Brazil
Federative Republic of Brazil · South America
Brazil is a country in South America, with Brasília as its capital, home to about 212,812,405 people. Brazil shares land borders with 10 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Brasília |
|---|---|
| Region | South America |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL R$) |
| Calling code | +55 |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA / 076 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇧🇷 |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 8,515,767 km² |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| Internet domain | .br |
| Demonym | Brazilian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Brazil mean?
Brazil's green and yellow were inherited from the House of Braganza, the royal family of Emperor Pedro I (represented by green), and the House of Habsburg, the family of his wife Empress Maria Leopoldina of Austria (represented by yellow), when the first imperial flag was created in 1822. The blue globe added after Brazil became a republic in 1889 depicts the sky over Rio de Janeiro at the moment the republic was proclaimed, with 27 stars, one for each state and the federal district, sized according to each real star's brightness. The white band's motto, Ordem e Progresso ('Order and Progress'), is drawn from philosopher Auguste Comte's positivist motto, 'love as a principle, order as the basis, progress as the goal.'
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Brazil
About Brazil
Brazil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, is a United Nations member state in South America. Its capital and seat of government is Brasília. It shares land borders with 10 countries. The official currency is the Brazilian real (R$), using the code BRL.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Brazil for Brasília’s own facts and history.
To call Brazil from abroad, dial the country code +55. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes BR (alpha-2) and BRA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 212,812,405.
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How Brazil compares
- Area: 8,515,767 km², ranking 5 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 212,812,405, ranking 7 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 25 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 10, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Brazil
4 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (yellow, green, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.