South America · Capital Brasilia

Brazil

Brazil's best placing is 2nd of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #2Forest
Top 10 placings: 5 / 17
Population: 212.8 million
Land area: 8.4 million km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Brazil is.

Forest

#2 of 194

4,929,788 km² of forest

1st in South America · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#2 of 193

5,297 airports

1st in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#5 of 194

8,358,140 km² of land

1st in South America · World Bank · 2023

Population

#7 of 195

212,812,405 people

1st in South America · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#11 of 182

2,279,920,092,492 US$ (current prices)

1st in South America · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#9 of 135

29,850 km of railway

1st in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest per person

#19 of 194

0.0232 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#15 of 151

7,491 km of coastline

1st in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest by area

#28 of 194

59.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#33 of 192

24.89 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#34 of 194

0.039 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#42 of 179

1,761 mm of precipitation per year

6th in South America · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#79 of 191

6.34 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#76 of 182

10,713 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#71 of 134

140.26 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#105 of 133

3.57 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#161 of 194

25.46 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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