How big is Brazil?
Brazil encloses approximately 8,499,361 km² in this site’s Natural Earth boundary dataset. Brazil is one of the largest country features in the dataset. Its shape crosses low latitudes, so its apparent area on Mercator is less inflated than similarly large places farther north.
- Map-derived area
- 8,499,361 km²
- Area order
- 5 of 241 mapped places
- Representative latitude
- 12.1° S
- Mercator area scale at that point
- 1.0× its equatorial scale
What the map shows
The comparison with Australia is close enough that width and height alone can mislead. Place one outline over the other, then use the equal-area view and the two area figures to answer the size question.
The Mercator factor above is calculated at one representative point. It changes across the country and describes map enlargement, not a change in its real area. See Brazil at its original position, then open the equal-area view.
Brazil compared with Australia
Brazil is 1.10× the area of Australia in this dataset. The bars below encode area as length, with the larger area spanning the full line.
Read the full comparison or place the outlines together on the map.
Places nearby in the area order
The entries immediately above and below Brazil in the same mapped dataset are shown here. A different source or an official land-area ranking can put close places in another order.
- People's Republic of China9,371,215 km² · immediately larger in this dataset
- Australia7,705,990 km² · immediately smaller in this dataset
What this area figure includes
The measured polygon follows Natural Earth’s boundary and coastline choices. Differences between this estimate and a published national total can arise from water, islands, source geometry and measurement method.
The area is calculated from the original Natural Earth 1:50m Admin 0 countries polygon. It is a consistent estimate for this map, not a certified land or total-area statistic. Read the area definitions before using the figure in research or teaching.