Total & land area: Belarus vs Brazil size comparison [2026]

Brazil is 41 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 41.2 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 5/197 for Brazil.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 5.61% for Brazil.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 28.3% in Brazil.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Brazil has 4.96%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 59% in Brazil.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 12.2% are in Brazil.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Brazil

See how Belarus and Brazil compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Belarus	Brazil
Total area	80,154 sq mi	3,287,956 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	41
Total area rank	84/197	5/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	1.67%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	3,227,096 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	41.2
Land area rank	83/197	5/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	5.61%
Population	9,132,629	211,998,573
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	66.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Brazil
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	1,903,402 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	59%
Forest area rank	57/196	2/196
World's forests share	0.22%	12.2%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	914,131 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	28.3%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	4/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	4.96%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	214,835 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	6.66%
Arable land area rank	45/191	5/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	29,946 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.93%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	5/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	60,860 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	1.85%
Water area rank	66/197	6/197
Roads length	n/a	1,242,742 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	10,032 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	4,655 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	26.6%

Belarus vs Brazil size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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