Template:Race and ethnicity in Brazil

Brazilian Population, by Race, from 1872 to 20221 (Census Data)
Race or Color Brancos ("whites") Pardos ("mixed") Pretos ("blacks") Caboclos ("indig­enous"/"mestizo") Amarelos ("yellow"/"East Asian") Indig­enous Unde­clared Total
18722 3,787,289 3,801,782 1,954,452 386,955 - - - 9,930,478
1890 6,302,198 4,638,4963 2,097,426 1,295,7953 - - - 14,333,915
1940 26,171,778 8,744,3654 6,035,869 - 242,320 - 41,983 41,236,315
1950 32,027,661 13,786,742 5,692,657 - 329,082 -5 108,255 51,944,397
1960 42,838,639 20,706,431 6,116,848 - 482,848 -6 46,604 70,191,370
1980 64,540,467 46,233,531 7,046,906 - 672,251 - 517,897 119,011,052
1991[1] 75,704,927 62,316,064 7,335,136 - 630,656 294,135 534,878 146,815,796
2000[2] 91,298,042 65,318,092 10,554,336 - 761,583 734,127 1,206,675 169,872,856
2010[3] 91,051,646 82,277,333 14,517,961 - 2,084,288 817,963 6,608 190,755,799
2022[4] 88,252,121 92,083,286 20,656,458 - 850,130 1,227,642 203,080,756
Race or Color Brancos Pardos Pretos Caboclos Amarelos Indig­enous Unde­clared Total
1872 38.14% 38.28% 19.68% 3.90% - - - 100%
1890 43.97% 32.36% 14.63% 9.04% - - - 100%
1940 63.47% 21.21% 14.64% - 0.59% - 0.10% 100%
1950 61.66% 26.54% 10.96% - 0.63% - 0.21% 100%
1960 61.03% 29.50% 8.71% - 0.69% - 0.07% 100%
1980 54.23% 38.85% 5.92% - 0.56% - 0.44% 100%
1991 51.56% 42.45% 5.00% - 0.43% 0.20% 0.36% 100%
2000 53.74% 38.45% 6.21% - 0.45% 0.43% 0.71% 100%
2010 47.73% 43.13% 7.61% - 1.09% 0.43% 0.00% 100%
2022 43.46% 45.34% 10.17% - 0.42% 0.60% 100%

^1 The 1900, 1920, and 1970 censuses did not count people for "race".

^2 In the 1872 census, people were counted based on self-declaration, except for slaves, who were classified by their owners.[5]

^3 The 1872 and 1890 censuses counted "caboclos" (White-Amerindian mixed race people) apart.[6] In the 1890 census, the category "pardo" was replaced with "mestiço".[6] Figures for 1890 are available at the IBGE site.[7]

^4 In the 1940 census, people were asked for their "color or race"; if the answer was not "White", "Black", or "Yellow", interviewers were instructed to fill the "color or race" box with a slash. These slashes were later totaled in the category "pardo". In practice this means answers such as "pardo", "moreno", "mulato", "caboclo", etc.[8]

^5 In the 1950 census, the category "pardo" was included on its own. Amerindians were counted as "pardos".[9]

^6 The 1960 census adopted a similar system, again explicitly including Amerindians as "pardos".[10]

  1. ^ Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development. With a case study in Brazil's Amazon using Q Methodology. Götz Kaufmann. p. 204 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Tabela 7 - População residente, por cor ou raça, segundo as Grandes Regiões e as Unidades da Federação - 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-16.
  3. ^ "Tabela 1.3.1 - População residente, por cor ou raça, segundo o sexo e os grupos de idade" (PDF). 2010.
  4. ^ "Censo 2022 - Panorama".
  5. ^ Tereza Cristina N. Araújo. A classificação de "cor" nas pesquisas do IBGE.. In Cadernos de Pesquisa 63, November 1987. p. 14.
  6. ^ a b Tereza Cristina N. Araújo. A classificação de "cor" nas pesquisas do IBGE. In Cadernos de Pesquisa 63, November 1987. p. 14.
  7. ^ Diretoria Geral de Estatística. Sexo, raça e estado civil, nacionalidade, filiação culto e analphabetismo da população recenseada em 31 de dezembro de 1890. p. 5.
  8. ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico 1940. p. xxi.
  9. ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico. p. XVIII
  10. ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico de 1960. Série Nacional, Vol. I, p. XIII