Brazil vs Mexico: Population

Brazil

211.14 million people

in 2023

Mexico

129.74 million people

in 2023

Brazil rank

7th

Mexico rank

10th

Population over time

Brazil currently reports 211.14 million people against 129.74 million people in Mexico, a difference of 81.40 million people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.6 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mexico ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Mexico ranks 10th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.