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The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km 2 (3,287,357 sq mi) which includes 8,456,510 km 2 (3,265,080 sq mi) of land and 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water.
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in South America by area. [1] Brazil is the largest country in South America while Suriname is the smallest. Panama is not regarded as a transcontinental country but the country is sometimes included in South America due to being part of Colombia prior to its secession in 1903.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil: . Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America.With a geographical area of 8.5 million km 2, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country.
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, and third largest in the Americas, with a total area of 8,515,767.049 km 2 (3,287,956 sq mi), [176] including 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water. North to South, Brazil is also the longest country in the world, spanning 4,395 km (2,731 mi) from north to south, [ 13 ] and the only country in the ...
Area Nation(s) Notes (km 2) (sq mi) 1 Afro-Eurasia: 79,810,726 [Note 4] 30,815,094 126 countries 6 de facto states. 48 countries on mainland Africa [Note 5] and 78 countries on mainland Eurasia (38 countries on continental Asia [Note 6] and 40 countries on continental Europe [Note 7]).
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This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]