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title: "Brazil vs United Kingdom — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; United Kingdom is 243,610 km² with 69,487,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-united-kingdom/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs United Kingdom

**Brazil vs United Kingdom: Brazil is larger; Brazil has more people**

8,515,770 km² vs 243,610 km² · 212,812,405 vs 69,487,000

Brazil is 35 times larger than United Kingdom — 8,515,770 against 243,610 km². Brazil is 3.1 times more populous than United Kingdom — 212,812,405 against 69,487,000 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | United Kingdom |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | London |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 243,610 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 69,487,000 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 285.2 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | British pound (GBP) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | English |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +44 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | GB / GBR |

## Population density

United Kingdom is 11 times more densely populated than Brazil — 285 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, United Kingdom on the left.
- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the British pound.
- 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.

## United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

> 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 United Kingdom?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 243,610 km².

### Which has more people, Brazil or United Kingdom?

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 69,487,000.

### What is the time difference between Brazil and United Kingdom?

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and United Kingdom is UTC+00:00. 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]