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Brazil vs Egypt
How Brazil and Egypt compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 75.9 years against 71.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Brazil was higher: $9,748 against $4,253
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 115 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Brazil was higher: 1.05% of GDP against 0.61% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Egypt was higher: 2.5 tonnes against 2.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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