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

Brazil is 7.46 times bigger by total area compared to Colombia: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 440,831 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 428,380 sq mi for Colombia — a 7.53 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 25/197 for Colombia.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.74% for Colombia.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 36.5% in Colombia.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Colombia has 0.85%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 52.8% in Colombia.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 1.45% are in Colombia.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Colombia

See how Brazil and Colombia 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

	Brazil	Colombia
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	440,831 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.46	1
Total area rank	5/197	25/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.22%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	428,380 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.53	1
Land area rank	5/197	26/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.74%
Population	211,998,573	52,886,363
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	126 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Colombia
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	226,040 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	52.8%
Forest area rank	2/196	13/196
World's forests share	12.2%	1.45%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	156,306 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	36.5%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	27/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.85%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	9,843 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	2.3%
Arable land area rank	5/191	73/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	9,443 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	2.2%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	16/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	12,451 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	2.82%
Water area rank	6/197	17/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	127,001 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	4,146 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	1,993 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	41.1%

Brazil vs Colombia 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 and Colombia 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.