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Greenland vs Brazil: how much bigger is Brazil?

Brazil is 3.94× the area of Greenland in our Natural Earth boundary dataset. The difference between the estimates is 6,344,553 km².

Greenland2,154,808 km²
Brazil8,499,361 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.
Greenland2,154,808 km²
Brazil8,499,361 km²
Bar length represents estimated boundary area. It does not claim one outline can physically fit inside the other.

What the map can hide

Greenland can look unusually prominent on Mercator because it is far north. Brazil extends through low latitudes, where the local area inflation is far smaller. This pair makes the projection effect easy to spot.

Moving Greenland toward Brazil reduces its Mercator drawing. That motion changes only the flat-map representation: Brazil remains larger by the same area ratio throughout.

Compare the outlines

Start with both at home in Mercator, then switch to equal area before dragging. Which view gives a better first impression of their areas?

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

Brazil is the mapped country polygon, while Greenland is its own mapped feature. Neither number is an official land-area statistic.

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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