Brazil is 1.10× the size of Australia

Brazil covers about 8,473,000 km² (3,271,000 mi²) and Australia about 7,691,000 km² (2,970,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,473,000km²Brazil
7,691,000km²Australia

1,000 km

Brazil
Australia

What fits

Australia is 91% of the size of Brazil.
Brazil is larger by 782,000 km² (302,000 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Australia.
Measured in Belgiums: Brazil is about 276, Australia about 251.

How they differ

Brazil also has the larger population: 214.2 million against 27.6 million, 7.76× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 25 in Brazil against 3.6 in Australia: Brazil is 7.04× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Australia looks larger than Brazil: Brazil at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Australia at 26°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Australia as 1.08× the size of Brazil, when Brazil is 1.10× the size of Australia.
Together Brazil and Australia cover 16,164,000 km², close to the size of Russia (16,980,000 km², 5.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 782,000 km², is about the size of Turkey (780,000 km²).
At Australia's density, Brazil would have 30.4 million people (it has 214.2 million). At Brazil's density, Australia would have 194.5 million (it has 27.6 million).
Brazil's centre is 15.1° of latitude, about 1,680 km, farther north than Australia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Brazil	1.10×
More people	Brazil	7.76×
More crowded	Brazil	7.04×
Farther north	Brazil	15.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Australia	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Brazil	Australia
Belgium 30,700 km²	276×	251×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	34.8×	31.5×
Germany 358,000 km²	23.7×	21.5×
Japan 374,000 km²	22.7×	20.6×
France 548,000 km²	15.5×	14.0×
India 3,151,000 km²	2.69×	2.44×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.90×	0.81×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.50×	0.45×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Brazil	Australia
Area, main territory	8,473,000 km²3,271,000 mi²	7,691,000 km²2,970,000 mi²
Population	214.2 millionWikidata, 2026	27.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	25 per km²	3.6 per km²
Official area	8,509,000 km²Wikidata	7,688,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Brasília	Canberra
Latitude range	34°S to 5°N	44°S to 9°S
Continent	South America	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 8,509,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,473,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 7,688,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,691,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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