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Brazil

BR / BRA   -14.0°, -53.0°

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the largest Lusophone population in the world and is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas, where it is the official language.

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People are called
Brazilian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+55
Capital
Brasília
Population
214,211,951
Area
8,515,767 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Federal presidential republic
Currency
Brazilian real
Languages
Portuguese, Indigenous languages, Brazilian Sign Language
Sells
soybeans, crude petroleum, iron ore, raw sugar
Sells to
China 30%, USA 10%, Argentina 5%
Land borders
9: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+55
Founded
1822
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Brazilian

These are English demonyms for people from Brazil. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Brazil yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Brazil in the study desk

Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Brazil. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Largest cities

São Paulo 12,400,232
Rio de Janeiro 6,747,815
Belo Horizonte 2,721,564
Salvador 2,711,840
Fortaleza 2,400,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

mostly tropical, but temperate in south

Climate zone

Highest point

Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Pedro II
Pedro II Last emperor of Brazil Dom Pedro II, known as "the Magnanimous", was the second and final emperor of the Empire of Brazil.
Getulio Vargas
Getulio Vargas President and dictator Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954.
Pele
Pele Footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known by his nickname Pelé, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer Architect of Brasilia Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: languages, past leaders.