Brazil vs Paraguay: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Brazil
290 years
in 2022
Paraguay
275 years
in 2022
Brazil rank
32nd
Paraguay rank
34th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Brazil
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 290 years against 275 years in Paraguay, a difference of 15 years.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Paraguay ahead.

Brazil ranks 32nd and Paraguay ranks 34th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
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Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.