Brazil vs United States: Land area in square kilometres

Brazil
8.36 million sq. km
in 2023
United States
9.15 million sq. km
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
United States rank
3rd

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Brazil
  • United States
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922023

How they compare

United States currently reports 9.15 million sq. km against 8.36 million sq. km in Brazil, a difference of 789,280 sq. km.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 5th and United States ranks 3rd 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
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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.