Land
Size, shape and altitude
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)
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)
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)
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)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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)
How crowded is it?
Brazil is 48% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Brazil and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
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)
How evenly is income shared?
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Brazil: 3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
How much do people drink?
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 84% in Brazil
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
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)
Who has electricity at home?
Saudi Arabia and Brazil are practically level
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
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)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
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)
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
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)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).