Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Paraguay fits inside Brazil 21 times
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Paraguay: 406,752 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Paraguay: 0 km (2026 edition)
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)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 54% of Paraguay, versus 28% of Brazil
Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Paraguay: 54.1% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 30 times as many people as Paraguay
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Paraguay: 7.01 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Brazil is 44% more densely populated than Paraguay
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Paraguay: 18 per km² (2025)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Paraguay has 2 official languages, Brazil 1
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Paraguay: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
How much is produced per person?
Brazil produces 16% more per person than Paraguay
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Paraguay: Int$20,181 (2025)
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)
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)
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)
How much goes to the military?
Brazil and Paraguay are practically level
Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Paraguay: 0.9% (2025)
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)
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
How much is spent on health?
Brazil spends 92% more on health per person than Paraguay
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Paraguay: $527 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Brazil live 2 years longer than in Paraguay
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Paraguay: 74 years (2024)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Paraguay are obese, versus 31% in Brazil
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Paraguay: 34.2% (2024)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many World Heritage sites?
Brazil has 25 more World Heritage sites than Paraguay (26 against 1)
Brazil: 26 (2026) · Paraguay: 1 (2026)
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
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 82% in Paraguay
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Paraguay: 82% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Brazil is 24% faster than in Paraguay
Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Paraguay: 236 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Brazil and Paraguay are practically level
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Paraguay: 99.8% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 70% in Paraguay
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Paraguay: 70% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Paraguay has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Paraguay: 127 (2023)
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)
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
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)
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)
How green is the power grid?
100% of Paraguay’s electricity is renewable, versus 87% in Brazil
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Paraguay: 100% (2025)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
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)
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
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)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).