---
title: "Brazil vs Iceland — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Iceland is 103,000 km² with 392,404. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-iceland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Iceland

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

8,515,770 km² vs 103,000 km² · 212,812,405 vs 392,404

Brazil is 83 times larger than Iceland — 8,515,770 against 103,000 km². Brazil is 542 times more populous than Iceland — 212,812,405 against 392,404 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Iceland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Reykjavík |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 103,000 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 392,404 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 3.8 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Icelandic króna (ISK) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Icelandic |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +354 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | IS / ISL |

## Population density

Brazil is 6.6 times more densely populated than Iceland — 25 against 4 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 Icelandic króna.
- 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.

## Iceland

Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so the North American and Eurasian plates pull apart across the country at about 2 cm a year. Roughly eleven percent of it is under glacier, Vatnajökull alone covering some 7,900 km². Almost all its electricity and heating come from hydro and geothermal sources.

> 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 Iceland?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 103,000 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 392,404.

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

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

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Iceland](https://atoneplace.net/country/iceland/)
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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]