Brazil

Federative Republic of Brazil · Brasil

Brazil (BR, BRA) is a country in South America, with Brasília as its capital. The currency is the Brazilian Real (BRL, R$). The international dialling code is +55 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like (11) 96123-4567. There are 16 time zones: America/Noronha, America/Belem, America/Fortaleza, America/Recife, America/Araguaina, and America/Maceio and more. Official language: Portuguese.

CurrencyBRLR$

Dial code+55e.g. (11) 96123-4567

Time zone16 zonesUTC−02:00 … UTC−03:00

LanguagePortuguese

CapitalBrasília

Population220.1M8.5M km²

Overview

Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Native name: Brasil
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BRA
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 076
IOC code: BRA
Demonym: Brazilian
Capital: Brasília
Region: Americas › South America
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: South America
United Nations
Internet domain: .br
Coordinates: -10, -55
Area: 8,515,767 km²
Population: 220,052,000
GDP: $4T ($18.3K per person)
Literacy: 90.4%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇬🇫 French Guiana
🇬🇾 Guyana
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇵🇪 Peru
🇸🇷 Suriname
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇻🇪 Venezuela

Currency

Brazilian Real BRL

Symbol: R$
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: R$ 1.234,50

Former currencies: BRE BRN BRC BRB BRZ

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Portuguese pt	Official	91% (200.2M)
Venetian vec	Official (regional)	0.24% (528.1K)
English en		8% (17.6M)
German de		0.84% (1.8M)
Italian it		0.28% (616.1K)
Japanese ja		0.21% (462.1K)
Spanish es		0.036% (79.2K)
Kaingang kgp		0.024% (52.8K)
Korean ko		0.021% (46.2K)
Nheengatu yrl		0.01% (22K)
gub gub		0.0084% (18.5K)
xav xav		0.0045% (9.9K)

Time zones

Time zone	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
America/Noronha	UTC−02:00	none	Fernando de Noronha Standard Time
America/Belem	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Fortaleza	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Recife	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Araguaina	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Maceio	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Bahia	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Sao_Paulo	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Campo_Grande	UTC−04:00	none	Amazon Standard Time
America/Cuiaba	UTC−04:00	none	Amazon Standard Time
America/Santarem	UTC−03:00	none	Brasilia Standard Time
America/Porto_Velho	UTC−04:00	none	Amazon Standard Time
America/Boa_Vista	UTC−04:00	none	Amazon Standard Time
America/Manaus	UTC−04:00	none	Amazon Standard Time
America/Eirunepe	UTC−05:00	none	Acre Standard Time
America/Rio_Branco	UTC−05:00	none	Acre Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +55
Dial-out prefix: 00(?:1[245]|2[1-35]|31|4[13]|[56]5|99)
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–11 digits
Emergency number: 112 pattern 1(?:12|28|9[023])|911

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	(11) 2345-6789	+55 11 2345 6789	(XX) XXXX-XXXX	10
Mobile	(11) 96123-4567	+55 11 96123 4567	(XX) XXXXX-XXXX	10, 11
Toll free	0800 12 3456	+55 800 12 3456	XXXX XX XXXX	9, 10
Premium rate	0500 12 3456	+55 500 12 3456	XXXX XX XXXX	9, 10
Shared cost	4004-1234	+55 4004 1234	XXXX-XXXX	8, 10

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Show the 7 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{3,6})`	`1(?:1[25-8]\|2[357-9]\|3[02-68]\|4[12568]\|5\|6[0-8]\|8[015]\|9[0-47-9])\|321\|610`	`$1`	`$1`
`(\d{4})(\d{4})`	`300\|4(?:0[02]\|37\|86) \| 300\|4(?:0(?:0\|20)\|370\|864)`	`$1-$2`	`$1-$2`
`(\d{4})(\d{4})`	`[2-57] \| [2357]\|4(?:[0-24-9]\|3(?:[0-689]\|7[1-9]))`	`$1-$2`	`$1-$2`
`(\d{3})(\d{2,3})(\d{4})`	`(?:[358]\|90)0`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{5})(\d{4})`	`9`	`$1-$2`	`$1-$2`
`(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4})`	`(?:[14689][1-9]\|2[12478]\|3[1-578]\|5[13-5]\|7[13-579])[2-57]`	`$1 $2-$3`	`$1 $2-$3`
`(\d{2})(\d{5})(\d{4})`	`[16][1-9]\|[2-57-9]`	`$1 $2-$3`	`$1 $2-$3`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Organization}

{Name}

{Street address}

{Dependent locality}

{City}-{State/province}

{Postal code}

Required fields: Street address, State/province, City, Postal code
Uppercase fields: City, State/province
Region label: state
Predefined regions: 27

Postal code

Pattern: \d{5}-?\d{3}
Examples: 40301-110 · 70002-900
Post office lookup: http://www.buscacep.correios.com.br/

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: es-BR
kgp-BR
pt-BR
yrl-BR

Number and date formats

As written by the Brazilian Portuguese locale (pt-BR), amounts in BRL.

Number: 1.234.567,891
Percent: 45,7%
Currency (BRL): R$ 1.234.567,89
Accounting: -R$ 1.234.567,89
Currency, name: 1.234.567,89 Reais brasileiros
Compact short: 1,2 mi
Compact long: 1,2 milhão
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 quilômetros por hora
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: sexta-feira, 27 de março de 2026
Date, long: 27 de março de 2026
Date, medium: 27 de mar. de 2026
Date, short: 27/03/2026
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27 de mar. de 2026, 15:04
Month and year: março de 2026
Weekday: sexta-feira
Relative time: ontem · em 3 dias · há 2 horas
List: and: A, B e C
List: or: A, B ou C