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%).