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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇲🇽 Mexico

Brazil has 80.9M more people — 212,812,405 against 131,946,900. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇲🇽 Mexico
131,946,900
North America · rank #11 · +0.83%
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.
IndicatorBrazilMexico
Population212,812,4057th of 240131,946,90011th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+0.83%119th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 24067/km²148th of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 2401,943,950 km²13th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24080.0%66th of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$13,889109th of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+0.6%184th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24075.3 years123rd of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.89 births per woman120th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21315.5 per 1,000102nd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2136.2 per 1,000148th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 19412.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1862.7%159th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 1913.8%72nd of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 16429.6%55th of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17042.631st of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1925.5% of GDP117th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2062.59 per 1,00074th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1991.01 per 1,000155th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17595.6%81st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2024.1% of GDP107th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207103.1% gross, secondary49th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 21113.0% of final consumption127th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21133.6% of land area96th of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21183.1%93rd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212116.5 per 100 people101st of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 19342 per 100,000 live births99th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1630.89% of GDP132nd of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 21115.3% of land area123rd of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24029.6 years141st of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 14810.2 years64th of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.78980th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1646.97/ 1013th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2123.52 tonnes per capita100th of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19837.4%30th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BrazilMexico
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Mexico population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M

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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