Immigration To Brazil - Brief History

Brief History

Maria Stella Ferreira Levy suggests the following periodisation of the process of immigration to Brazil:

  • 1. 1820-1876: small number of immigrants (about 6,000 per year), predominance of Portuguese (45.73%), with significant numbers of Germans (12.97%);
  • 2. 1877-1903: large number of immigrants (about 71,000 per year), predominance of Italians (58.49%);
  • 3. 1904-1930: large number of immigrants (about 79,000 per year), predominance of the Portuguese (36.97%);
  • 4. 1931-1963: declining number of immigrants (about 33,500 per year), predominance of the Portuguese (38.45%).

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