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Historical references indicate the following population statistics:

date source number of Indians
19th Century Cunha Matos 4.200
1859 Ferreira Gomes 2.000
1897 Coudreau 400
1926 Snethlage 150
1928 Nimuendajú 150

These data show that in less than 60 years, the Apinajé had their population reduced by more than 90%. From the middle of the 20th Century on, the population stabilized and began a rapid process of demographic recovery, with a growth rate of approximately 300% in 30 years, as the following data indicate:

date source number of Indians
1967 Matta 253
1977 Waller 364
1980 Galvăo 413
1985 FUNAI 565
1993 CTI 780
1997 FUNAI 1.025
2003 FUNASA 1.262
                                                                   

These data demonstrate a demographic increase above the Brazilian average and project a population increase on the order of 10% per year.


01:: photo: Tude Munhoz, 1984.

Maria Elisa Ladeira
elisaladeira@uol.com.br

Gilberto Azanha
gazanha@uol.com.br

Anthropologists, members of the CTI (Center for Indigenist Work)

October, 2003

 
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