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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Greece fits inside Brazil 64 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2024)

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Coastline

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)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Greece: 38.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 20 times as many people as Greece

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Greece is 3.2 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Greece hosts 9.9 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Brazil and Greece are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

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)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Greece produces 93% more per person than Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

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)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.6% in Greece

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Greece: 0.6% (2023)

Unemployment

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)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Greece: 3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Brazil’s 15%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Greece: 27.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Greece spends 94% more on health per person than Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Greece has 69% more hospital beds per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Brazil is 2.3 times that in Greece

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 31% in Brazil

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

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)

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Greece welcomed 83 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 5 more World Heritage sites than Greece (26 against 21)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Greece: 21 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Greece: 129 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 57% faster than in Greece

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Greece: 186 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Greece and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 79% in Greece

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)

Railway network

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)

Air passengers per resident

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

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 37% of Greece

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Greece: 36.9% (2024)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

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)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

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)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Brazil are 2.4 times as deadly as in Greece

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

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)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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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).

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