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Population

Total resident population. How to read this indicator

people
212,812,405
Latest: 2025 +2.0% since 2020
Recent observations. Years with no reported value remain blank.
YearBrazilUnited States
2025212,812,405341,784,857
2024211,998,573340,003,797
2023211,140,729336,755,052
2022210,306,415333,996,304
2021209,550,294332,100,166
2020208,660,842331,578,104
2019207,455,459330,226,227
2018206,107,261328,529,577
2017204,703,445326,608,609
2016203,218,114324,353,340

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Values can be revised by the source.

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Why the year matters

A country can look stronger simply because one series is newer. We display each observation year instead of pretending every value is current.

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Change needs a baseline

The latest number alone says little about direction. Every card compares it with an available observation roughly five years earlier.

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National data has limits

These indicators describe whole economies. They do not capture city-level costs, sector regulation or the experience of an individual company.

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