Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Myanmar fits inside Brazil 13 times
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Brazil’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as Myanmar’s
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Myanmar’s highest peak towers 2,876 m above Brazil’s
Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 28% of Brazil, versus 20% of Myanmar
Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 3.9 times as many people as Myanmar
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Myanmar is 3.3 times as densely populated as Brazil
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Brazil are 9.0 cm taller than in Myanmar
Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Brazil are 7.7 cm taller than in Myanmar
Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Brazil is 4.4 years older than in Myanmar
Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Myanmar have 0.5 more children on average than in Brazil
Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar
Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Myanmar has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0
Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Myanmar: 0.2 (2026)
How many official languages?
Brazil and Myanmar are practically level
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Brazil’s economy is 28 times the size of Myanmar’s
Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Brazil produces 3.9 times as much per person as Myanmar
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Myanmar (Gini 19.6 points higher)
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil
Brazil: 3% (2024) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.0% in Myanmar
Brazil: 6% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%
Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%
Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)
How expensive is it?
Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Myanmar’s
Brazil: 46% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Brazil spends 18 times as much on health per person as Myanmar
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Brazil live 8.9 years longer than in Myanmar
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Myanmar is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil
Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Brazil has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar
Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)
How many hospital beds are there?
Brazil has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar
Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Brazil is 2.1 times that in Myanmar
Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 12% in Brazil
Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Brazil rate their lives 2.35 points higher than in Myanmar
Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Brazil drink 5.5 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Brazil has 5 times as much meat per person as Myanmar
Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Brazil has 614 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar
Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Myanmar put in 203 more hours a year than in Brazil
Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Brazil went to school 2 years longer than in Myanmar
Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Brazil welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Brazil has 24 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (26 against 2)
Brazil: 26 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Myanmar none
Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 45% in Myanmar
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Brazil is 6.6 times as fast as in Myanmar
Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Myanmar has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Myanmar: no data
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Brazil fly 6.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar
Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 42% of Myanmar
Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Brazil emits 3.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar
Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Myanmar
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Myanmar carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Brazil
Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 7.5 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Myanmar
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Brazil are 18% deadlier than in Myanmar
Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Brazil is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Myanmar
Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Myanmar gets 34% more rain than Brazil
Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Brazil bigger than Myanmar?
Brazil is larger. Myanmar fits inside Brazil 13 times.
Which has more people, Brazil or Myanmar?
Brazil has 3.9 times as many people as Myanmar (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Brazil or Myanmar?
People in Brazil live 8.9 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 67.1 in Myanmar.
Are people taller in Brazil or Myanmar?
Men in Brazil are 9.0 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).