Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

Experimental Statistics

About - 2020

The publication presents the methodological procedures and the results of the emergency dimensioning of residents in Indigenous and Quilombola areas in 2020 for the States and Municipalities of the Federation and for the Federal District, as required by the Ministry of Health pursuant to the National Operationalization Plan for COVID-19 Vaccination.

The statistics published in the study attempted to respond to an emergency in public health, providing estimates on specific populations, about whom data availability is restricted. Therefore, they are classified as experimental and should be used with caution, since they are being tested and under evaluation. By disclosing them, the IBGE intends to involve users and interested parties to assess their relevance and quality, considering the purposes for which they are intended.

In the first item, the questions regarding identification of Indigenous persons (since the 1991 Census) and quilombola persons (to be used for the first time in the 2022 Census) in the Population Census are presented The IBGE mapping of Indigenous and Quilombola areas for enumeration purposes are presented as well.

The second item encompasses the concepts and definitions necessary to the understanding of the methodology applied in the dimensioning and its results, both described in item 3.

In the study, the dimensioning data of residents in Indigenous and Quilombola areas is presented for the Federation Units (Tables 1 and 2) and for:

• 529 Municipalities, statistics for total residents in Indigenous areas are presented in Appendix 1;
• 2,143 Municipalities, statistics are presented for the total number of residents in Quilombola areas, in Appendix 2, including the 864 Municipalities for which, although the presence of Quilombola population was registered, it was not possible to dimension it, listed in Appendix 3.

In the fourth item, limitations regarding the use of these statistics are highlighted and all users should be aware of them. The IBGE reserves itself the right to comment on misuses of these statistics.