Brazil vs India: Land area in square kilometres

Brazil
8.36 million sq. km
in 2023
India
2.97 million sq. km
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
India rank
7th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Brazil
  • India
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 8.36 million sq. km against 2.97 million sq. km in India, a difference of 5.38 million sq. km.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.8 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 5th and India ranks 7th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.