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

Brazil is 92.3 times bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal — a 91.2 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Portugal

See how Brazil and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	92.3	1
Total area rank	5/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.02%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	91.2	1
Land area rank	5/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.06%
Population	211,998,573	10,694,681
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Portugal
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	36.2%
Forest area rank	2/196	86/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.08%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	5/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	41/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	0.67%
Water area rank	6/197	111/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	n/a
Land borders length	10,032 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	16.8%

Brazil vs Portugal size on the map

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

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