General Country Information
Capital: Brasilia
Population: 190,010,647 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Federal Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 42.382 million (2004)
Telephone- mobile: 86.21 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 6.508 million (2006)
Internet users: 25.9 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.47
World Rank 2005/2006: 65
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Associacao Brasileira Beneficiente de Reabilitacao (ABBR)
no contact information currently available
Centro de Vida Independente - Maringa (CVIM)
cvimaringa@cvi-maringa.org.br
Centro de Vida Independente - Araci Nallin (CVIAN)
cvi-anallin@uol.com.br
Centro de Vida Independente do Rio de Janeiro (CVIRJ)
cvirj@rdc.puc-rio.br
Federação Nacional das APAEs (FENAPEA)
no contact information currently available
Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa dos Dereitos da Pessoa Portadora de Deficiencia (IBDD)
ibdd@ibdd.org.br
Organizacion Nacional de Deficientes Fisicos (ONEDEF)
no contact information currently available
Projeto Fenix (PF)
fenix@fenix.org.br
Uniao Brasileira de Cegos
no contact information currently available