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

Brazil is 6.72 times bigger by total area compared to Niger: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 489,191 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 489,076 sq mi for Niger — a 6.6 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 21/197 for Niger.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.85% for Niger.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 36.8% in Niger.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Niger has 0.98%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 0.82% in Niger.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.03% are in Niger.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Niger

See how Brazil and Niger 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	Niger
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	489,191 sq mi
Size difference ratio	6.72	1
Total area rank	5/197	21/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.25%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	489,076 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.6	1
Land area rank	5/197	20/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.85%
Population	211,998,573	27,032,412
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	59 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Niger
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	4,025 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	0.82%
Forest area rank	2/196	124/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	179,918 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	36.8%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	19/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.98%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	68,340 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	14%
Arable land area rank	5/191	17/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	450 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	0.09%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	100/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	115.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	0.02%
Water area rank	6/197	124/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	11,774 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	3,625 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	n/a

Brazil vs Niger 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 Niger 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.