Currently there are 15 contacted Avá-Canoeiro individuals; estimated 25 still do not have permanent contact with the Brazilian population.
Among those already contacted, the Araguaia group has 9 members, with the following characteristics:
Name : Approximate age: Sex:
1. Tutau 65 M
2. Tatxía 65 F
3. Makakira Kaokama 40 F
4. Agademi 30 M
5. Txiele 20 F
6. Davi 22 M
Sirlene under 15 F
Diogo under 15 M
Brena under 15 F

The profile of the Tocantins group, with 12 individuals, is the following:
1. Mátxa 55 F
2. Nakwátxa 55 F
3. Tuie 26 F
4. Iawi 30 M
5. Trumak under 15 M
6. Putitxawa under 15 F

Among those without contact with Funai, the estimate is that the Upper Tocantins group has ten people and the Araguaia fifteen.

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In general, the Avá-Canoeiro population, which probably has never exceeded 300 people, was most sharply reduced between 1960 and 1970, when it was corralled by the occupation process in the States of Goiás and Tocantins.

If the present small number of remnants will be able to survive as an Indigenous group and as an autonomous community is an open question. Historically, the Avá-Canoeiro bands have managed to survive in isolation even with smaller population contingents. The younger ones, however, resent the isolation of the region where they live now.