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Brazil vs Australia: how close are they in size?

Brazil is 1.10× the area of Australia in our Natural Earth boundary dataset. The difference between the estimates is 793,371 km².

Brazil8,499,361 km²
Australia7,705,990 km²
Both outlines use the same scale and a local equal-area projection centered on each place. Their shapes come from this site’s Natural Earth boundaries; the map scene lets you move them.
Brazil8,499,361 km²
Australia7,705,990 km²
Bar length represents estimated boundary area. It does not claim one outline can physically fit inside the other.

What the map can hide

Brazil and Australia are both vast, yet a map’s width and height give a poor clue to the area enclosed by each shape. Brazil reaches across low latitudes while Australia sits mostly farther south.

The numerical gap is modest beside each country’s total area. Compare the area bars first, then overlap the shapes to see why a recognizable outline is useful context but not an area calculation.

Compare the outlines

Move Brazil over Australia and switch between the wide world and equal-area views. Does the apparent gap stay constant?

Open this pair in the equal-area map or compare it in Mercator. The selected outline moves on the map, while both area numbers stay fixed.

How to read these figures

This compares country features, not the continent of Oceania with South America. Both figures use the same Natural Earth boundary and spherical area calculation.

Both areas are calculated from the original Natural Earth 1:50m polygons before display simplification. They are consistent estimates for this site, rather than official land or total-area statistics. The area guide explains what those definitions include. The projection guide explains the changing drawing.

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