Russia’s coastline is 5 times as long as Brazil’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 2,648 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 28% of Brazil, versus 13% of Russia

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Brazil has 48% more people than Russia

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Brazil is 2.9 times as densely populated as Russia

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 5.5 years older than in Brazil

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.2 more children on average than in Russia

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Brazil hosts 16 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Brazil and Russia are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 12% larger than Brazil’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 2.1 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Russia (Gini 17.3 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Russia: 33 (2023)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.1% in Russia

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

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

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

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

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

Brazil and Russia are nearly identical here

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.3 times that in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.80 points higher than in Russia

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Russia and Brazil are nearly identical here

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Brazil has 23% more meat per person than Russia

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 105 kcal more food per person per day than Brazil

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 93 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 4 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Brazil (33 against 26)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Brazil 171

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Russia and Brazil are practically level

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

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Brazil’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 54% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 51% of Russia

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 5.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 19% more fine dust than in Russia

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Russia

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Brazil are 93% deadlier than in Russia

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 27.9 °C warmer than Russia

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 2.8 times as much rain as Russia

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)