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title: "Brazil vs Thailand — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Thailand is 513,120 km² with 71,619,863. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Thailand

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

8,515,770 km² vs 513,120 km² · 212,812,405 vs 71,619,863

Brazil is 17 times larger than Thailand — 8,515,770 against 513,120 km². Brazil is 3.0 times more populous than Thailand — 212,812,405 against 71,619,863 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Thailand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Bangkok |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 71,619,863 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 139.6 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Thai baht (THB) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Thai |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +66 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | South America | Asia |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | TH / THA |

## Population density

Thailand is 5.6 times more densely populated than Brazil — 140 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, Thailand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the Thai baht.
- 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.

## Thailand

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

> 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 Thailand?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 513,120 km².

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

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 71,619,863.

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

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Thailand is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country/thailand/)
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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]