How big is Brazil really?
Brazil covers 8,515,767 km² (3,290,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn close to its true size: it lies near the equator, where the usual world map stretches little.
See Brazil at its true size on the map →True size vs the map
Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.
Brazil in numbers
- Brazil is the 5th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- Countries of about the same true size: Australia (7,692,024 km²), China (9,596,961 km²), United States (9,826,675 km²).
- Brazil is about 13% smaller than the United States.
Why the map gets Brazil wrong
Brazil lies around 11°S. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.02 times in every direction, which barely changes its size. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.
In Globegami you can drag a copy of Brazil anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.
Compare Brazil
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works