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title: "Brazil vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Spain

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

8,515,770 km² vs 505,370 km² · 212,812,405 vs 49,355,143

Brazil is 17 times larger than Spain — 8,515,770 against 505,370 km². Brazil is 4.3 times more populous than Spain — 212,812,405 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Madrid |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 3.9 times more densely populated than Brazil — 98 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> 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 Spain?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 49,355,143.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, 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]