---
title: "Brazil vs Ireland — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Ireland is 70,273 km² with 5,484,367. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-ireland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Ireland

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

8,515,770 km² vs 70,273 km² · 212,812,405 vs 5,484,367

Brazil is 121 times larger than Ireland — 8,515,770 against 70,273 km². Brazil is 39 times more populous than Ireland — 212,812,405 against 5,484,367 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Dublin |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 70,273 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 5,484,367 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 78.0 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | English, Irish |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +353 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | IE / IRL |

## Population density

Ireland is 3.1 times more densely populated than Brazil — 78 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Brazil on the right, Ireland on the left.
- 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.

## Ireland

The interior is a low limestone plain ringed by coastal mountains, which is why the rivers drain inward and the middle of the country is bog. The Cliffs of Moher run 14 km and reach 214 m. Ireland has no native snakes, and only one native reptile.

> 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 Ireland?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 70,273 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 5,484,367.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Ireland 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/)
- [Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country/ireland/)
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- [China vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-ireland/)
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- [Australia vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-ireland/)
- [France vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-ireland/)
- [Germany vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-ireland/)
- [Brazil vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-united-states/)
- [Brazil vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-india/)
- [Brazil vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-china/)
- [Brazil vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Brazil vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-japan/)

## 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]