---
title: "Belgium vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Belgium is 30,528 km² with 11,941,781 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/belgium-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Belgium vs Russia

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

30,528 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 11,941,781 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 560 times larger than Belgium — 17,098,242 against 30,528 km². Russia is 12 times more populous than Belgium — 143,513,328 against 11,941,781 people.

## Side by side

|  | Belgium | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brussels | Moscow |
| Area | 30,528 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 11,941,781 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 391.2 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Dutch, French, German | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | 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 | +32 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | BE / BEL | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Belgium is 47 times more densely populated than Russia — 391 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

- Different currencies: the Euro and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Belgium

One of the most densely populated countries in Europe, and one of the most brightly lit — its motorway lighting was long visible from orbit as a distinct grid. The Signal de Botrange, its highest point, is only 694 m. Antwerp handles the majority of the world's rough diamond trade.

## 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 Belgium bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 30,528 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 11,941,781.

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

Belgium is UTC+01:00 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

- [Belgium](https://atoneplace.net/country/belgium/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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## 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]