Portuguese Brazilians

Portuguese Brazilians
Luso-brasileiros

Total population
5 million Brazilians (2.5% of the population) have recent Portuguese ancestry (at least one grandparent) and are eligible to obtain Portuguese citizenship.[1][2][3] Exact number of Brazilians with Portuguese ancestry unknown due to many having ancestry going back to Portuguese settlers.
Regions with significant populations
All of Brazil
Languages
Portuguese
Religion
Primarily Roman Catholicism minorities of Protestantism Pentecostalism Evangelicalism Atheism Spiritism Japanese new religions Judaism Others
Related ethnic groups
Portuguese European Brazilians Lusophones Spanish Brazilians Italian Brazilians Afro-Brazilians Pardo French Brazilians

Portuguese Brazilians (Portuguese: luso-brasileiros) are Brazilian citizens whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Portugal. Most of the Portuguese who arrived throughout the centuries in Brazil sought economic opportunities. Although present since the onset of the colonization, Portuguese people began migrating to Brazil in larger numbers and without state support in the 18th century.