Brazil’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +55
- 2 Letter: BR
- 3 Letter: BRA
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 076
- ISO 3116-2: BR
- Internet TLD: .br
- ICAO Airport Code: SB, SD, SI, SJ, SN, SS, and SW
- Maritime Identification Digits: 710
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1E7 U+1F1F7
- Official Name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
How to call Brazil (international dialing)
- Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Brazil to indicate domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers have subscriber numbers beginning with ‘9’. The ‘9’ is the first number after the area code.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, cdial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Brazil does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Brazil (domestic dialing)
‘0xx’ is a trunk prefix used when calling within Brazil where ‘xx’ is a two-digit carrier selection.
Carrier selection allows for the choice of phone provider to connect to the call in a different area code.
Some common carrier codes
- 12 Algar Telecom
- 14 Oi (formerly Brasil Telecom)
- 15 Vivo
- 21 Claro
- 31 Oi
- 41 TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile)
- 43 Sercomtel
Local calling (within the same area code)
To call within the same area code in Brazil dial only the local eight to nine digit local number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| ”eight |
| ”local |
Long distance calling (to a different area code, or from a mobile phone)
To call to a different area code within Brazil dial the trunk prefix ‘0xx’ (where ‘xx’ is a carrier code), then the two digit area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | xx | two digits |
| carrier prefix | carrier code | area code |
Brazilian phone numbers explained
Number details
Brazilian phone numbers are ten (landline) to eleven (mobile) digits.
The first two digits are an area code that represents a geographic part of the country.
Mobile numbers begin with ‘9’ inclusive and are nine digits after the area code (for a total of 11 digits).
An example of a Brazilian phone number
The Trem de Corcovado lists its phone number in Rio de Janeiro as 55 21 2558-1329.
Phone number explanation
| 55 | 21 | 2558 1329 |
| country code for Brazil | geographic (area) code for Rio de Janeiro | local phone number within Rio de Janeiro |
Local example – calling from another location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
To call within the same area code dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the carrier/trunk prefix and carrier code ‘0xx’ or the area code.
| 2558 1329 |
| local phone number within Rio de Janeiro |
Long distance example – calling from Brasilia (the capital of Brazil)
To call to a different area code dial the carrier prefix ‘0’ then a two-digit carrier selection code, then the area code then the local phone number.
| 0 | xx | 21 | 2558 1329 |
| carrier prefix | carrier selection code | geographic (area) code for Rio de Janeiro | local phone number within Rio de Janeiro |
International example – calling from outside Brazil
To call from outside Brazil, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Brazil’s country code of ’55’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not dial any leading ‘0’ listed in the Brazilian phone number.
| exit code | 55 | 21 | 2558 1329 |
| exit code for the country the call is dialed from | country code for Brazil | geographic (area) code for Rio de Janeiro | local phone number within Rio de Janeiro |
How to call from Brazil
’00xx’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Brazil. ‘xx’ represents the carrier code.
Sources and more resources
- Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes and Ministério das Comunicações– Brazil’s telephone systems regulators.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Brazil (country code +55) National Numbering Plan – Details of Brazil’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Brazil – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Brazil. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Brazil – Entry for Brazil in the British Telecom international directory.