Recognised as Country
Brazil
- BR
- South America
- BRL
- .br
Brazil (BR/BRA) is a country in South America with its capital at Brasilia. It covers about 8,515,767 km² with a population of roughly 216,000,000, uses the BRL, dials on +55, owns the .br internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Sao_Paulo. It borders 10 countries.
Identity
Official short nameBrazil
CapitalBrasilia
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BRA
Internet TLD.br
Calling code+55
Currency codeBRL
Geography
Latitude14.235° S
Longitude51.9253° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area8,515,767 km²3,287,956 square miles
Land neighbours109 have pages here; GF are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London8,850 kmto the approximate centre of Brazil, not to Brasilia. SW, bearing 230.8°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Sao_Paulothe IANA zone for Brasilia; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-03:00
Offset in JulyUTC-03:00
Current offsetUTC-03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 12:43
Hours ahead of UTC-3
Population & scale
Population216,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density25.4 per km²≈
Share of world population2.667%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset5 of 196
Population rank in this dataset7 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Argentina2,924 km centre to centre
Uruguay2,070 km centre to centre
Paraguay1,232 km centre to centre
Bolivia1,272 km centre to centre
Colombia3,234 km centre to centre
Venezuela2,810 km centre to centre
Suriname2,069 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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