South America · True size
🇧🇷 Brazil
2.3×
Brazil is drawn 2.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
8,499,526 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#129
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
6.33%
On the old map
Brazil looks about the same size as India on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Brazil at the size the old map gives it, next to India's true size. Brazil's real area is 8,499,526 km² — India is 3,155,854 km².
By area
Brazil is big enough to fit Australia and Turkey inside it, by area — 8,485,931 km² combined.
Brazil would fit inside China, the United States and Canada, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Brazil 35 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Brazil 119 times.
Why the old map gets it wrong
The old map stretches land more the further it is from the equator — twice the area at 45°, four times at 60°. Brazil's middle sits at 11°S, where the stretch is about 1.0×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Brazil's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.