---
title: "Brazil vs China — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-china/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs China

**Brazil vs China: China is larger; China has more people**

8,515,770 km² vs 9,596,960 km² · 212,812,405 vs 1,406,585,000

China is 1.1 times larger than Brazil — 9,596,960 against 8,515,770 km². China is 6.6 times more populous than Brazil — 1,406,585,000 against 212,812,405 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | China |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Beijing |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 9,596,960 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 1,406,585,000 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 146.6 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Chinese yuan (CNY) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Standard Chinese |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +86 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | CN / CHN |

## Population density

China is 5.9 times more densely populated than Brazil — 147 against 25 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the Chinese yuan.
- Brazil spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Asia.

## Brazil

The fifth-largest country in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It holds about sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest, and the Amazon River discharges roughly a fifth of all the fresh water that reaches the world's oceans — more than the next seven rivers combined. Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Brazil bigger than China?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 8,515,770 km².

### Which has more people, Brazil or China?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 212,812,405.

### What is the time difference between Brazil and China?

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and China is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]