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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Paraguay fits inside Brazil 21 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Paraguay: 406,752 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Brazil’s highest peak towers 2,152 m above Paraguay’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Paraguay: 842 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 54% of Paraguay, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Paraguay: 54.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 30 times as many people as Paraguay

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Paraguay: 7.01 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Brazil is 44% more densely populated than Paraguay

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Paraguay: 18 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Brazil are 1.9 cm taller than in Paraguay

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Paraguay: 173.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Brazil are 2.7 cm taller than in Paraguay

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Paraguay: 159.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 7.6 years older than in Paraguay

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Paraguay: 26.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Paraguay have 0.8 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Paraguay: 2.42 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 6.7% in Paraguay

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Paraguay: 6.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Brazil hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Paraguay

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Paraguay: 0.7 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, Paraguay none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Paraguay has 2 official languages, Brazil 1

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Paraguay: 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 46 times the size of Paraguay’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Paraguay: $49.3 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Brazil produces 16% more per person than Paraguay

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Paraguay: Int$20,181 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Paraguay (Gini 6.1 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Paraguay: 44.2 (2024)

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 2.1% in Paraguay

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Paraguay: 2.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

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

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

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Brazil and Paraguay are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Paraguay: 0.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Paraguay’s 11%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Paraguay: 11.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Paraguay’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Paraguay: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Brazil spends 92% more on health per person than Paraguay

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Paraguay: $527 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Brazil live 2 years longer than in Paraguay

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Paraguay: 74 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Paraguay is 18% more likely to die before turning one than in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Paraguay: 14.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Paraguay has 65% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Paraguay: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Brazil has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Paraguay

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

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Paraguay is 20% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 10.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

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

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Paraguay: 34.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 6.4% in Paraguay

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Paraguay: 6.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.44 points higher than in Paraguay

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Paraguay: 6.20 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Brazil drink 50% more alcohol than in Paraguay

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Paraguay: 6.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 3.9 times as much meat per person as Paraguay

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Paraguay: 26.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Brazil has 356 kcal more food per person per day than Paraguay

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Paraguay: 3,067 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Paraguay put in 129 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Paraguay: 2,123 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Paraguay went to school 0.51 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Paraguay: 8.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Paraguay welcomed 4.8 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Paraguay: 0.15 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 25 more World Heritage sites than Paraguay (26 against 1)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Paraguay: 1 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Paraguay 1

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Paraguay: 1 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 82% in Paraguay

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Paraguay: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 24% faster than in Paraguay

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Paraguay: 236 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Brazil and Paraguay are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Paraguay: 99.8% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 70% in Paraguay

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Paraguay: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Paraguay has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Paraguay: 127 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 995 times as long as Paraguay’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Paraguay: 30 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Brazil fly 7.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Paraguay

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Paraguay: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

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

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Paraguay: 36.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Brazil emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Paraguay

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Paraguay: 1.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

100% of Paraguay’s electricity is renewable, versus 87% in Brazil

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Paraguay: 100% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Paraguay carries 39% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Paraguay: 21.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Paraguay

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Paraguay are 41% deadlier than in Brazil

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Paraguay: 36.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Brazil is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Paraguay

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Paraguay: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 42% more rain than Paraguay

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Paraguay: 1,173 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 Paraguay?

Brazil is larger. Paraguay fits inside Brazil 21 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Paraguay?

Brazil has 30 times as many people as Paraguay (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Paraguay?

People in Brazil live 2 years longer than in Paraguay. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 74.0 in Paraguay.

Are people taller in Brazil or Paraguay?

Men in Brazil are 1.9 cm taller than in Paraguay (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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