Population of Brazil, 1500-1994 (millions--rough estimates)

1500 1-5 million

1585 0.25 (200,000 Indians; 15,000  black slaves; 35k whites/mixed)1700 1 1800 2.5 1/2 Black, 1/4 White, 1/4 Indian1890 14 1/2 Black-Brown1940 41 1/3 Black-Brown1994 155

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