---
title: "Bangladesh vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Bangladesh is 148,460 km² with 175,686,899 people; Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/bangladesh-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bangladesh vs Russia

**Bangladesh vs Russia: Russia is larger; Bangladesh has more people**

148,460 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 175,686,899 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 115 times larger than Bangladesh — 17,098,242 against 148,460 km². Bangladesh is 1.2 times more populous than Russia — 175,686,899 against 143,513,328 people.

## Side by side

|  | Bangladesh | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Dhaka | Moscow |
| Area | 148,460 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 175,686,899 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 1183.4 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Bengali | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+06:00 | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00 |
| Calling code | +880 | +7 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | BD / BGD | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Bangladesh is 141 times more densely populated than Russia — 1,183 against 8 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Bangladesh on the left, Russia on the right.
- Different currencies: the Bangladeshi taka and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Bangladesh

One of the most densely populated countries on Earth, with over 1,100 people per km² — roughly the population of Russia in an area the size of Wisconsin. Most of it is the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna, the largest river delta in the world, and much of the land is under two metres above sea level. The Sundarbans mangrove forest on the coast is the largest of its kind.

## Russia

The largest country in the world by land area, close to twice the size of the next one, and it spans eleven time zones. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth at 1,642 m and holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. Russia and China each border fourteen countries, more than any other state.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Bangladesh bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 148,460 km².

### Which has more people, Bangladesh or Russia?

Bangladesh, with 175,686,899 against 143,513,328.

### What is the time difference between Bangladesh and Russia?

Bangladesh is UTC+06:00 and Russia is UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [Russia vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/russia-vs-united-kingdom/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]