Russia is the world's largest country by area, spanning 11 time zones. Home to the Hermitage Museum and Red Square. A nuclear superpower and permanent UN Security Council member.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 8.5 people per km² rank 184 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 1.8 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Europe | 19.5% of its people, 74.1% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 6,601,667 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Canada (9,984,670 km²) |
| Closest in population | Mexico (129,739,759 people) |
Russia is the only country in our list that uses RUB.
The +7 code is shared with Kazakhstan; the digits that follow tell the networks apart.