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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Saudi Arabia fits inside Brazil 4 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Brazil’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Saudi Arabia and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 5.8 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Brazil is 48% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Brazil are 5.1 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Brazil are 3.6 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 4.7 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.7 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 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 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Brazil hosts 108 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 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, Saudi Arabia none

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Brazil and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (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 79% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 3.1 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 81% more on health per person than Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 3 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Brazil is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 45% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Brazil has 5% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Brazil is 4 times that in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 31% in Brazil

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.18 points higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 80% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 236 kcal more food per person per day than Brazil

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 131 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 3.2 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 26 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 18 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (26 against 8)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 49% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Saudi Arabia and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 10 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (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 Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 8.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Brazil are 21% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Brazil

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 27 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 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 Saudi Arabia?

Brazil is larger. Saudi Arabia fits inside Brazil 4 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Saudi Arabia?

Brazil has 5.8 times as many people as Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Saudi Arabia?

People in Saudi Arabia live 3 years longer than in Brazil. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Brazil or Saudi Arabia?

Men in Brazil are 5.1 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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