BRAAmericasSouth America213,421,037 people

Brazil Country Guide

Brazil · Continental scale with local cultural pulse

Brazil invites you to experience from the streets of Brasília, Amazon River, and a culture shaped by Portuguese. It’s the kind of place where geography, daily life, and local pride all feel closely connected.

🎉 Carnival🍽️ Feijoada🌍 Amazon River🌊 Waterside moments
The flag of Brazil has a green field with a large yellow rhombus in the center. Within the rhombus is a dark blue globe with twenty-seven small five-pointed white stars depicting a starry sky and a thin white convex horizontal band inscribed with the national motto 'Ordem e Progresso' across its center.
Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital: Brasília
Primary timezone: UTC-05:00 (UTC-05:00)
Population
213,421,037
Population rank #7 globally
Area
8,515,767 km²
Area rank #6 globally
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
Brazilian real (BRL)
Symbol: R$

Overview

Brazil is located in South America, Americas. The country covers 8,515,767 km² and has a population of 213,421,037 people, making it a strong candidate for geography study, travel research, and comparative country analysis.

The main climate pattern is tropical, with Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb usually standing out as the easiest months for travel planning. Brazil has an estimated population density of 25.1 people per square kilometer. That places it around #199 globally for density.

Brazil is continental in scale and emotional range. Rainforest and megacity, beach culture and interior traditions, football, music, and everyday sociability all combine to make it feel expansive, rhythmic, and intensely alive.

Travel Snapshot

Timezone and season
UTC-05:00 with best travel windows typically in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb.
Airports and budget
Major airport hubs include GRU, GIG, BSB. A typical daily travel budget is about $90.
Culture cues
A world-famous explosion of music, costume, dance, and neighborhood pride.

Key Highlights

A quick scan of the cultural, geographic, and travel signals that make Brazil distinctive.

Americas

First Impression

Brazil feels like a compact world of its own—part geography lesson, part cultural invitation, and full of regional character.

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Tropical

Life by the Water

Brazil pairs its landscapes with a sense of arrival—ports, waterfronts, beaches, or lakeside scenes that shape daily life.

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1 language

Voices & Identity

Listen for Portuguese; language here is part of the country's personality.

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Feijoada

Taste the Country

Food is one of the fastest ways to connect with Brazil, whether that means Feijoada or simple dishes shared with family and friends.

Culture and daily life

A world-famous explosion of music, costume, dance, and neighborhood pride.

  • Feijoada
  • Pão de queijo
  • Açaí
  • Christ the Redeemer
  • Amazon rainforest
  • Iguaçu Falls

Reference facts

Continent: South America
UN member: Yes
Phone code: +55
Top-level domain: .br
Driving side: right
Start of week: sunday
Official languages: Portuguese
Map coordinates: -10.00°, -55.00°

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