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Brazil vs United States

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Brazil

212,812,405#7 · +0.38%/yr
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United States

341,784,857#3 · +0.52%/yr

United States has 1.6× the population of Brazil: 341,784,857 vs 212,812,405, a gap of 129.0 million. United States is growing faster (+0.52% vs +0.38% a year), adding about 1,785,717 people a year against +815,392. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. United States is the older society: 18.4% aged 65+ against 11.5% in Brazil, while Brazil has more children (19.4% under 15 vs 17.1%). United States is 1.5× as densely populated (36.8 vs 25.3 people per km²). People in United States live 2.9 years longer on average (78.9 vs 76.0). GDP per capita is 8.4× higher in United States ($90,027 vs $10,713).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Brazil) and 2025 (United States); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Brazil vs United States — side by side

Flag of Brazil BrazilFlag of United States United States
Population212,812,4052025341,784,8572025
Growth rate / yr+0.38%2025+0.52%2025
Births per 1,00012.1202410.62024
Deaths per 1,0007.120249.02024
Children per woman1.6120241.632024
Life expectancy76.0 yrs202478.9 yrs2024
Aged 0–1419.4%202517.1%2025
Aged 65+11.5%202518.4%2025
Density25.3 /km²202336.8 /km²2023
Area8,510,420 km²20239,831,510 km²2023
Urban population88.2%202580.2%2025
Net migration / yr-217,2832025+1,230,6632025
GDP per capita$10,7132025$90,0272025
Country population rank (available records)#7#3
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)2.59%4.16%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Brazil: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025; United States: 1.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

090.6M181.1M271.7M362.3M1960197019801990200020102020BrazilUnited States0781562343121960197019801990200020102020BrazilUnited States

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