---
title: "Brazil vs Japan — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Japan is 377,915 km² with 123,366,734. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-japan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Japan

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

8,515,770 km² vs 377,915 km² · 212,812,405 vs 123,366,734

Brazil is 23 times larger than Japan — 8,515,770 against 377,915 km². Brazil is 1.7 times more populous than Japan — 212,812,405 against 123,366,734 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Tokyo |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 377,915 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 123,366,734 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 326.4 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Japanese yen (JPY) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Japanese |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+09:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +81 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | JP / JPN |

## Population density

Japan is 13 times more densely populated than Brazil — 326 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, Japan on the left.
- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the Japanese yen.
- 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.

## Japan

A 2023 government survey using digital mapping counted 14,125 islands, more than double the long-quoted figure of 6,852. About three-quarters of the land is mountain, so nearly everyone lives on a narrow band of coastal plain. Japan sits where four tectonic plates meet and records a fifth of the world's magnitude-6-and-above earthquakes.

> 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 Japan?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 377,915 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 123,366,734.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Japan is UTC+09:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
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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]