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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇵🇪 Peru

Brazil has 178.2M more people — 212,812,405 against 34,576,665. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇵🇪 Peru
34,576,665
South America · rank #48 · +1.04%
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.
IndicatorBrazilPeru
Population212,812,4057th of 24034,576,66548th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+1.04%106th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 24026/km²192nd of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 2401,280,000 km²19th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24085.6%53rd of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$9,684127th of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+3.4%99th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24077.9 years87th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.97 births per woman111th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21315.8 per 1,000100th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2135.6 per 1,000171st of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 19411.0 per 1,000 live births107th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1865.1%94th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 1911.5%139th of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 16427.6%56th of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17040.145th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1925.6% of GDP113th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2061.69 per 1,00099th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1991.56 per 1,000134th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17593.7%92nd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2024.4% of GDP88th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207108.3% gross, secondary31st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 21130.6% of final consumption79th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21156.1% of land area38th of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21182.0%101st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212124.6 per 100 people77th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 19351 per 100,000 live births93rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1630.91% of GDP130th of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 21122.1% of land area75th of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24030.2 years135th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 14810.0 years69th of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.79478th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1645.97/ 1075th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2122.05 tonnes per capita132nd of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19829.1%75th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BrazilPeru
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Peru population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Peru19507.68M
Peru197515.3M
Peru200026.6M
Peru202534.6M
Peru205040.6M
Peru207541.4M
Peru210038.2M

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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