Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Greece fits inside Brazil 64 times.
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2023) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Greece’s coastline is 83% longer than Brazil’s.
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Brazil’s highest peak towers 77 m above Greece’s.
Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 20 times as many people as Greece.
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Greece is 3.2 times as densely populated as Brazil.
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Greece are 3.5 cm taller than in Brazil.
Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Greece: 179.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Greece are 3.4 cm taller than in Brazil.
Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Greece: 165.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Greece is 12 years older than in Brazil.
Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Brazil have 0.4 more children on average than in Greece.
Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil.
Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0.
Brazil: 0 (2025) · Greece: 1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Brazil and Greece are practically level.
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Brazil’s economy is 8.1 times the size of Greece’s.
Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Greece produces 93% more per person than Brazil.
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Greece (Gini 16.9 points higher).
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 6.0% in Brazil.
Brazil: 6% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Greece spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.0%.
Brazil: 1% (2024) · Greece: 3.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Brazil’s.
Brazil: 46% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Greece spends 94% more on health per person than Brazil.
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Greece live 5.8 years longer than in Brazil.
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Greece: 81.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Brazil is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece.
Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Greece has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Brazil.
Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 31% in Brazil.
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 12% in Brazil.
Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Brazil rate their lives 0.94 points higher than in Greece.
Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Brazil drink 21% more alcohol than in Greece.
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Brazil has 28% more meat per person than Greece.
Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Brazil has 42 kcal more food per person per day than Greece.
Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Brazil put in 101 more hours a year than in Greece.
Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Greece went to school 3.1 years longer than in Brazil.
Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Greece welcomed 83 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019).
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Greece are online, versus 84% in Brazil.
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
Greece and Brazil are practically level.
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 79% in Greece.
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102.
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Brazil’s railway network is 13 times as long as Greece’s.
Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Greece fly 4.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil.
Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 30% of Greece.
Brazil: 59% (2023) · Greece: 30.3% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Greece emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil.
Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece.
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Brazil carries 1% more fine dust than in Greece.
Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 23 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Greece.
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Brazil are 2.2 times as deadly as in Greece.
Brazil: 15.7 per 100k (2021) · Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Brazil is on average 9.6 °C warmer than Greece.
Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Brazil gets 2.1 times as much rain as Greece.
Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Brazil bigger than Greece?
Brazil is larger. Greece fits inside Brazil 64 times.
Which has more people, Brazil or Greece?
Brazil has 20 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Brazil or Greece?
People in Greece live 5.8 years longer than in Brazil. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 81.8 in Greece.
Are people taller in Brazil or Greece?
Men in Greece are 3.5 cm taller than in Brazil (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
