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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇮🇩 Indonesia

Indonesia has 72.9M more people — 285,721,236 against 212,812,405. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇮🇩 Indonesia
285,721,236
Asia · rank #4 · +0.79%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorBrazilIndonesia
Population212,812,4057th of 240285,721,2364th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+0.79%123rd of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 240149/km²84th of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 2401,892,555 km²14th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24059.4%146th of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$5,060162nd of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+5.1%48th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24071.3 years166th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2402.12 births per woman101st of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21315.8 per 1,00099th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2137.6 per 1,00092nd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 19415.2 per 1,000 live births83rd of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1863.2%139th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 1911.9%131st of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 1649.0%144th of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17034.489th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1922.7% of GDP184th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2060.52 per 1,000150th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1991.37 per 1,000139th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17596.0%77th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2021.3% of GDP195th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 20797.2% gross, secondary75th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 21120.2% of final consumption106th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21147.7% of land area56th of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21172.8%124th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212122.5 per 100 people82nd of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 193140 per 100,000 live births53rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1630.78% of GDP135th of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 21112.0% of land area145th of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24030.4 years133rd of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 1489.1 years84th of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.728112th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1645.62/ 1091st of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2122.87 tonnes per capita113th of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19812.0%155th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

BrazilIndonesia
050M100M150M200M250M300M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Indonesia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Indonesia195068.8M
Indonesia1975131.8M
Indonesia2000216.1M
Indonesia2025285.7M
Indonesia2050320.7M
Indonesia2075317.7M
Indonesia2100295.5M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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