Brazil
Brazil
Capital Brasília
8,515,770 km² · 212,812,405 people (2025) · Brazilian real
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.
The facts
- Capital
- Brasília
- Largest city
- São Paulo
- Area
- 8,515,770 km² — 3,287,956 sq mi
- Population
- 212,812,405 (2025)
- Density
- 25.0 people per km²
- Currency
- Brazilian real (BRL, R$)
- Official language
- Portuguese
- Time zones
- UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00
- Calling code
- +55
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- BR · BRA
- Continent
- South America
How it compares
- By area
- 5 of 200
- By population
- 7 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,833,517 | 341,784,857 |
| China | 9,596,960 | 1,406,585,000 |
| Brazil ← | 8,515,770 | 212,812,405 |
| Australia | 7,741,220 | 27,614,411 |
| India | 3,287,263 | 1,463,865,525 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Brazil?
- Brasília
- What currency does Brazil use?
- The Brazilian real (BRL).
- How big is Brazil?
- 8,515,770 km², or 3,287,956 square miles — 5 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Brazil drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)