Canada is 1.17× the size of Brazil

Canada covers about 9,946,000 km² (3,840,000 mi²) and Brazil about 8,473,000 km² (3,271,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

9,946,000km²Canada
8,473,000km²Brazil

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Canada
Brazil

What fits

Brazil is 85% of the size of Canada.
Canada is larger by 1,473,000 km² (569,000 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Brazil.
Measured in Belgiums: Canada is about 324, Brazil about 276.

How they differ

Canada is larger, but Brazil has the larger population: 214.2 million against 37.0 million, 5.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 25 in Brazil against 3.7 in Canada: Brazil is 6.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,770 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canada at 60°N is drawn about 4.1× too large and Brazil at 11°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Canada as 4.66× the size of Brazil instead of 1.17×.
Together Canada and Brazil cover 18,418,000 km², close to the size of Russia (16,980,000 km², 7.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,473,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
At Brazil's density, Canada would have 251.5 million people (it has 37.0 million). At Canada's density, Brazil would have 31.5 million (it has 214.2 million).
Canada's centre is 71.1° of latitude, about 7,900 km, farther north than Brazil's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Canada	1.17×
More people	Brazil	5.79×
More crowded	Brazil	6.80×
Farther north	Canada	71.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Canada	4.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Canada	Brazil
Belgium 30,700 km²	324×	276×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	40.8×	34.8×
Germany 358,000 km²	27.8×	23.7×
Japan 374,000 km²	26.6×	22.7×
France 548,000 km²	18.2×	15.5×
India 3,151,000 km²	3.16×	2.69×
United States 9,447,000 km²	1.05×	0.90×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.59×	0.50×

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

Side by side

	Canada	Brazil
Area, main territory	9,946,000 km²3,840,000 mi²	8,473,000 km²3,271,000 mi²
Population	37.0 millionWikidata, 2021	214.2 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	3.7 per km²	25 per km²
Official area	9,985,000 km²Wikidata	8,509,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ottawa	Brasília
Latitude range	42°N to 83°N	34°S to 5°N
Continent	North America	South America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 9,985,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,946,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 8,509,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,473,000 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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