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Brazil: map and facts
Brazil is in South America. It has about 213 million people (2025), the 7th largest population. It covers 8,510,420 km², the 5th largest by area. That is about 25 people per km². Its highest point is Pico da Neblina, at 2,994 m. The longest river on its map is the Japura, 2,820 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 212,812,405 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 8,510,420 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Brasília
- Highest point: Pico da Neblina, 2,994 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 58.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Brazil, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Japura: 2,820 km
- São Francisco: 2,814 km
- Parana: 2,570 km
- Negro: 2,250 km
- Araguaia: 1,910 km
- Uruguay: 1,790 km
- Xingu: 1,640 km
- Madeira: 1,450 km
- Guaporé: 1,210 km
- Grande: 1,090 km
Also on the map: Jequitinhonha, Juruena, Paranaíba, Tapajós, Culuene, Indaia, Amazon, Javaés, Tocantins and Purus.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Pico da Neblina: 2,994 m (its highest point)
- Pico da Bandeira: 2,891 m
- Pico da Pedra da Mina: 2,798 m
- Pico do Barbado: 2,033 m
- Pico Parana: 1,877 m
- Morro da Boa Vista: 1,827 m
- Pouso Alto: 1,691 m
- Pico do Jabre: 1,197 m
Mountain ranges: Selvas, Guiana Highlands, Serra da Mantiqueira, Serra do Mar, Serra Geral, Pakaraima Mountains, Serra do Cachimbo, Serra do Piaui, Serra dos Gradaus, Serra Dourada, Acarai Mountains and Serra da Ibiapaba.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Amazon Basin, Brazilian Highlands, Caatingas, Mato Grosso Plateau, Amazon Delta, Guiana Shield, Pantanal, Planalto Central, Chapada do Araripe and Borborema Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 42.1%, savanna 25%, grassland 20.7%, farmland 4.2%, wooded savanna 3.9%, deciduous broadleaf forest 1.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 49.4%, hills 27.7%, plateaus 19.9%, mountains 3%.
Forests covered 58.5% of its land in 2024, down from 74% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #1 in niobium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in iron ore among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in bauxite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in tin among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in manganese among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in chromium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in lithium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in nickel among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in fluorspar among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in phosphate among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in gypsum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in oil among the countries EIA lists (2025)
- World #9 in rare earths among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Brazil shares land borders with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazilian Island, Colombia, France, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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