Population
Rio de Janeiro
The population of Rio de Janeiro is 16, 369, 179. First largest city in Brazil is São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro being the second. Brasília is currently the new capital. The population of Brasília is now over four million. |
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24% of the population is younger than age 15. About 48% of the population are Portuguese descent, 43% mixed heritage, and 8% African descent. There are only about few hundred thousand left of the indigenous population today. They mostly live in the Amazon region and a few never having any relation with modern society. Intermarriage is popular in Brazil, causing mixed heritage to have some indigenous blood. |
Migration
Rio de Janeiro
In the 16th to the 18th century, when the new Christians from Portugal immigrated to Rio, they played a significant role in the city's social and economic life. In 1824 the promulgation of the Constitution supported religious tolerance, which lead to a few individual European Jewish dealers and immigrants began to come to Rio since it was the capital and one of the most important harbors in Brazil. An important figure that was among the first newcomers was Denish de Samuel (1782-1860) who is a young immigrant from England. He was a big influential, successful man who earned the title of baron form the King of Portugal. On other significant figure was Bernard Wallerstein who was another prominent dealer. |
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There were many immigrant groups such as German, Italian, Lebanese, even Japanese who settled in the south, to maintain ethnic communities. Outside Japan, Brazil has the largest cohesive community of Japanese. The African slaves that were brought to work hard labor in the 1800s were the ancestors of the black population. They mostly live in the northeastern states like Bahia. |
Jewish Community
Diversity After WWI there was a big Jewish immigration to Rio de Janeiro. Which caused the Jewish community to grow over the years and establish a well-organized institutional life. They now accomplished successful integration into local culture and society, as the community became more diverse. Community The second largest Jewish community in Brazil is Rio de Janeiro, which follows Sao Paulo being the largest. They are very integrated into society cultural life because they are very active religious, social, political, and cultural life. |