Editing Brasília (section)

===Ethnic groups===
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{{Historical populations|25=1970|26=537492|27=1980|28=1176908|29=1991|30=1601094|31=2000|32=2051146|33=2010|34=2570160|35=2022|36=2817381|footnote=Source:<ref name="census2022">{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=2022 Census Overview|language=pt}}</ref>}}According to the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|2022 IBGE Census]], 2,817,381 people resided in Brasília and its metropolitan area, of whom 1,370,836 were [[Pardo Brazilians|Mixed]] (48.7%), 1,126,334 [[White Brazilians|White]] (40%), 301,765 [[Afro-Brazilians|Black]] (10.7%), 12,810 [[Asian Brazilians|Asian]] (0.5%), and 5,536 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] (0.1%).<ref name="IBGE2022">{{cite web |title=Panorama do Censo 2022 |year=2022 |url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|language=pt |access-date=January 16, 2022}}</ref>

In 2010, Brasília was ranked the fourth-most populous city in Brazil after [[São Paulo]], Rio de Janeiro, and [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]].<ref>[http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2010/11/04/maiores-cidades-do-brasil-crescem-menos-do-que-resto-do-pais-aponta-censo.jhtm The largest Brazilian cities - 2010 IBGE Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106193624/http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2010/11/04/maiores-cidades-do-brasil-crescem-menos-do-que-resto-do-pais-aponta-censo.jhtm |date=6 January 2012}} {{in lang|pt}}</ref> In 2010, the city had 474,871 opposite-sex couples and 1,241 same-sex couples. The population of Brasília was 52.2% [[female]] and 47.8% [[male]].<ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn 2010 IGBE Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145708/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |date=14 May 2012 }} {{in lang|pt}}</ref>

In the 1960 census there were almost 140,000 residents in the new [[Federal district]]. By 1970 this figure had grown to 537,000. By 2010 the population of the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]] had surpassed 2.5&nbsp;million. The city of Brasília proper, the plano piloto was planned for about 500,000 inhabitants, a figure the plano piloto never surpassed, with a current population of only 214,529,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Keiner|first1=Marco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbSoDQAAQBAJ&q=the+plano+piloto+was+planned+for+about+500,000+inhabitants,&pg=PT227|title=Managing Urban Futures: Sustainability and Urban Growth in Developing Countries|last2=Koll-Schretzenmayr|first2=Martina|last3=Schmid|first3=Willy A.|date=5 December 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-92020-9|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=21 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121160850/https://books.google.com/books?id=nbSoDQAAQBAJ&q=the+plano+piloto+was+planned+for+about+500,000+inhabitants,&pg=PT227#v=onepage&q=the%20plano%20piloto%20was%20planned%20for%20about%20500%2C000%20inhabitants%2C&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> but its metropolitan area within the Federal District has grown past this figure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/~augusto_areal/bsb_aug1.htm |title=Population of Brasília |publisher=Geocities.com |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000524141552/http://geocities.com/~augusto_areal/bsb_aug1.htm |archive-date=24 May 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

From the beginning, the growth of Brasília was greater than original estimates. According to the original plans, Brasília would be a city for government authorities and staff. However, during its construction, Brazilians from all over the country migrated to the satellite cities of Brasília, seeking public and private employment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/facts/history.html |title=Immigration to Brasília |publisher=Aboutbrasilia.com |access-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511211139/http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/facts/history.html |archive-date=11 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

At the close of the 20th century, Brasília was the largest city in the world which had not existed at the beginning of the century.<ref>[http://salebatterymart.over-blog.com/article-brasilia-and-asuncion-110994606.html Brasília in the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715044630/http://salebatterymart.over-blog.com/article-brasilia-and-asuncion-110994606.html |date=15 July 2014 }} {{in lang|en}}</ref> Brasília has one of the highest [[population growth]] rates in Brazil, with annual growth of 2.82%, mostly due to [[internal migration]].

Brasília's inhabitants include a foreign population of mostly embassy workers as well as large numbers of Brazilian [[internal migration|internal migrants]]. Today, the city has important communities of immigrants and refugees. The city's [[Human Development Index]] was 0.936 in 2000 ([[developed country|developed]] level), and the city's [[literacy]] rate was around 95.65%.