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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kazakhstan fits inside Brazil 3.1 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 4,016 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 10 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Brazil is 3.3 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Brazil and Kazakhstan are practically level

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Brazil and Kazakhstan are practically level

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 4.5 years older than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.4 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Brazil hosts 6.2 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Brazil has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Brazil 1

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (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 7.4 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 89% more per person than Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Kazakhstan (Gini 21.1 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

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% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Brazil spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Kazakhstan’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Brazil spends 2.1 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Brazil live 1.5 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Brazil is 66% more likely to die before turning one than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 59% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kazakhstan has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 2.1 times that in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

Brazil and Kazakhstan are practically level

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Brazil drink 74% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 61% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Brazil has 288 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Brazil put in 19 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 4.1 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 19 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (26 against 7)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 78% faster than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Kazakhstan and Brazil are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 86% longer than Kazakhstan’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 27% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 6.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kazakhstan carries 5% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 7.6 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Brazil are 27% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Brazil is on average 17.5 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 5.1 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

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Who has moved between them?
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Quick answers

Is Brazil bigger than Kazakhstan?

Brazil is larger. Kazakhstan fits inside Brazil 3.1 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Kazakhstan?

Brazil has 10 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Kazakhstan?

People in Brazil live 1.5 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 74.5 in Kazakhstan.

Are people taller in Brazil or Kazakhstan?

Brazil and Kazakhstan are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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