The True Size of Brazil
Compare Brazil with other countries and regions on an interactive map to see their actual relative sizes.
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How big is Brazil?
Brazil covers about 8,515,770 km² (3,287,956 sq mi). On a Mercator map its apparent size depends entirely on latitude — drag the outline above onto another part of the world to see how it really compares.
Brazil on a Mercator map
The centre of this country lies at 11° S, almost on the equator, where Mercator distorts least of all. The map shows it at very nearly its real size, which almost no country further north or south can claim.
Its real area is 8,515,770 km². The country closest to that size: China.
Brazil compared with other countries
Total areas including inland water; ratios are rounded.
| Country | Area (km²) | Compared with Brazil |
|---|---|---|
 Russia | 17,098,242 | 2× larger |
 Canada | 9,984,670 | 1.2× larger |
 United States | 9,833,517 | 1.2× larger |
 China | 9,596,960 | 1.1× larger |
 Australia | 7,741,220 | 1.1× smaller |
 India | 3,287,263 | 2.6× smaller |
 Argentina | 2,780,400 | 3.1× smaller |
 Greenland | 2,166,086 | 3.9× smaller |
 Mexico | 1,964,375 | 4.3× smaller |
 Indonesia | 1,904,569 | 4.5× smaller |
 Pakistan | 796,095 | 11× smaller |
 France | 643,801 | 13× smaller |
 Ukraine | 603,550 | 14× smaller |
 Japan | 377,915 | 23× smaller |
 Poland | 312,685 | 27× smaller |
 New Zealand | 268,838 | 32× smaller |
 United Kingdom | 243,610 | 35× smaller |
 Netherlands | 41,543 | 205× smaller |