Brazil has the largest Roman Catholic population in the world. Catholicism is the predominant religion, though Protestant communities have experienced significant growth in the last decades. The official language is Portuguese, and it is the only Portuguese-speaking country in all the Americas. It is a multiracial country composed of European, Amerindian, African and Asian elements, more often combined in the same individual than separated into different communities. While Brazil has one of the largest populations in the world, population density is low and the inner continental land has large demographical empty spaces. The Brazilian population tends to concentrate along the coastline in large urban centers. It is home to varied fauna and flora and extensive natural resources. Brazil is traversed by the Equator and Tropic of Capricorn lines. In the south of the country, subtropical climate prevails. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Penedos de S?o Pedro e S?o Paulo, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade e Martim Vaz and Atol das Rocas. The Brazilian coastline covers 7,367km (4,655 mi) along the Atlantic ocean. The only South American countries not bordered by Brazil are Ecuador and Chile. It borders Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the d?partement of French Guiana to the north, Uruguay to the south, Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest, Bolivia and Peru to the west, and Colombia to the northwest. Its territory covers 8,514,876.599 km? between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean and it is the easternmost country of the Americas. Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil), is the largest and most populous country in South America, and the fifth largest in the world in both area and population.

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