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Brazil vs United Kingdom
How Brazil and United Kingdom compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United Kingdom was higher: 81.3 years against 75.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United Kingdom was higher: $48,420 against $9,748
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 68.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, United Kingdom was higher: 2.35% of GDP against 1.05% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Kingdom was higher: 4.22 tonnes against 2.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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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