Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Brasília
- Region
- Americas, South America
- Population
- 212,812,405 (2025)
- Area
- 8,511,965 km²
- Currency
- Brazilian real (BRL)
- Languages
- Portuguese, Spanish, English, French
- Calling code
- +55
- Internet domain
- .br
- ISO codes
- BR, BRA, 076
- Time zone
- UTC-5:00 to UTC-2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #####-### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Brazil covers about 8,511,965 square kilometres. By area it ranks 6th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than China and a little larger than Australia. It shares a land border with 10 neighbours: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. Its centre lies at about 10° south, 55° west, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
ArgentinaBuenos Aires
BoliviaSucre
ColombiaBogotá
French GuianaCayenne
GuyanaGeorgetown
PeruLima
ParaguayAsunción
SurinameParamaribo
UruguayMontevideo
VenezuelaCaracas
People
About 213 million people live in Brazil (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 7th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 2.6 percent of the world's people. On average there are 25 people to each square kilometre. About 88 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 76 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French. A person from Brazil is called Brazilian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Brazilian real (code BRL, symbol R$). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 2.28 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 10,713 for each person (2025).
Time
Brazil spans 16 time zone areas, from UTC-5:00 to UTC-2:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
Time now in Sao Paulo: loading
Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| São Paulo | 12,400,232 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,747,815 |
| Belo Horizonte | 2,721,564 |
| Salvador | 2,711,840 |
| Fortaleza | 2,400,000 |
| Manaus | 2,219,580 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South America
Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.