Brazil vs Russia: Population

Brazil

211.14 million people

in 2023

Russia

145.44 million people

in 2023

Brazil rank

7th

Russia rank

9th

Population over time

Brazil currently reports 211.14 million people against 145.44 million people in Russia, a difference of 65.70 million people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Russia ranks 9th 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.