Brazil vs South Africa

Brazil has a live population of about 213,783,157 (#7 in the world) and South Africa about 65,656,172 (#24), so Brazil has 3.3 times as many people as South Africa. Brazil is growing at 0.3% a year and South Africa at 1.1%.

By area Brazil is larger: 8,510,420 km² against 1,219,090 km², which gives population densities of 25.1 people per km² in Brazil and 53.9 in South Africa.

Brazil's economy is worth $2.28T (2025) and South Africa's $427.18B (2025); per person that is $10,713 in Brazil versus $6,598 in South Africa, so the average Brazil resident produces 1.6 times as much.

Life expectancy is 76 years in Brazil and 66.3 in South Africa; women have 1.6 children on average in Brazil compared with 2.2 in South Africa; the median age is 35.3 versus 28.9 years.

88.2% of Brazil's people live in cities against 63.8% in South Africa; 84.5% use the internet in Brazil and 78.4% in South Africa; CO₂ emissions per person are 2.3 t in Brazil and 6.9 t in South Africa.