- The United States and Brazil represent about 40% of all coronavirus cases worldwide.
- However, the two countries only represent 7% of the world population.
- The United States has a population of 331,002,651 and 4,401,599 cases of COVID-19.
- Brazil has a population of 212,682,722 and 2,483,191 coronavirus cases.
- Overall, 1.3% of the US and 1.2% of the Brazilian population have been infected with the coronavirus.
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Despite representing only about 7% of the world population, the United States and Brazil account for almost 40% of all coronavirus cases worldwide.
The United States has a population of 331,002,651, or just over 4% of the world population, but represents 4,401,599 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country leads the world in the number of cases and deaths, which have now exceeded 150,000.
Brazil has a population of 212,682,722, or just under 3% of the world population, but the nation is the second leading country in terms of number of coronavirus cases with 2,483,191 infections so far. A total of 88,539 deaths have been recorded in Brazil.
Overall, 1.3% of the US and 1.2% of the Brazilian population have been infected with the coronavirus.
The world has registered 16,849,365 cases of COVID-19; the United States and Brazil combined account for 6,884,750 of those cases, or approximately 40% of coronavirus infections.
Public health experts have criticized the response to the coronavirus in both countries. In the US, health experts warned that hasty reopens would cause sudden increases in cases. In fact, last week, the United States reached 4 million cases just two weeks after reaching 3 million.
In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has hesitated to put in place restrictions related to the coronavirus and he himself tested positive for COVID-19.
Other countries like India are also seeing a rapid increase in the coronavirus, which had 1,531,669 cases registered as of Wednesday. However, the country has the second largest world population with about 1.4 billion people or 17.7% of the world population.
