Brazil dwarfs France: about 8,510,346 km² against 643,801 km². At true size Brazil is about 13.2× the size of France. The whole of France fits into Brazil roughly 13 times.
Brazil sits in South America, France in Europe. On the old Mercator map the latitude gap distorted how large each felt beside the other; at true size the answer is simply 13.2×.
The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Brazil about 1.04× and France about 1.9×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 7.3× apart instead of the true 13.2×.
France fits 13× into Brazil.
Brazil vs France: key figures
| Measure | Brazil | France |
|---|
| True area | 8,510,346 km² · #5 | 643,801 km² · #43 |
| Mercator inflation | 1.04× | 1.9× |
| Apparent on Mercator | 8,810,761 km² | 1,201,848 km² |