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title: "Brazil vs France — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-france/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs France

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

8,515,770 km² vs 643,801 km² · 212,812,405 vs 68,720,337

Brazil is 13 times larger than France — 8,515,770 against 643,801 km². Brazil is 3.1 times more populous than France — 212,812,405 against 68,720,337 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Paris |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 643,801 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 68,720,337 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 106.7 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | French |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +33 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | FR / FRA |

## Population density

France is 4.3 times more densely populated than Brazil — 107 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 Euro.
- Brazil spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## 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.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

> 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 France?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 643,801 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 68,720,337.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and France is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## 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]