Brazil's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Brazil's land area is 3,227,096 sq mi, and the total size is 3,287,956 sq mi, with inland water included. Brazil rankes 5/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries.
28.3% of its territory is agricultural land.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area.
59% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 12.2% of the world's forests.

Brazil total size and land area

	Brazil	Rank
Total surface area	3,287,956 sq mi	5/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	1.67%	N/A
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	5/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	N/A
Population	211,998,573	7/197
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	164/197

Brazil's True Size on the Map

Drag Brazil across the map to see how the Mercator projection distorts its apparent size at different latitudes. Add more countries to compare.

Brazil's area by type

	Brazil	Rank
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	2/196
Forest area as share of land	59%	28/196
World's forests share	12.2%	N/A
Agricultural land	914,131 sq mi	4/194
Agricultural land share	28.3%	126/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	N/A
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	5/191
Arable land share	6.66%	120/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	5/192
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	120/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	6/197
Water as share of total area	1.85%	91/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	4/176
Land borders length	10,032 mi	3/197
Coastline length	4,655 mi	15/197
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	16/155

Brazil's size on the map

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

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The map above outlines the borders of Brazil but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.