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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇯🇵 Japan

Brazil has 89.4M more people — 212,812,405 against 123,366,734. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇯🇵 Japan
123,366,734
Asia · rank #12 · −0.49%
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.
IndicatorBrazilJapan
Population212,812,4057th of 240123,366,73412th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240−0.49%218th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 240342/km²39th of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 240364,569 km²62nd of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24092.3%30th of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$35,95155th of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+1.2%164th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24084.0 years10th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.15 births per woman223rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 2135.7 per 1,000207th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 21313.3 per 1,0009th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 1941.8 per 1,000 live births190th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1862.5%163rd of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 1913.2%93rd of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 16415.7%118th of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17032.3118th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 19210.7% of GDP20th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2062.65 per 1,00072nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 19912.59 per 1,0006th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2023.3% of GDP135th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207101.5% gross, secondary56th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 2118.8% of final consumption153rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21168.4% of land area19th of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21185.5%84th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212178.4 per 100 people12th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 1933 per 100,000 live births181st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1631.37% of GDP97th of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 21129.7% of land area38th of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24049.8 years5th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 14812.8 years13th of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.92523rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1646.13/ 1063rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2127.77 tonnes per capita36th of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 1985.2%191st of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BrazilJapan
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Japan population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Japan195086.4M
Japan1975113.3M
Japan2000127M
Japan2025123.1M
Japan2050105.1M
Japan207587.4M
Japan210076.8M

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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