Country guide
Brazil
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Brazil.
Key facts
- Capital
- Brasília
- Region
- Americas
- Area
- 8,515,767 km²
- Population
- 213,421,037
Neighboring countries
Brazil has 10 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn Brazil
Brasília is Brazil's capital. Brasília was built from scratch in the late 1950s and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 for its modernist urban design.
Brazil covers 8,515,767 square kilometers, bordering Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with Argentina as its largest neighbor. Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
Brazil's Iguaçu Falls span nearly three kilometers in a giant semicircle.
Trivia
- Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
- Brazil's Iguaçu falls span nearly three kilometres in a giant semi-circle.
- Brazil's Pantanal region is the world's largest tropical wetland, sprawling across an estimated 140,000 to 195,000 square kilometers.
- Brazil's capital, Brasília, was built from scratch in the late 1950s and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 for its modernist urban design.
- Brazil is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese is the official language.
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