Brazil
Brazil 🇧🇷 is a country in South America with a population of approximately ~216 million (2024). Its capital is Brasília. This is the complete reference for identifying Brazil in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇧🇷 |
| Continent / region | South America |
| Capital | Brasília |
| Population | ~216 million (2024) |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA |
| Coordinates | -15.78°, -47.93° |
| Bordering countries | Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela |
Famous for
The Amazon rainforest, Rio Carnival, Christ the Redeemer statue, soccer/football excellence (5 World Cup titles), the Portuguese language (the only majority-Portuguese country in the Americas).
Quiz tips for Brazil
Largest country in South America by area and population. Borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. Capital is Brasília, NOT Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo.
How Brazil appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Brazil is identified through the clue sequence: south america first, then population range (~216 million (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (Brasília), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Brazil is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach South America.
Neighboring countries
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Reading Brazil in MapDash context
The Brazil record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Brazil sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Brazil’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Brazil?
The capital of Brazil is Brasília.
What continent is Brazil in?
Brazil is in South America.
What is the population of Brazil?
Brazil has a population of approximately ~216 million (2024).
What countries border Brazil?
Brazil borders Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
What is Brazil famous for?
The Amazon rainforest, Rio Carnival, Christ the Redeemer statue, soccer/football excellence (5 World Cup titles), the Portuguese language (the only majority-Portuguese country in the Americas).