Brazil
07 Jan 2011
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Brasilia
- Head of government: President Dilma Rousseff (1 January 2011)
- Inhabitants: 198,739,269
- GDP/per capita: US$ 10,200
- Economic growth: 0.1%
- Main languages: Portuguese
- School life expectancy: 14 years
- Education expenditures: 4.7% of GDP (2004)
- Internet users: nearly 67.5 million
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 5,958,135 (2008)
- Number of institutions: 2,398 (257 public and 2,141 private)
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 250
