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title: "Brazil vs Switzerland — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Switzerland is 41,277 km² with 9,092,436. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-switzerland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Switzerland

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

8,515,770 km² vs 41,277 km² · 212,812,405 vs 9,092,436

Brazil is 206 times larger than Switzerland — 8,515,770 against 41,277 km². Brazil is 23 times more populous than Switzerland — 212,812,405 against 9,092,436 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Bern |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 41,277 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 9,092,436 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 220.3 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +41 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | CH / CHE |

## Population density

Switzerland is 8.8 times more densely populated than Brazil — 220 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 Swiss franc.
- 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.

## Switzerland

The most mountainous country in Europe: the Alps cover about sixty percent of it and it has 48 peaks over 4,000 m. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57 km long, is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world. Switzerland has four official languages and about 1,500 lakes.

> 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 Switzerland?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 41,277 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 9,092,436.

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

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