United States vs Brazil: which is bigger?
The United States is bigger: 9,826,675 km² against 8,515,767 km², about 1.15 times the size of Brazil.
Drop the United States onto Brazil →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map the United States looks 2.5 times bigger, not 1.15: the map inflates the United States about 2.3 times and Brazil 1.06 times.
In numbers
- United States: 9,826,675 km² (3,790,000 sq mi), 3rd largest, around 40°N
- Brazil: 8,515,767 km² (3,290,000 sq mi), 5th largest, around 11°S
- Brazil would fit into the United States about 1.15 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works