1989 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1989 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airports
3,774 total, 3,106 usable; 386 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 21 with runways 2,240-3,659 m; 503 with runways 1,2202,439 m
Branches
Brazilian Army, Navy of Brazil, Brazilian Air Force
Civil air
176 major transport aircraft
Defense expenditures
0.6% of GDP, or $2.3 billion (1989 est.) 75km Peros Banhos" Chagos Archipelago 'Eagle Islands ' ' Egmont Islands
Merchant marine
271 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,855,708 GRT/ 9,909,097 DWT; includes 2 passengercargo, 68 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 12 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 56 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 5 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 14 combination ore/oil, 82 bulk, 2 combination bulk
Military manpower
males 15-49, 39,620,936; 26,752,307 fit for military service; 1,617,378 reach military age (18) annually
Pipelines
crude oil, 2,000 km; refined products, 3,804 km; natural gas, 1,095 km
Ports
Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos
Telecommunications
good system; extensive radio relay facilities; 9.86 million telephones; stations— 1,223 AM, no FM, 112 TV, 151 shortwave; 3 coaxial submarine cables 3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations with total of 3 antennas; 64 domestic satellite stations Defense Forces