Populated in the coast and empty in the inside: that is how Brazil is depicted in the Population Density Map 2010, a detailed portrait of the spatial distribution of the Brazilian population over the national territory, based on the results of the Population Census 2010, produced by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The publication reveals the differences found in the country’s settlement pattern; moreover, it consists of an important document and reference source to foster the discussion about the actual geography of the country and about future strategies of appropriation and use of the Brazilian territory. Ten classes of population density were categorized in order to elaborate the study. Those classes allowed the identification of extremely low (< or = 1 inhabitant/km²) and high (= or > 100 inhab/km²) density sectors. The map scale was 1:5,000,000 (1 cm = 50 km), which is the scale used for wall maps.
The Population Density Map 2010 is available in PDF format.
Source: IBGE
