China is 1.11× the size of Brazil

China covers about 9,375,000 km² (3,620,000 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.

9,375,000km²China
8,473,000km²Brazil

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China
Brazil

What fits

Brazil is 90% of the size of China.
China is larger by 903,000 km² (348,000 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Brazil.
Measured in Belgiums: China is about 306, Brazil about 276.

How they differ

China also has the larger population: 1.40 billion against 214.2 million, 6.56× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 150 in China against 25 in Brazil: China is 5.93× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: China at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Brazil at 11°S about 1.0×, so the map shows China as 1.66× the size of Brazil instead of 1.11×.
Together China and Brazil cover 17,848,000 km², close to the size of Russia (16,980,000 km², 4.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 903,000 km², is about the size of Nigeria (907,000 km²).
At Brazil's density, China would have 237.0 million people (it has 1.40 billion). At China's density, Brazil would have 1.27 billion (it has 214.2 million).
China's centre is 47.3° of latitude, about 5,260 km, farther north than Brazil's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	China	1.11×
More people	China	6.56×
More crowded	China	5.93×
Farther north	China	47.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	China	1.6× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	China	Brazil
Belgium 30,700 km²	306×	276×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	38.5×	34.8×
Germany 358,000 km²	26.2×	23.7×
Japan 374,000 km²	25.1×	22.7×
France 548,000 km²	17.1×	15.5×
India 3,151,000 km²	2.98×	2.69×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.99×	0.90×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.55×	0.50×

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

Side by side

	China	Brazil
Area, main territory	9,375,000 km²3,620,000 mi²	8,473,000 km²3,271,000 mi²
Population	1.40 billionWikidata, 2025	214.2 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	150 per km²	25 per km²
Official area	9,563,000 km²Wikidata	8,509,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Beijing	Brasília
Latitude range	16°N to 54°N	34°S to 5°N
Continent	Asia	South America

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

Wikidata's official figure of 9,563,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,375,000 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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