%
2009 1.46 million -1.7%
2010 1.44 million -1.2%
2011 1.43 million -0.6%
2012 1.42 million -0.5%
2013 1.42 million -0.4%
2014 1.41 million -0.3%
2015 1.42 million +0.3%
2016 1.43 million +0.5%
2017 1.41 million -1.4%
2018 1.39 million -1.2%
2019 1.39 million +0.3%
2020 1.38 million -1.3%
2021 1.33 million -3.1%
2022 1.30 million -2.6%
2023 1.28 million -1.4%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 1.28 million is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,663, 30.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 1.28 million is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,700, 100.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 1.12 million 963,063 1.28 million 10
1960s 1.41 million 1.31 million 1.45 million 10
1970s 1.56 million 1.45 million 1.70 million 10
1980s 1.80 million 1.74 million 1.83 million 10
1990s 1.70 million 1.68 million 1.75 million 10
2000s 1.56 million 1.46 million 1.69 million 10
2010s 1.42 million 1.39 million 1.44 million 10
2020s 1.32 million 1.28 million 1.38 million 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 7 Ethiopia 1.90 million compare
  2. 8 United States 1.82 million compare
  3. 9 Bangladesh 1.64 million compare
  4. 11 Egypt 1.13 million compare
  5. 12 Tanzania 1.09 million compare
  6. 13 Mexico 1.01 million compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of one year olds in Brazil?
Number of one year olds in Brazil was 1.28 million in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of one year olds recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 1.83 million in 1985.
What is the lowest number of one year olds recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 963,063 in 1950.
How does Brazil rank for number of one year olds?
Brazil ranks 10th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of one year olds rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number of one year olds. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of one year olds
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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