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title: "Brazil — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Brazil: capital Brasília, area 8,515,770 km², population 212,812,405 (2025), currency Brazilian real. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/
site: "At One Place"
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# 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

- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)
- [Paraguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/paraguay/)

## 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]