The largest group of Brazilian Christians are between 30 and 39 years of age, followed by those aged 40-49, according to the 2000 Demographic Census.

This is true both for Catholics and for Protestants, whether they are members of mission, historic or Pentecostal Churches.

The data forms part of the results about the population by religion and by age groups, carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the 2000 Demographic Census.

Among those who say they have no religion, the largest group is aged 30-39, followed by 15 to 19-year-olds.

Of 169.8 million Brazilians, 124.1 million are Catholic, and 26.1 million are Evangelicals, according to the Census 2000 data. Of the total number of Evangelicals, 17.1 million are mainly linked to four Pentecostal Churches: Assemblies of God, Christian Congregation, Universal Kingdom of God and the Cornerstone Evangelical Churches.

Among Evangelical mission Churches the Baptist Church is the largest with 3,160,000 faithful, followed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with 1,200,000 members and the Lutheran Church with 1,060,000 followers. In the country there are 981,000 Presbyterians and 341,000 Methodists. In all Christian Churches there are more women than men.

In the section about the population based on gender and place of residence, only the Catholic and Lutheran Churches have more men than women in rural areas. In all others, in the countryside and the city, the number of women is higher.

Kardecism has 2,260,000 members in Brazil, Umbanda has 397,000 and Candomble has 127,000. Buddhists in the country number 214,000 according to the Census. There are 86,000 Jewish people and 27,000 Muslims.