| Race or Color | Brancos ("whites") | Pardos ("mixed") | Pretos ("blacks") | Caboclos ("indigenous"/ |
Amarelos ("yellow"/ |
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]
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- ^ Tereza Cristina N. Araújo. A classificação de "cor" nas pesquisas do IBGE.. In Cadernos de Pesquisa 63, November 1987. p. 14.
- ^ a b Tereza Cristina N. Araújo. A classificação de "cor" nas pesquisas do IBGE. In Cadernos de Pesquisa 63, November 1987. p. 14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico 1940. p. xxi.
- ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico. p. XVIII
- ^ IBGE. Censo Demográfico de 1960. Série Nacional, Vol. I, p. XIII